[3053] 1st of March.
[3054] 15th of March.
[3055] B. xvi. cc. [30], [46], [67], and [78].
[3056] De Re Rust. B. v. c. 11. A very absurd and useless method, Fée remarks.
[3057] In c. [24] of this Book.
[3058] All the precepts given in this Chapter have been already given in cc. [3] and [4] of the present Book.
[3059] The maple, linden, elm, and arundo donax, are still employed, as well as the willow, for this purpose; the latter, however, but very rarely. The account of its cultivation here given is borrowed from Columella, De Re Rust. B. iv. c. 30.
[3060] The Salix viminalis of Linnæus, or white osier.
[3061] The Salix alba of Linnæus. These stakes, or props, are for the support of the vine.