\ 



\ 



I 



382 



PRODUCTION 



Sect. XV. i. 3, 



or ram ; 



fhred, which happens to be frequently moiftened by the dew8 

 and the branch may be fuccefsfully bent down and planted 

 rden-pot. All thefe, like fuckers from the roots of feedling- 

 or like o-rafted fcions, will become fertile, as foon as the tree, 



from which they are the offspring ; whether it be a feedl 



£3 



not. 



T 



mftance does not occur exactly fimilar in th 



of buds frc^m one tree into the bark of anoth 



thofe buds, which 



do not arife from the bofom 



f 



f,^ but from lower parts of th 



dexes of a branch-bud, as from the bark of a branch, whofe fun 

 has been cut off, are lefs mature, I believe, than the fummit-bud 



or thofe which arife from the bofom of 

 quire fome years before they can produ 



apple or 



1 



eaf ; and will therefore re- 

 flow^ers : as is leen in thofe 



pear 



whofe fummits h 



been 



pped 



fF. 



This is a new obfervation, 1 believe, and worth the attention of thofe, 

 who inoculate the buds of one fruit-tree into another. ' 



' Root-fuckers may probably be liable to degenerate in refpedl to 

 their vigorous growth by hereditary difeafes, owing to the too great 

 ao-e of the original plant of that variety, like the ingrafted fcions from 

 the branches. Whence it may be neceffary to procure root -fuckers of 

 rafpberry-plants, and of goofeberries, and even of artichokes, and 

 flra wherries, from fuch as. have been railed from feed not too long 

 ago, when any of thefe begin to degenerate. 



3 



Of Planted Scions. 



The fcions taken from the branches of many trees, if planted in 

 the earth, will emit roots, and flourifh in the fame manner, as when 

 they are grafted on other trees. This fucceeds with great certainty, 

 if an inverted glafs be put over them for a few days to prevent their 

 perfpiring more at firfl:, than their abforbent velTels can fupply. See 

 Sed. I. I. I have been informed, that a quickfet, or hawthorn 



9 



hedge, 



/ 



T 



i 



