Feb.] T H E N U R S E R Y. ^2 



Propagatrrig by CiittlngSy l^c. 



Plant cuttings of gocfsberries and currants; by which 

 method you may propagate the fineft forts in their kinds, 

 and may alfo propagate them by fuckers.. 



I'he cuttings, for this parpofe, muft be of the laft year's 

 fl-ioots, obferving to tak^ fuch as are ftrong, and let them 

 be from about ten or twelve, to fifteen cr eighteen inches 

 in length ; plant them in rows, not lefs than twelve inches 

 afunder, and put each cutting about one third or halfway 

 into the ground : they will foon take root, and will (hoot 

 out at top, and form tolerable branchy heads by the end 

 of fummer, and in a year or two after uill produce fruit. 



By fuckers alfo may now raife thefe trees in abundance. 

 They commonly throw out many Q<JtTy year from the bot- 

 tom. See Propagaiionhy fuckers below. 



Be careful to train thefe trees always with a fmgle ftem, 

 a foot or fifteen inches high, before you form the liead. 



Plane alfo cuttings of honey-fuckles, and other hardy 

 flowering fhrubs and trees. There are many forts that 

 may be propagated by that method, and this is flill a good 

 time to plant mofh kinds. 



The cuttings mull be fhoots of the former year's 

 growth ; choofe fuch as have ftrength, and they muft not 

 he ftiorter than fix inches, nor longer than twelve. Plant 

 them in a fhady place in rows a foot afunder, at iix or 

 eight inches dillance in the row, putting each cutting half- 

 way into the earth. 



Moil: kind of cuttings which are planted now, will be 

 well rooted by next Odlober. 



Propagating hy Suckers. 



Many kinds of ilirubby plants furnifh abundance of 

 fuckers from the root for propagation, particularly goofe- 

 berries, currants, rofes, lilacs, fyringns, and many other 

 hardy fhrubs ; and the fuckers may now be feparated from 

 the parent plants, each with fome roots, and planted ei- 

 ther in nurfery-rov/s for a year or two, or the largeft, at 

 once, where they are to remain. 



Propagati'ftg by Layers. 



Propagate by layers, this being a tolerable good feafon 

 to make layers of all fuch ihrubs and trees as are encreaf- 



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