OF FILBERTS AND HAZEL-NUTS. 245 



5. The Filbert with white kernels. Langley 

 Pom, /. 67. ^ 1. 



6. The Filbert with red kernels. 



7. The Large Cluster Wood-nut. 



Of Propagating and Pruning Nut-Trees* 



Filberts and Nuts of all kinds are propagated 

 from seed, layers, and suckers ; but those who 

 wish to have fine sorts should graft the trees, or 

 lay down in March some of the straightest shoots, 

 notched at a joint, pegging them into the ground ; 

 then cover them with earth about three inches 

 thick, making basins round them with edges of 

 mould about two inches higher than the surface 

 of the ground to prevent the water's running off; 

 water them sometimes in dry weather, and mulch 

 them with some rotten leaves, to keep them moist. 

 By the following Autumn they will be fit to take 

 up and plant out in beds in the nursery, where 

 they should remain about two years, planting them 

 out in August where you wish them to remain 

 for good. If any of the layers have not taken 

 proper root, they may be left till the Autumn 

 following. 



Filberts and Nuts may be planted on the out- 

 sides of woods, or in the back parts of shrubberies 

 and pleasure grounds, or in large kitchen gardens, 

 in shady- walks ; or for the purpose of hiding sheds, 

 cisterns, &c. 



When they are raised from seed, it should be 



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