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Earth down clofe to them. Thefe 

 Cuttings fliould be planted in a foft 

 loamy Soil, not fo ltrong as to de- 

 tain the Wet, nor fo light and dry 

 as to admit the Sun and Wind eafily 

 to the lower Part of the Cuttings : 

 in fuch Soil as this, the Cuttings 

 muft be duly watered in the Spring, 

 otherwife they will molt of them fail : 

 whereas, in a gentle Loam, fcarce 

 one in an hundred will mifcarry, and 

 theywill make much greater Progrefs. 

 The commonMethod ofplanting thefe 

 in the Nurferies is, to lay out the 

 Ground into Beds, about four Feet 

 broad, with two Feet Alleys betwen 

 them, for the Conveniency of go- 

 ing between them to water them in 

 dry Weather ; and in thefe Beds 

 they plant the Cuttings about five or 

 fix Inches afunder : but where there 

 is a loamy Soil, it will be a better 

 Method to plant the Cuttings in 

 Rows, about a Foot or fifteen Inches 

 afunder, and at fix Inches Diltance 

 in the Rows : in this Method the 

 Cuttings will have more room to 

 grow, and there will be room to hoe 

 between them in Summer, to keep 

 them clean from Weeds ; and when 

 they are removed, they may be taken 

 up without injuring any of the 

 Plants, which cannot be avoided 

 where they are very clofe together. 



There are fome Perfons who pro- 

 pagate thefe Trees from their Ber- 

 ries, which is certainly the bell Way 

 to obtain good Plants ; for thofe 

 which come from Seeds, have a Dif- 

 pofition to an upright Growth ; 

 whereas almoft all thofe which are 

 raifed from Cuttings, incline more 

 to an horizontal Growth, and pro- 

 duce a greater Number of lateral 

 Branches. When any Perfon is de- 

 firous to propagate this Tree by 

 Seeds, the Berries mud be guarded 

 from the Birds, otherwife they will 

 devour them before they are per- 



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feclly ripe ; which is feldom earlier 

 than the Latter-end of September, or 

 the Beginning of October j for they 

 fhould hang until the outer Pulp is 

 quite black. When thefe Berries 

 are gathered, they fliould be fown 

 foon after ; for when they are kept 

 out of the Ground till Spring, they 

 frequently mifcarry ; and there will 

 be no Hazard in fowing them in Au- 

 tumn, provided they are put in a 

 dry Soil: and if the Winter fliould 

 prove fevere, the Bed in which they 

 are fown is covered with rotten Tan, 

 Straw, Peas -haulm, or any light 

 Covering, to prevent the Froft from 

 penetrating of the Ground. The belt 

 Way will be to fow the Berries in 

 Rows at about fix Inches Diltance, 

 and one Inch afunder in the Rows : 

 if Drills are made about three Inches 

 deep, and the Berries fcattered in 

 them, and the Earth drawn over 

 them, it will be a very good Me- 

 thod. The following Spring the 

 Plants will appear, when they mould 

 be kept clean from Weeds ; and if, 

 the Seafon fhould prove dry, if they 

 are duly watered, the Plants will 

 make fo good Progrefs, as to be fit 

 for tranfplanting the following Au- 

 tumn, when they fliould be carefully 

 taken up, and planted in a Nurfery, 

 placing them in Rows at three Feet 

 afunder, and the Plants one Foot Di- 

 ltance in the Rows. In this Nur- 

 fery they may remain two Years ; 

 by which time they will be fit to 

 tranfplant where they are defigned 

 to remain. 



The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Flants is in the Autumn, as 

 foon as the Rain has prepared the 

 Ground for Planting; for altho' 

 they often grow, when removed in 

 the Spring, yet thofe do not take 

 near fowell, nor makefo good Pro- 

 grefs, as thofe which are removed in 

 the Autumn ; efpecially if the Plants 

 ' , are 



