oe AO MP LE-A;T B.O-D Y,' &c. 
Octob. Advantage in the common Way of propa- | Cement. As much asis neceffary to defend them Oétob. 
gating by Cuttings; but what AGRicoLa |} from the Moifture of the Earth, or as will ftick 
propofes in the Multiplication by fmall Pieces | to them, and they will then be in a Condition 
of the Branches, is of much greater Impor- | to plant. 
tance, as it gives the Gardener from the fame | Dig up a Border in the Nurfery where the 
Quantity of the original ‘I'ree, a much greater | Mould is good; and if it be not fo naturally, 
Number of new ones. add fome Pond Mud and Cow Dung, let it be 
The Method is this. Take off a Branch from | perfectly fine. Open Trenches all along this 
the Tree where it can beft be fpared, and | at a Foot Diftance; and in thefe plant the 
firft cut off all the Shoots. Then cut the | Pieces with that which was naturally the lower 
_large Branches as well as the Shoots into Pieces End downwards: let the upper End ftand 
of about three Inches in Length, chufing in | half an Inch above the Surface, and prefs the 
the young Shoots thofe Parts which have Buds Mould clofe about thefe Pieces. Place fome 
preferably to others; becaufe they will yield | Hoops over the Bed, and draw over them 
the beft and moft regular Plants, though there | fome Mats or Canvas. 
is no Part that will not furnifh fome tolerable Let the two Ends be at all Times open, 
/ 
ones. | oS and about three Hours after Noon take off the 
Cut the two Ends of thefe perfectly {mooth, | Covering entirely ; let the Bed remain open till 
and cover them with the Cement. ; ten o’Clock in the Morning, and then cover 
The beft Method with thefe Pieces is to | it as before: when the Mould is dry allow 
fet a Pot of Cement over a gentle Fire that | moderate Waterings; and by this Means there 
will keep it juft melted ; and wiping the two | will be a good Plant from every Piece: {carce 
Ends perfectly dry, to dip them in the melted one in twenty will fail. 
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CHAP, VI 
Of she tenderer KIN D S. 
Y thefe Methods the Generality of harder { be bettter to raife a great Number in a few | 
Trees and Shrubs may be propagated with | Jarge Pots, thanin more that are fmaller; the 
an abundant Encreafe; and the moft tender | Quantity of a Mould greatly affifting in the 
will fucceed in the fame Manner, allowing | Succefs of the Operation: and that when the 
them the Advantages of Heat underneath, and | Shoots firft appear above the Surface, they 
Shelter.’ muft be carefully defended from the Sun by 
A Bed with Dung, hooped over as we have | fhading the Glaffes in the middle of the Day. _ 
dlirected for raifing the Cuttings of the tender | The Mould in general muft be kept in a 
Greenhoufe Plants, will be very pfoper for | due Temper of Moifture by proper Water- 
thofe of a middle Degree of Hardnefs; and. ings; and thefe muft be more educa sh 
as for the moft tender and delicate, they muft | the new Plants appear. 
be: planted in Pots, and fet in Bark Beds. When they have four Inches Height they 
There is no Reafon why the ufual Advantages | muft be taken up, and planted out into little 
fhould be denied to a Practice, which promifes | Pots, one in each, and they will then require 
fo confiderable Profit to the Perfon who en- only the ufual Care; to be watered at Times, 
gages in it; and with thefe, the Growth is | to be fcreened from the Sun till well rooted 
as certain as in any common Plantation. | in’ the new Mould: and as they encreafe in 
The particular Cautions are thefe. That in | Size, to be fhifted into larger Pots. 
thefe Bark Beds the Pots be large; for it will bt 
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