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this work beyond this month ; otherwife you will 

 both endanger the health of the rooted layers, 

 and the rooting of the flioots to be laid down. 



MAKING CUTTINGS. 



This is now a proper time for making cuttings 

 of the Alder, and of the Platanus Occidentalis : 

 Both of thefe fhould be taken from the young 

 moots of lafl feafon, which are well ripened : 

 The cuttings mould be from nine to twelve inches 

 long ; and are to be planted out in a rich, fha- 

 dowyfpot, where they will make good progrefs in 

 the courfe of the following feafon. 



DIGGING AND RIDGING VACANT GROUNDS. 



Thefe are now works of great importance in 

 the nurfery. Every fpot which is vacant mould 

 . either be digged rough, or ridged up. The ad- 

 vantages of fuch treatment have elfewhere been 

 treated of. 



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