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thirds of the length of the cutting or rooted plant, and the remaining 
third banked up with the more friable and well-pulverised soil, 
which is left loose on the surface. 
A handful of bone-dust and wood ashes, kainit, or better still 
either sulphate or muriate of potash, worked with the earth round 
the plant will in many places provide nutriment for the young root~ 
lets, and insure the rapid growth. 
Layering an old vine stump. 
TREE PLANTING. 
The ground is marked off by means of pegs or light stakes, so 
that whichever way the rows are looked at they all seem to be in 
perfectly straight lines; then the holes are dug. 
The holes for fruit trees should be wide enough to permit of 
the spreading of the roots; the wider the better. In heavy, 
retentive soil they should not be deeper than the land has been 
ploughed, as otherwise such holes get full of stagnant water, 
and would hold it like a basin; many a fruit tree has been killed 
through the roots thus decaying instead of growing in a healthy 
condition. | 
Before the holes are dug and in order to insure that the trees 
will occupy the exact spot the stakes were in, a simple contrivance 
known as the “tree-setter” is of great use. 
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It consists of a light piece of board 1 inch thick, 4 inches wide, 
and 4 to 5 feet long, Cut a VY shape notch in the centre and either 
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