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well drained as usual for cuttings, and then 

 filled with sandy peat, within an inch of the 

 rim ; which must be pressed pretty light, so as 

 not to sink much afterwards ; let the remainder 

 be filled with the sand and well levelled at 

 top, being also pressed tight ; the whole 

 should then get a good watering to settle it 

 before the cuttings are inserted ; then proceed 

 to make the necessary quantity of cuttings to 

 fill it, and the sand will be soaked sufficiently, 

 and fit to receive them by the time they are 

 ready. 



To have these from such parts of the plant as 

 are most likely to produce roots, a preference 

 is to be given to the young tender wood, of the 

 same season's growth; as before noticed, but 

 strong, luxuriant, or leading shoots, are not to 

 be chosen, as from their redundancy of sap, 

 they are exceedingly liable to damps; the ends 

 of the lateral, or side shoots, are by experience 

 proved to answer infinitely better, when se- 

 lected with judgment, so as care is taken to 

 reject any that have in the least degree attained 

 a hard woodiness of substance, or that cut wiry, 

 and tough. They need not exceed an inch in 

 length, two thirds of which is to be divested of 



