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not fo as to crack the bark : Set this Jcnee into 

 the flit three or four inches below the furface : 

 Tread in the earth clofe to the knee of the layer 

 with your foot : Cut off the points of the new- 

 laid moots, leaving only one bud above the fur- 

 face. Proceed in the fame manner with each 

 fhoot, being careful to level up the whole in the 

 courfe of digging, in a handfome manner ; and 

 the work is finifhed. 



Such Limes as are beft adapted for converting 

 into Stools, are well rooted plants, four or five 

 years old ; and if they are divided into two or 

 three branches at the bottom, fo much the better. 

 Thefe are to be planted into a quarter of light, 

 rich mould, a little damp in its nature, at the 

 diftance of five feet every way ; and, in Febru- 

 ary, thefe are to be cut over clofe by the ground, 

 and they will produce feveral fine moots by this 

 time of the year, which are to be laid down as 

 above directed. 



Thefe directions, both for laying and for pro- 

 curing {tool plants, will apply generally to all 

 other kir\ds of trees that are raifed by thoie means. 



TAKING OFF LAYERS OF EASTERN AND AME- 

 RICAN PLATANUS FROM THE STOOLS. 



As above hinted, thefe forts are to be treated as 

 directed for the Limes. Be careful not to delay 



this 



