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ther varieties, fuch as the Gold-ftriped, the Silver- 

 ftriped, and the Cut-leaved, require lefs room at 

 the firft, becaufe they do not make fo flrong 

 ihoots. 



Betides the above method of propagating Elders 

 by cuttings, they are alfo raifed from feeds. The 

 berries may be fown immediately after being ga- 

 thered in autumn ; or they may be kept till this 

 time in fand, and fown in a bed of light rich foil, 

 and covered a quarter of an inch deep. They 

 mould be fown thin, as they generally rife well. 



Propagating of Poplars. 



The mod of the kinds of poplar are propagated 

 from cuttings. The Black Athenian, however, 

 the Woolly-leaved, and fome other varieties, fuc- 

 ceed only by layers, in the manner of Limes. The 

 bed cuttings of Poplars are taken from the thick 

 end of lad year's fhoots. They should be at lead 

 nine inches long, fo that a good moot of laft fea- 

 fon may afford two good cuttings. The foil bed 

 adapted for thefe, is fuch as is above recommend- 

 ed for the Elder. They mould ftand at fix inch- 

 es between the fets in the lines, and at eighteen 

 inches between the lines, leaving only two inches 

 above ground when planted. 



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