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OF GARDENING. 
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in the Middle of the fucceeding Days. 
this the Bed muft be always uncovsaedia Night, 
Foot in Breadth; and of a Length proportioned 
to the Quantity of Cuttings intended to be rais’d, 
Dig out the Mould a Spade Depth, ‘and fill the 
Place with a Mixture of equal Parts of very fine 
Garden Mould and frefh Meadow Earth. Mix thefe 
well together, and throw them into the Place. 
Let fo much be ufed that the Bed’ ‘may rife three 
Inches above the Surface. . 
Draw two Lines lengthway of this Bed, each at 
fifteen Inches from one of the Sides; and the Bed 
being thus prepared, take off the Cuttings. Thefe 
may be all cut at once, and by good Manage- 
_ ment all planted the fame Evening. 
Let the Gardener remember that tis only the 
hardier Exoticks he is to plant in this Bed, but 
let him take Cuttings from as many of thefe as he 
chufes to propagate, in the following Manner. 
With a fharp Knife let him cut them from the 
Plants at fome Place juft below a Knot, or Joint, 
floping them off downwards in the Cutting. The | 
beft Length for them is about ten Inches, but in 
this the Practice muft be in fome degree rege: 
lated by the Difpofition of the Joints, 
Let a Slit be made in each through the Body 
of the Joint, and two or three Holes pierced 
through the Stalk above and jut about this Place. 
Let Trenches be opened in the Place where 
the two Lines ate drawn along the Bed, of fo 
much Depth as to hold the Cuttings within an 
Inch and half of their Tops. 
Lay the Sides of the two Trenches which are 
toward the Edge of the Bed, gently loping; and. 
beat down the Mould a little with the Back of a | 
Spade, but not too much. } 
Lay the Cuttings upon this floping Side of the 
Trench at four Inches Diftance, and throw in the 
Earth, preffing it about them with the Hands 
from Time to Time as the Place is filled up. In 
the End let all be made level, and. the Tops of 
the Cuttings left an Inch and half out of the 
Ground. 
Give a very good Watering ; and me this as 
it will-difturb the Mould a little, draw fome as 
foon as it is dry again from the Middle of the 
Bed ; and cover up the Cuttings as at firft, till 
only an Inch and half is left above Ground. 
Place Hoops at moderate Diftance over the 
Bed; and lay fome Canvafs ready for drawing 
upon them as Occafion requires. | 
The Evening of a cloudy Day fhould be chofen 
for this Bufinefs, and for the firft three N ights 
the Bed muft be covered with the Canvas, as alfo 
and only fhaded during the Heat of the Day... 
The Waterings muft be repeated often, but not 
fo largely as at firft; and in this Manner fcarce 
one cutting in a Plantation will fail. 
In five or fix Weeks they will be rooted, and 
foon after they muft be taken up, and planted in 
feparate Pots of fuch Soil as we have direéted to 
be ufed for each Kind under its proper Head. 
A great deal of Care is required in taking 
them up. The Pot muft be placed near, with 
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fome of the proper Mould at its Bottom: 
The Cutting muft be taken up with a godd 
Quantity of the Earth about it, and placed up- 
right in the Pot; and the réft of ‘the Compoft 
muft be immediately thrown in, and clofed about 
it; partly to cover up the extredm Fibres before — 
the Air withers them; and partly to keep the 
former Mould about the'Plant. 
There depends a great deal upon ‘the keeping - 
a good Quantity of the Mould in which the Cut- 
ting grew, about it; and this will be the eafier to 
be done, if due Care be taken for fome Days be- 
fore, to keep the Mould in a due Temper. 
If it fhould be dry and crumbly at the Time; 
there would be no Poffibility of any remaining 
about it; but if the Gardener water the Bed every 
Day, the Mould will get a Dampnefs, by means 
of which it will hang together; and by the Help 
of cutting through it on each Side and below, - 
and moulding it a little in the Hands, there will 
a very good Ball of it hang about the Plant. 
As foon as the Cuttings are thus got into the 
Pots, and the Earth is Seine about them by 
Watering, they muft be fet in a-warm- fhady 
Place, and the Watering repeated as Occafion re- 
quires, till they are very well rooted in the new 
Earth, and have a lively and flourifhing Afpe@. 
- They may then be allowed a little more Sun, but 
not at Noon; and they muft. not be this Year fet 
out among the others. 
In the latter End of Siptohber they muft be 
brought into the Green-houfe, and they will thus 
ftand the Winter among other Plants, and after- 
wards will be in no Panay’ 
This is the Management of the Cuttines of 
the. hardier Exoticks ; and the Difference between 
this, and the Care of thofe which require addi- 
tional Heat, is eafily. underftood. 
When the Gardener has laid thefe ostonal Kinds, 
let, him prepare a hot Bed of flight Structure for 
the others. 
In a warm. and well fheltered Part of the Nur- 
fery let him mark. out. the Form of the Bed four 
Foot wide, and of fuch Length as the Number 
intended to be raifed requires. 
Let him bring in fome Horfe Dung that has 
lain in a Heap nine Days; and digging the 
Mould ‘away two-thirds of a Spade’s Depth, Jet 
him level the Bottom, and-throw in the long 
Straw from among the Dung. He needs not be 
very nice about this, only let him ufe a Fork for 
the Purpofe, and the longet will naturally come . 
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This being laid even, ind preffed “doknn a 
little by Strokes of the Fork, let him throw on 
fome more of the largeft that-is left, and fo finith 
up with the fmall, which is almoft pure Dung, 
The Bed fhould be two Foot high above the 
Surface of the Ground. Let him lay a Foot 
Thicknefs of pure Mould upon this; and drive- 
ing Stakes into the Ground on_ both Sides, that 
fhall rife two Foot and a half above the Surface 
of the Mould, let fome Rails be nailed over the 
Bed to their Tops, fo that a Canvafs can be 
drawn at Pleafure over the Bed, without crowd- 
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