OF GARDENING. 
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Of raifing a Tree from the BU D. 
PPAHIS appears at firft Sight the moft rational 
of all the Undertakings : we know that ina | 
Bud are contained the Rudiments of the future 
Branch, and that in a State of growing. ‘They 
require only Time to increafe in Bignefs, and 
after that being taken off and planted as Cut- 
tings, they would fend out Roots and grow 
into fo many Trees; therefore all that can be 
required to their Succefs in this Operation, is 
to promote their fending out fuch Roots at once; 
to this they are fufficiently difpofed in the Bud ; 
the only Danger is its rotting from the 
large Wound made in taking it off; and as 
Profpe& of Succefs. 
Chufe for this Purpofe any Tree which has 
Buds, or the Rudiments of Branches in the Bo-. 
foms of the Leaves. Take off a Leaf carefully 
with the Bud entire, wipe the wounded Part after 
you have made it perfectly {mooth, and cover 
it with the Cement: then plant it in the fame 
Manner in a fhady Border, at fo {mall a Depth 
that the Top of the Bud may have the Advan- 
tage of the Air; it will thus rife up to a re- 
gular Shoot; and a Number of thefe being 
raifed together, are to be removed at fix Inches 
Height into a Nurfery Bed, and treated as other 
this is prevented by the Cement, there.is the faireft | Kinds. 
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Of propagating by the Branches in large PIECES. 
HIS is the Method by Roots transfered to the 
Branches; and inthe prefent Inftance where | 
large Pieces of the Branches are ufed, it may 
be confidered as another Way of propagating | 
by Buds. 
Cut off a Branch or Shoot from a Tree which | 
has a great Number of Buds upon it, take off | 
prefs it every where clofe; cover it about half 
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an Inch, and give a gentle Watering; fhade © 
the Place for fome Time. 
The Buds will all fhoot up in Branches, and 
there will be Roots produced in other Parts of 
the Branch. 
When the Shoots are four Inches high, the 
fo many of thefe as to leave only fuch a Num- | Branch muft be taken up, and cut into as 
ber as may ftand at three Inches from one 
many Pieces as there are good Shoots: the - 
another, Cover the Wound at the End, and | Wounds at the two Ends mutt be covered | 
all the others made by taking off the Buds, 
with the melted Cement. Open a Trench in 
a fhady Border of the Length of the Branch, | watered now and then, till they have taken 
and lay it thus prepared, horizontally in _the | Root ; and they will afterwards require no other 
Trench; draw the Mould well about it, and | Care than is allowed to all Trees of a like Growth, 
with the Cement; and they muft be planted 
in a Nurfery Bed. Let them be fhaded and 
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a Of Propagation by the Branches in Juall PIECES. — e 
4 HE PraGiicabilier of this is founded upon tural Operation of covering the Pith sidiths. this 
the fame Reafoning with that of theGrowth 
from Parts or Pieces of Roots ; and this we know 
to be the more eafy and certain, by what we 
fee in the common Method by Cuttings. 
In general they would fucceed better than 
they do, if the Bottoms or cut Part were co- 
vered at the Pith, with this Cement; and many 
Kinds would facceed this Way conftantly, which 
‘aré apt to fail in the common Practice. 
I have obferved that in thofe Cuttings 
which have decayed, inftead of ftriking Root, 
the Bottom has been rotted when taken out 
of the Ground. This has led me to the na- 
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Cement, when I repeated the Trial; and this 
with Succefs. It is an Article of Confequence 
in Gardening; and more Trials fhould confirm 
it, for the Subject is yet too new for much 
Proof. . 
It would be a very acceptable Thing to 
the Nurferyman, to be able with Certainty to 
raife every Kind of Tree from Cuttings; and 
we recommend it to him to try thofe Kinds 
which are moft apt to fail, again with this — 
Advantage, before he gives up the Expec- 
tation.’ 
This may be confidered as a very great 
Advantage 
