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for their flowering, or into pots, if required for the green- 

 house department. 



ART. 4. Propagation by Running Vines and Creepers. 

 The Potentilla, Strawberry, and Periwinkle, are examples 

 of running vines. Such plants are increased by taking off 

 their joints where they have rooted, and planting in the same 

 manner and soil as their parent plants, in the month of Sep- 

 tember : this process may be greatly facilitated by covering 

 the joints with fine earth and keeping them moist previous to 

 their rooting. 



ART. 5. Propagation by Cuttings. 



Many kinds of hardy shrubs are increased by cuttings from 

 the young wood of deciduous plants, which is performed in 

 the spring. The plants that are increased by this method, 

 are the JLlthea, or Rose of Sharon, Snowballs, Honeysuckles* 

 and most kinds of soft wooded plants. The manner of per- 

 forming this work, is to prepare a piece of moist, shady 

 ground, by digging and dressing the surface : when the ground 

 is ready, the cuttings are to be prepared by cutting them one 

 foot in length, and inserting them into the ground six inches 

 deep ; the rows should be eighteen inches apart, and the cut- 

 tings eight inches from each other in the rows. When the 

 cuttings are inserted, the ground must be pressed hard to them 

 by the foot, and raked off in a neat manner. The after man- 

 agement, is merely to keep the ground clean about the plants 

 during the summer ; and in the autumn they will be perfectly 

 rooted. A moist northern aspect is the best location for this 

 business. 



ART. 6. Propagation by Layers. 



The increase of plants by layers, is performed on most 

 kinds of hard wooded plants in the autumn, or early in the 

 spring, as the Rose, and Double-flow Bering JHmond. The 

 manner of performing this business, is to dig and prepare the 



