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young'Oioots of the preceding Summer; and 

 cacli of which are performed in Autumn or 

 Spring, &c. as intimated below. 



By layers, — it may be performed either m 

 the Autumn, about November, December, 

 or any time in open weather, till February or 

 March, when chufmg either fome lower pliant 

 young branches, one or two years old, or 

 more, as may be convenient, and that are 

 furnifhed above with fome Ibong young Ihoots ; 

 or may be wholly of the young fhoois of laft 

 Summer: and either of which, as may be 

 convenient, proceed to lay as they remain at- 

 tached to the mother plant, bowing them 

 down to the ground, making an opening 

 longways, laying therein the Item of the (hoot 

 or branch, three or four inches deep, with the 

 top Ihoots one or two feet or more above ground, 

 pegging down each layer with a hooked ftick, 

 pruning the top parts to two, three, or four 

 joints, or more, accoiiling to the itrength of 

 the dioots; and if againll: a wall, or ilakes, 

 &:c. train the above-grounl Ihoots- thereto. 

 The layers will ftnke in the ground, and be 

 properly rooted, as well as have produced 

 ftrong top ihoots, by next Autumn, when, or 

 ia Spring, they ma}^ be cut from the llools, 

 and planted where they are to remain. 



Or fometimes, in laying, may occaiionally 

 perform it in large pots, either by drawing 

 a young (hoot or branch through the hole 

 at bottom, or bending the layer down into 

 the pot at top ; and fo, in eithei- method, 

 fill the pot with earth, and plunge each 

 into the ground. They wiii thus root : then 



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