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into the earth, and secure them there with hooked or forked 
sticks. Lay down all the young shoots on each branch, and 
cover them with earth about five inches deep, leaving the tops 
out about two, three, or four inches above ground, according to 
their different lengths. If these branches are laid in June or 
July, they will root by Michaelmas ; but if they are laid in 
October, they will be a twelvemonth rooting. 
The layers of Alaternuses and Phillyreas will sometimes be 
two years rooting, if done so late as October ; therefore lay down 
your shoots, if possible, in June. Let the shoots which are lay¬ 
ered be those of the last summer’s growth. 
You may propagate shrubs also from cuttings in February and 
October. Let strong shoots be chosen, of last summer’s growTh: 
choose them from nine to fifteen inches long, and, if you can, take 
about two inches of old wood with the shoots at their base. Trim 
off the lower leaves, place the cuttings half w r ay in the ground, 
and plant them in a shady border to root. Do this in February, 
in preference to October, as everything roots earlier from spring 
operations. You may also plant cuttings in June, but keep "them 
moist and shady. 
October is a good month for taking up suckers of lilacs, roses, 
&c., and for all sorts of transplanting in its varieties. It is also 
the month to transplant the layers of such shrubs as were laid in 
the previous October. 
I subjoin a list of hardy deciduous shrubs and evergreens, not 
too tall to admit into a moderately sized flower garden :■— 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS OF LESSER GROWTH. 
Arbutus , Strawberry tree 
Common 
Double-flowering 
Red-flowering 
Eastern, 01 Andrachne 
Almond , common 
White-flowering 
Early dwarf, single fi.owcj 
Double dwarf 
Althcea fruUx , striped 
