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and for which chufe the ftrongeft ftrait outfide 

 fhoots of Inft Summer, cutting them ofF about 

 ten or twelve to fifteen or eighteen inches long, 

 as they may occur, and prune the weak flen- 

 dertops; then plant them by dibble, cither 

 in a fliady border, or where convenient, in 

 rows twelve to fifteen or eighteen inches afun- 

 der, inferting them one third, or not more than 

 halfway into the ground; and in the follow- 

 ing year, when they advance in fhoots above, 

 trim off the lower growths, retaining a good 

 upright top Ihoot to run up for a Hem, fix to 

 twelve or fifteen inches, then may be topped 

 to encourage branches above to form the head : 

 though fome permit them to branch out in a 

 buihy growth quite from the bottom ; but 

 when the branches come out fo low, they en- 

 cumber the ground immediately under them, 

 are hurtful to the growth of under crops, and 

 incommodious to dig, or perform other ne- 

 cefTary culture in the ground, and I would 

 therefore advife to train each with a clean 

 fmgle Hem, at leaft fix or eight to ten or 

 twelve inches, and in which the bulhes will 

 have alfo a more regular appearance. 



By fuckers from the roots. — Thefe are ge- 

 nerally produced plentifully in Summer, and 

 which in Autumn, Winter, or Spring follow- 

 ing, or when of two years growth, may be 

 digged up with roots to each, taking thofe of 

 the ftrongcll and llraitell fhoot, pruning any 

 broken and hard woody part of the root, and 

 fhorten the top to twelve, fifteen, or eighteen 

 inches, according to their ftrengtb, and plant 



them 



