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The Root ae after fome Weeks, crack in 
— the Rind in feveral Places, and there will ap- 
pear from each a Shoot for a new Tree, and 
 oppofite to it, or near it, roots. 
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In fix Weeks from the laying, the Plants 
will be a Foot above the Ground; 
night after this they may be feparated and re- 
moved. For this Purpofe the Earth muft be 
opened all along the Place wheré the Root 
lies, to lay bare the Surface; it muft be fawn 
through into as many Pieces as there are good 
Plants, the two Ends of each Piece mutt be . 
{moothed and covered with the Cement, the Ex- 
and a Fort- | 
tremities of the F ibres or new Roots taken off O@ob. 
with a Pair of Sciffars, and the Plant fet in 
good Mould. The whole Set may be thus 
removed into a Nurfery Bed, and treated in the 
fame Manner as Cuttings when firft removed ; and 
they will foon grow up to fine Trees. 
The Ufe of this Method is obvious. A Tree 
may fpare a fingle Branch of its Root without 
Damage; and there may be a Number of new 
ones produced from it; either inftead of doing 
that by Layers or Cuttings, or for a greater 
Encreafe at the fame Time. 
2. Of Propagation by fall Picees of the ROOT. 
Take off a fmall horizontal Root of any Tree 
that is to be encreafed; cut it into a Number of 
Pieces of three Inches Length each; fmooth 
both Ends of thefe Pieces; and wiping them » 
very dry, cover them with the Cement melted, 
juft fo much as to make it fpread eafily over 
the Surface. 
Dig up a Piece of rich mellow Mould j in a 
fhady Situation, draw Lines upon it at five Inches 
Diftance lengthway, and acrofs at fix Inches Dif- 
tance; and in the Centre of every Square open a 
{mall Hole, plant a Piece of the Root in each 
GHAP. 
«OF raifing a Tree from ahE AF. 
\ 
AE Hypothefis of this Author, that every 
Part of a Tree ‘contains the whole in its Ru- 
: ens, naturally extends the Subject of Propa- 
_ gation to all the Parts. 
The Method by Cuttings 
appeared ftrange when LAUREMBERG propofed it; 
but tercrence has fhewn how perfeétly. he was 
un the right; the extending it to the Leaves 
is the Thought of AcricoLa, and if all he has 
afferted in this Cafe cannot be done, yet a great 
deal may. Dr. Parsons, fome Time fince, inge- 
nioufly illuftrated the Production of the Polype 
from Pieces of the ‘Animal, by the Example - 
of a Cutting of the Willow; and we may now 
éall back the Subject, ‘itutteatine ‘by ‘that ftrange | 
Animal ‘the ‘univerfal Propieivioh of Vegetables 
_ from any of their folid Parts. 
For this Trial by the Leaves, it will be proper 
to’ felect fome Kind that is large and of a firm 
Texture in the Ribs, for Inftance the Laurel. 
To give | this a fair Trial proceed ‘thus : 
“chufe a 
dozen’ of fine, perfect, and found Leaves of Laurel, 
Hole, prefs the Mould very clofe about it; 
.and thus fet all the others. 
They will each of them fend out one or 
more Shoots, and feveral Roots: the beft Shoots 
mutt be preferved, the others taken off; and after 
about fix Weeks Growth they mutt all be taken 
up, and planted in a Nurfery Bed in the fame 
Manner as other young Trees, whether raifed from 
Seed, from Cutings, Layers, or whatever Method. 
_ This is another Method of eafy and encreafed 
Propagation; for a Tree of tolerable Strength will 
fpare fuch a Root without Damage. 
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take them vine fete off from the Stalks, and take 
fo Bud with them. ‘With a tharp Knife fmooth 
the End where ‘they were pull’d off from the 
Trees and wiping it perfectly dry, cover the 
whole Wound perfectly with the Cement. 
Open a Trench two Inches and a half :deep 
in a fhady Border, and let the Mould be fine. 
Lay in thefe Leaves fo deep, that two thirds 
of each may be -covered with the Mould. - 
Prefs it every Way clofe about the Leaf, 
and give the Border, when they are all 
in, a gentle Watering. Shade them for fome 
Days, as.in the planting of tender Cuttings, 
and afterwards defend the Ground. by a Piece 
of Hawthorn, or fome other fecure Method; 
for the Operation of Nature is flow in this 
Cafe. 
By Degrees the Leaf will moulder away, 
all but the principal Ribs; but: thefe will fhoot 
out Roots in that Part which is under the 
Ground, and will run up into Branches above. 
