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pegged down with an Hook or two; 

 and if they have taken fufficient 

 Root by she next Winter, they muft 

 be cut off from the main Plants, and 

 planed in the Nurfery, as is di- 

 gfeded about Seedlings. 



Some twift the Branch, or bare 

 the Rind ; ;md it it be Out of the 

 Reach of thfc Ground, they faften a 

 Tub or Bafket near the Branch, 

 which they fill with good Mould, 

 and lay the Branch in it. 



Laying of Trees. 



This Operation is thus perform- 

 ed. 



i ft, Take fome of the Boughs, and 

 lay them into the Ground about half 

 a Foot deep in fine frefh Mould, leav- 

 ing them with the End of the Layer 

 about a Foot, or a Foot and an half, 

 out of the Ground, and keep them 

 moift during the Summer - feafon, 

 and they will probably have taken, 

 and be fit to remove, in Autumn ; 

 and if they hnve not by that time 

 taken Root, they muft lie longer. 



2dly, Tie a Piece of Wire hard 

 round the Bark of the Bough, at the 

 Place you intend to lay in the 

 Ground; and twift the Ends of the 

 Wire, fo that they may not untie ; 

 and prick the Place above the Wire 

 ihro' the Bark with an Awl in feve- 

 ral Places ; and then lay it in the 

 Ground, as before dire&ed. 



jdly, Cut a Slit upwards at a 

 Joint, as is practifed in laying of 

 Carnations, which by Gardeners is 

 called Tonguing the Layers. 



4thly, Twift the Place that you 

 defign to lay in the Ground like a 

 Withy, and lay it into the Ground 

 as curetted in the firft Way of Lay- 

 ing. 



5 thly, Cut a Place round about 

 the Bough ^that is defign\I to be 

 laid) an -Inch or two, at the Place 

 that i^ molt convenient to lay into 

 the Ground, and manage it as i.s 



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directed in the firft Method of Lay- 

 ing. 



The Seafon for laying hardy 

 Trees, that fhed their Leaves, is iri 

 Octcbcr 5 but for fuch as are tender^ 

 in March \ for Ever-greens, June or 

 Auguft are good Seafons. 



Tho' Layers may be laid in any 

 time of the Year, the before- men- 

 tion'd Seafons are moft proper, for 

 the Reafons following ; becaufe they 

 have the whole Winter and Summer 

 to prepare and draw Root ; for at 

 thefe times of the Year the Sun has 

 fufficient Power on the Sap of the 

 Tree to feed the Leaf and Bud, but 

 has not Power futhcient to make a 

 Shoot. 



And if that fmall Quantity of Sap 

 that does ariie be hinder'd, as it will 

 by fome of the preceding Ways of 

 Laying, the Leaves and Buds will 

 gently crave of the Layer, and by 

 that means will prepare the Layer to 

 take Root, or put forth Roots a lit- 

 tle to maintain itfelf, finding it 

 cannot have Nourifhment from the 

 Mother-plant. 



And therefore, becaufe it wants 

 but little Nourifhment at that time o r 

 the Year, it is better to lay Layers 

 of Trees, or to fet Cuttings, than at 

 other times, either in the Winter, 

 when the Sap ftirs but little, or in 

 the Summer, when the Sap abound?;, 

 or in the Spring, when it begins to 

 rife; becaufe it is then apt to come 

 too fuddenly to draw Sap from the 

 Layer, before the Layer has drawn 

 or prepar'd for Root. 



However, the Spring of Summer 

 may do well for final! Plants ; be- 

 caufe fuch Plants, being but fhort- 

 liv'd, draw Root the quicker. 



If you would lay young Trees 

 from an high Standard, the Boughs 

 of which cannot be bent down to 

 toe Ground, then you muft make 

 ufeof Ofier-balkets, Boxes, or Pots, 



