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to be cut off where they enter the ground ; being 

 careful to leave all the (hoots which have rifen 

 from the part bent down, for laying in again if 

 required. The layers are then to be eafed up 

 with the fpade, and that with the greateft care, to 

 preferve every fibre of the roots ; and the unrooted 

 part is then to be cut off quite in to the new-formed 

 roots, which prepares it for being planted out. 

 Thefe mould be planted out in light, rich earth, 

 in lines, at two feet diftance, and eight or ten 

 inches apart in the lines. 



The Stools mould then be prepared for relay- 

 ing, which is done by cutting off all the fuperflu- 

 ous twigs and moots, and gathering off all chips 

 from among them. The ground is then to re- 

 ceive a good drefling of fmall and rich dung, in ' 

 order to infure a good crop of layers in the fol- 

 lowing feafon. 



Having all things prepared as above, begin to 

 dig at one end of a row of ftools ; and when you 

 have digged the mofl diftant fide of the ftool, as 

 far as you can reach with eafe, make a flit with 

 the fpade injhe new-digged ground, oppofite the 

 fhoot which you intend to lay : Take hold of it 

 towards the ftool with one hand, and bring it 

 down to the flit ; then take hold of the point of 

 the fhoot with the other hand : Prefs down with 

 the firft, and pull up with the other, in a gentle 

 manner, till you form a Imce upon the moot \ yet 



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