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the young fibres, when they make their appear- 

 ance. I must also observe, that no part of the 

 shoot should on any pretence be covered with 

 the mould, except that which is meant to pro- 

 duce roots, as the covering the whole, renders 

 it extremely liable to rot: and therefore, if any 

 particularly tender plant should happen to be 

 thus treated, it would evidently endanger the 

 whole stool. This may seem an unnecessary 

 observation to some, but 1 can assure such, that 

 I have seen layers, made by people, who thought 

 themselves extremely clever, where none of the 

 parent stool was left in sight, except the tops 

 of each individual layer : what was the conse- 

 quence? in a few months one half at least of the 

 stools, without the least spark of life remaining ; 

 and of the rest which were so fortunate as to 

 survive, perhaps not one tenth of the shoots lay- 

 ed, produced plants. 



Inarching is a species of grafting differing 

 from it in these particulars, that whereas in 

 grafting, the scion is at cnce totally separated 

 from its parent plant, and the head of the stock 

 is cut clear off before the splicing takes place ; 

 here, on the contrary, neither the scion is sepa- 

 rated from its parent, nor the head of the stock 



