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earth firmly about their roots, it fhould be done ; and 

 having a wide hole opened, the plants fhould be imme- 

 diately fet therein, with the faid ball of earth intire, and 

 directly fill up tiie hole, and tread the furface gently. 



Immediately give each plant about a pot or half a pot 

 of water, according to the fize of the hole, and let fuch 

 as wane fupport be dir^tflly ftaked. 



Trajifplant Forejl-trees, 



Forefi-trces of all forts may now be fafely tianfplanted 

 about the middle or towards the latter end of this month ; 

 fuch as elm, oak, beech, maple, alb, lime and plane 

 trees; aifo alder, poplar, and willow; likewife pines, firs, 

 cedars, cyprefs, larches, and almoil all other forts, both 

 of the deciduous and evergreen fcreft and ornamental 

 trees, as is exhibited in the catalogue at the end of the 

 book. 



But thefe and all other foreft trees may be tr^nfplant- 

 ed in m.ild weather an/time between this and Cliriilmas, 

 or any time during the winter feafon, obferve the fame 

 method in planting thefe forts, as jull above advifed in 

 the general method of planting ; and at the diftance 

 and order of arrangement .as hinted in March. 



Propagating by Layers, 



Now make layers of all forts of hardy trees and fhrubs 

 to propagate them. 



This may be done any time in this month, and many 

 forts of trees and flowering fiirubs are to be propagated 

 by that method ; the method is eafy, and the trouble is 

 not much ; befides, it will be well repaid in a twelve- 

 month's time with numbers of new plants. 



AlmoU any tree or flirub that flieds its leaves in winter, 

 may be raifed by layers ; and in the hardy kinds, this is 

 the belt time to perform that operation. 



The methodof laying is : dig round the tree or (hrub, 

 and bend down the pliable branches, lay them into the 

 earth; and fecure them there with hooked or forked 

 flicks ; lay down all the young ihoots on each branch, • 

 and cover the body of them about four or ^\t inches deep> 

 leaving the tops of each at leaft two, three or four inchei ' 

 out of the ground, according to their different lengths. 



Thus they are to remain till this time tsvelvemonth, 

 by which time they will be well rooted, and mull then 

 be tranfplanted. > • 



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