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that you want to increase; let them be of the last summer's shoots, 

 cutting them oft' from about six or eight to ten or fifteen inches 

 long, according as they may occur in the different sorts of trees, 

 &c; plant them in rows, each cutting about half or two thirds of 

 its length into the ground; close the earth well about them, and in 

 dry weather let them be occasionally watered. 



The tacamahaca, white, black, trembling; Lombardy, Canada, 

 Athenian, Carolina, heart-leaved, smooth-leaved, and various leaved 

 poplars, and all the varieties of willow may be propagated in this 

 way; also, the plane tree, tupelo tree, mulberry, and alder; with 

 the sea buckthorn, elder, tamarisk, some kinds of solatium, honey- 

 suckles, diervilla, privet, trumpet-flower, virgin's-bower, Carolina 

 kidney-bean tree, passion flower, jasmine, periploca, jew, juniper, 

 savin, arbor vitae, Portugal and English laurels, and an immense 

 number of other trees and shrubs. 



Cuttings of all sorts planted a year ago, and that are well rooted, 

 may now be transplanted or quartered out into open nursery rows, 

 to advance in proper growth, and to have occasional training for 

 the purposes intended. 



Grafting Forest Trees and Ornamental Shrubs. 



The latter end of this month will be a good time to graft the 

 various kinds of forest trees and flowering and ornamental shrubs 

 which you mean to propagate in that way; such as elms, ash, oaks, 

 hollies of various kinds, robinias, double-flowering thorns, altheas 

 and cherries, &c. There are very few hard wooded plants but 

 will take in this way when grafted on stocks of their own families, 

 and indeed there are many instances of plants taking on stocks of 

 a different genus, as the pear on the white thorn, the peach on the 

 plum, &c. &c. 



Transplanting young Trees and Shrubs. 



All hardy kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs may now be 

 transplanted, either into nursery rows, or finally where intended 

 to remain; always observing to do this in mild weather, and when 

 the ground works freely and is in a good condition to receive them. 

 In the middle, and particularly in the eastern states, the removal 

 of evergreens should not be commenced before the beginning of 

 April, and then finished towards the middle of that month, if the 

 season proves favourable. Hollies are best removed towards the 

 end of April. 



IVeeding Seedling Trees and Shrubs. 



Look over the seed-beds of young trees and shrubs: if weeds 

 appear on them, let them be carefully picked out by hand in time 

 before they mix their roots with those of the plants. 



