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THE OLIVE
parts, quite distinct, the roots properly so called and which do not shoot of themselves, and the foundations formed of a ligneous mass of tubercles, from which spring the roots in one direction, and the stem in another. Pieces split from this woody mass of the size of the palm of the hand, and an inch and a half thick, planted four inches deep with the back uppermost, will give a great number of young plants. But so will the parent root if left in place. When from any cause whatever, a tree has been marked for destruction, if it is cut off below ground and covered with earth, it will send up quantities of new shoots which may be pulled off as young rooted trees, and their places will be many times supplied with others.
