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plunged in tlie bark-bed as above ; or fome 

 cuttings or flips, of woody or other kinds, 

 may alfo be covered down clofe with hand- 

 glaffes, to promote their emitting r ots Iboner 

 and more efFeduaily ; and when advanced in 

 growth, thofe planted feveral together in a pot 

 fhould be potted off feparately, or others, in- 

 creafed in lize, ihift into larger pots : and thus 

 thefe method?, by cuttings and fide-flips may 

 be tried in any forts that may feem eligible, 

 in the different forts of plants furniihing 

 proper fhoots, both in the fbrubby, fucculent, 

 and herbaceous plants, either in iide or jif-fet 

 Ihoots, or cuttings of flalks, &c. or fome ad- 

 vancing in a long naked growth, without any 

 iide or oif-fet produdions, as in fome of the 

 fucculent tribe, and fome others, fuch as the 

 torch-thillle, &c. in which cuttings of the 

 ftem or top may be detached, of three or four 

 to fix or eight inches long, or more, as they 

 may admit, according to fize ; or fmaller 

 Hems, branches, fhcots, &c. of iimilar growth, 

 may be cut into feparate lengths ; and all 

 planted as above advifed. 



Or by flips of fide-fhoots and off-fets, fome 

 plants emit bottom *ff-fets, fide-heads, and 

 ihoots below and above ; ajl which may 

 be flipped off clofe to where they originate, 

 and planted according to the foregoing di- 

 redlions. 



Likewife by ofl-fets of roots and bottom- 



fhoots, both of fome fhrubby, fucculent and 



herbaceous exotics, feveral forts are occaiio- 



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