292 THE NURSERY. [March. 
that you want to increase; let them be of the last summer's shoots, 
cutting them oiF from about six or eight to ten or fifteen inches 
long, according as they may occur in> the different sorts of trees, 
&c.; plant them in rows, each cutting about half or two thirds of 
its length into the ground; close the earth well about them, and in 
dry weather let them be occasionally watered. 
The tacamahaca, white, black, trembling; Lombardy, Canada, 
Athenian, Carolina, heart-leaved, smooth-leaved, and various leaved 
poplars, and all the varieties of willow may be propagated in this 
way; also, the plane tree, tupelo tree, mulberry, and alder; with 
the sea buckthorn, elder, tamarisk, some kinds of solanum, honey- 
suckles, diervilla, privet, trumpet-flower, virgin's-bower, Carolina 
kidney-bean tree, passion flower, jasmine, periploca, jew, juniper, 
savin, arbor vitse, Portugal and English laurels, and an immense 
number of other trees and shrubs. 
Cuttings of all sorts planted a year ago, and that are well rooted, 
may now be transplanted or quartered out into open nursery rows, 
to advance in proper growth, and to have occasional training for 
the purposes intended. 
Grafting Forest Trees and Ornamental Shrubs. 
The latter end of this month will be a good time to graft the 
various kinds of forest trees and flowering and ornamental shrubs 
which you mean to propagate in that way; such as elms, ash, oaks, 
hollies of various kinds, robinias, double-flowering thorns, altheas 
and cherries, &c. There are very few hard wooded plants but 
will take in this way when grafted on stocks of their own families, 
and indeed there are many instances of plants taking on stocks of 
a different genus, as the pear on the white thorn, the peach on the 
plum, &c. &c. 
Transplanting young Trees and Shrubs. 
All hardy kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs may now be 
transplanted, either into nursery rows, or finally where intended 
to remain; always observing to do this in mild weather, and when 
the ground works freely and is in a good condition to receive them. 
In the middle, and particularly in the eastern states, the removal 
of evergreens should not be commenced before the beginning of 
April, and then finished towards the middle of that month, if the 
season proves favourable. Hollies are best removed towards the 
end of April. 
Weeding Seedling Trees and Shrubs. 
Look over the seed-beds of young trees and shrubs: if weeds 
appear on them, let them be carefully picked out by hand in time 
before they mix their roots with those of the plants. 
