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V. On Raising Lemons and Oranges from Cuttings. By 

 Abraham Hawkins, Esq. of Kingsbridge, Devonshire. 



Read April 7, 1812. 



The following communication will perhaps not be thought 

 unworthy of the attention of the Horticultural Society. 



To raise Lemons and Oranges from cuttings, I have often 

 tried formerly, but never with success. However, a friend of 

 mine, John Luscombe Luscombe, Esq. of Coombe Royal, 

 near Kingsbridge, has discovered a method, which answers so 

 well, that of thirteen cuttings planted the last season under 

 my own eyes, eleven are now growing. The art is, to place 

 them to touch the bottom of the pot ; they are then to be 

 plunged in a bark or hot-bed, and kept moist. By this 

 means, Mr. Luscombe scarcely ever fails. 



