72 THE OLIVE 



parts, quite distinct, tlie roots ])roperly so called and which do not 

 shoot of themselves, and the foundations formed of a lio'ueous mass 

 of tubercles, from which spring the roots in one direction, and the 

 stem in another. Pieces split from this woodv mass of the size ot 

 the palm of the hand, and an inch and a half thick, planted four 

 inches deej) with the back uppermost, will give a great number of 

 young plants. But so will the parent root if left in place. Wlien 

 from any cause whatever, a tree has been marked for destruction, if 

 it is cut off below ground and covered with earth, it will send up 

 quantities of new shoots which may be pulled off as young rooted 

 trees, and their places will be many times suj^plied with others. 



