The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-20

and measurably deprived of free circua.
ton of air, and of the advantages Of the
suns rays,-aIl which prevent the maturity
Of wood, and fall development of the
/ branches.
! The writer does not consider the chance
Of buds growing. enhanced in the least
! By ITS being on a long branch. He believes,
(and his belief is founded upon his expert.
ence, as well as upon reason,) that the whole
embryo Of the future tree Is contained 10 the
bud and lis latent roots, and TINT If proper.
| y managed, TO other part Of the parent
wood IS necessary, thau jus, enough TO fur.
nish the tcofal circulation until the bud
open its leaves uud form roots, and this is
ouly about one inch Of the cutting. The
writer has noticed repeatedly, that when a
long branch has been planted, good sized
trees have grown with scarcely any roots
ui their own bring ie&, Ike the rich macs
son, independent OF scifexer'i0n, they we're
no, under The necessity Of making any
deriving their radical supplies from roots
formed on other parts Of the bFagch.-
Double cuttings are liable 10 the same o5.
Jectlous, bot IN slill smaller, indeed 10
very small degree, the only considerable Oh
Jecton being their requiring just double the
number Of buds ~ pldat aB acre that are 70.
quired BY sngIe cuttings They may be
/ planted IN the same manaer as long and
short cuttings, or as single cuttings, ~th.
ou, materiil disadvantage ~ eHher. The
writer prefers, however, planting them as
he does single cuttings. |, is believed by
the writer, tia, II ten thousand buds be-
planted, li.e thousand IN double Cuttings aud
Use thousand IN sagie cuttings, there will
be fly per cent. more trees obtained and
those OF a more uniform size, and OF better
form, from the single Cuttings than from The
double cultings--nore especially u the
ground be sandy. Let mo here observe,
that sard IS On invaluable ingredient IN The
soil Cor striking all kinds Of cultnss and It
small quantity we're put IN the burrows he
fore putting 10 the cuttings, (especmlly
where slie s0ti Itself Is GOT very sandy the
cuttings would strike root much more read
". Singh cuttings are planted BY siekn
them doSn obi,quely, the top leaning Ia the
north and he bgd on the south SIDE OF the
cuiting, aud covering theG elth d hoe about
two inches deep-thai Is. about two inches
Of earth beng covered over the bud, aud
pressed firmly with the hoe or the foot
Sometimes they are planted By merely lay.
iug them lat IN The lurrow, the bud upper.
most, Covered With tao inches Of earth, and
pressed firmly ana am no, prepared to
say that the irsl method has any advantage
over thus indeed can see none. They are
also planted ty merely dropping them 10
the iurfow, Tho dropping coro, without ref.
efeuce to the siiualton Of The bud, and they
seem 10 DO very veil When the bud hup
pens TO 5e on toe undcr SIDE Of the cutting,
however, The tree has 10 make its way around
the side Of the cutting, luses time, and DOES
not make as handsome tree. LagFrs,
properly so called, are branches Of tue tree
bent down and confined 10 the ground with
a forked s.irh, aud covered aver with earth.
With mofu, mulelulis ibis mode Is en-.
llreiy useless. Bu, layers are also formed
hy laylag dssn tie whole tree root aud
some the most certain method Of obtaining
trees. thmk l1yeuGg IN ali us forms
more Objectionable dian Tong cuttings
The trees never make good roots, they gros
10 clusters, aud Of course do not make as
fine trees, rs cuttings; aud besides. II is
impossible that more than one fourth, II that
many, Of The buds eau ever grow. THIS
wlll appear evident from the fact, that ~
those places WheJc layers and long cuttings
are painted, they consider that Ten fpid Is
! large allowance for lbe multiplication 81
The tree. Now It would be a very small
tree, that had not forty buds, and il 50, those
aho makes this allowance must calculate
tha, only one bud IN four viii grow. The
writer % tins never yet hilcd 10 make three
out Of four buds, grow by planting single
cuttings.
There is orc other kind Of cutting that
must not be ovcrlo0ked--it may be called
u variety Of tho single cutting. IL IS the
ioint of tho main stem Of trees rom which
the branches have been cut or If the
branch was of any considerable size, say
the size Of a small qu,l. there will be latent
buds, ono on each side OF the base Of The
branch, aud whca the tree is growing as
soon as the branch is cut oil, these buds will
generally each send forth branch. So
when the tree IL cut up into Cuttings, Il these
POINTS be planted, they will generally send
forth two shoots, and sometimes even four.
|, ttcrelore usually split these joints through
The middle oi the base at the branch, IN
such a manner as to leave half Of the stump
Of the branch on each DIVISION OF the lnt,
| always prefer these loluts 10 cutttu Ia
ken from branches as they arc equally Ger
tain to grow, and generally produce two
trees each.
Preparation IF cuttings is very simple
Long cuttings require none; short cut
tngs only require TINT the branches or man
stem of the tree be cut with sharp knlIe
into pieces six to twelve inches long
Double cuttings contain only two buds
The branch is TO be cut with sharp knife,