By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 291 



this spring emitting its blossoms as freely as those trees which 

 have not been transplanted. Its roots were, however, well 

 preserved, and its branches properly retrenched. 



Peach and Nectarine trees, particularly of those varieties 

 which have been recently obtained from seed, may be propa- 

 gated readily by layers, either of the summer, or older wood ; 

 and even from cuttings without artificial heat ; for such strike 

 root freely. But the most eligible method appears to be that 

 of sowing the stones, and budding the young plants in the 

 same season ; and I will venture to assert, that Peach and 

 Nectarine trees may be thus raised with much less expense 

 and trouble, than by the ordinary method of budding upon 

 Plum-stocks ; and that the rapidity of their growth will amply 

 compensate for the small size at which it will be expedient to 

 plant them. An opinion prevails amongst gardeners, that such 

 trees will prove very short lived ; in opposition to this, I have 

 nothing further to say, than that I have plants of more than 

 twelve years old, one of fourteen years old, which certainly 

 show no disposition to die, nor any appearance of having 

 grown old. 



