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surfaced with some old tan ; when it is of a 

 proper temperature, let the cuttings be made, 

 and put in some nice rich loam ; plunge the 

 pots to the rim on the bed, and shade them for 

 a day or two but no longer. Pick off any 

 damping leaves that may appear, water them 

 occasionally ; and observe to pot them off in due 

 time by which means, they will be stout plants by 

 the end of Autumn : the more curious kinds are 

 in general done by cuttings of the thick fleshy 

 roots, which they produce in abundance : as 

 many of these as can be spared with safety, 

 being taken off carefully from each plant, and 

 a few of the finer fibres attached to them and 

 neatly potted in small pots leaving the crown 

 of each about one fourth of an inch over the sur- 

 face, watered and set on a moderate heat, will 

 in a few weeks make excellent plants : one, 

 two, or more stems which they in general pro- 

 duce, being left to form the plant according to 

 the fancy of the proprietor. 



May and June, I think, is the most proper 

 time for propagating most or all of the woody, 

 shrub-like plants ; such as myrtles, oranges, 

 metrosideros, Banksias, &c. and more particu- 

 larly heaths, as the young wood will by that 



