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which culture they will very well agree, till planted where they 

 are to remain for good^ 



If you intend to propagate them by layers, let this be per- 

 formed as foon as the leaves begin to tarni£h, about the end of 

 September, or early in Odtober. The wood of this tree being 

 extremely hard, will not root fufficiently till the fecond year, 

 vmlefs the fummer is uncommonly wet, or you affifh them with 

 regular and plentiful waterings ; therefore, if you mean to fave 

 a feafon, let this be particularly attended to^ 



"When you find they have rooted abundantly, in the end of 

 March, or beginning of April, take away the earth from about 

 the layer, of which be very tender, and with a fharp knife cut 

 it off beyond the joint, where, if properly laid, the roots will 

 principally be ; prune away all but the ftrongeft and ftraighteft 

 flioot, and plant them in a nurfery of good frefh foil, in rows., 

 at two and a half feet diftance, and a foot afunder in the row j 

 give them frequent waterings till the roots are well eftablifhed j 

 keep the ground clean, digging it between the rows in autumn 

 and fpring, and let them remain here two years ^ 



These trees may now be either planted out for good, or re- 

 moved to another nurfery, cutting off the extremities of their 

 roots and all ill-placed branches, and placed in rows three and a 

 half feet diftant and eighteen inches in the row, treating them 

 as formerly, and letting them remain for three years. 



The Nettle Tree will fucceed in any ordinary land, but mofl 

 delights in a deep moift foil, where they will foon become ftate- 



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