iKQ THE NTJR8ERY. [Feb. 



or more cuttings, which should not be shorter than eight inches, nor 

 much longer than twelve. Plant them in rows two teet asunder, at 

 six or eight inches distance in the row, putting each cutting two- 

 thirds of its length into the earth. 



Most kinds which are thus planted now, will be well rooted by 

 next October. q 



Propagating by Suckers. 



Many kinds of trees and shrubby plants furnish abundance of 

 suckers from the roots for propagation, particularly robinia's roses, 

 lilacs, syringes, and many other hardy kinds: the suckers may 

 now be separated from the parent plants, each with some roots, and 

 planted either in nursery rows for a year or two, or the largest, at 

 once, where they are to remain. 



Propagating by Layers. 



The latter end of this month, you may make layers of all such 

 shrubs and trees as are increased by that method, though the best 

 time to do this is between the first of October and end of Novem- 

 ber, but where it was omitted at that period it may now be done, 

 and most kinds will still succeed. 



In making layers of any kinds of trees or shrubs, observe to dig 

 round the plant that is to be layed, and as you go on, bring down 

 the shoots or branches regularly, and lay them along in the earth, 

 with their tops above ground, fastening them securely there with 

 hooked pegs, and then let all the young shoots on each branch be 

 neatly layed, and cover them five or six inches deep with earth, 

 leaving the top of each three or four to five or six inches out of the 

 ground. 



It may be of advantage in laying some of the more hard-wooded 

 kinds, to gash or slit the layers an inch or better by an upward cut 

 on the under side, as intimated in the Nursery, page 58. 



Most kinds of layers which are now layed, will be tolerably well 

 rooted and fit to be transplanted by next autumn, some not till 

 the second year; but for general instructions, see the Nursery in 

 October. 



Transplanting Layers. 



Take oft' the layers of such hardy shrubs and trees as were layed 

 down last year, and which still remain on the stolls. 



Let these layers as soon as they are taken off, be trimmed and 

 planted in rows in an open situation, two feet or more asunder, 

 according to the size of the plants, and the plants about twelve or 

 fifteen inches distant in rows. 



Pruning, fyc. 



Should the weather perroit, you ought towards the latter end of 

 the month to dig the ground between the rows of your nur-ei\ 



