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from drought, wet will drain away, and the young 

 plants pufh flraight upward: four feet beds are beff. 



The enemies of feed beds muft be guarded againft, 

 as poultry, birds, dogs, eats, tniee and Jro/i ; the latter 

 by covering lightly with pea haulm or wheat draw, 

 and the former by furze, thorns, or brufh wood, and 

 traps, li any ha re s, or rabbits, get at a nurfeiy, they 

 ^ ake fad havock in fharp weather, by barking the 

 young plants; therefore, guard agairftthem, and larger 

 animals, by good clofe fences, which will alfo keep 

 out (harp winds. 



During thcfirfl year, they fhould be kept moderately 

 cool, by watering in dry feafons, or laying niofs, or 

 fome fhort litter, over the beds. And as to weeding, 

 though they muff not be fmothered, yet fome jmall 

 weeds may be fuffered to grow in fummer, as they 

 help to lhade the plants, and keep the ground cool. 

 Seedling trees are very apt to fuffer by drought. Thin 

 them in the fummer, after rain, from two inches to 

 three or four afunder, according to their nature; and 

 at the end of the year (i. e. when a year old) thin to 

 irom nine inches to a foot afunder : thole drawn may 

 Le planted out at the fame diilance, or at lead the bell 

 of them; and thofe left mould be re-planted the fecond 

 year, left the roots ftrike too much downwards. The 

 firft winter, they ought to be prote6ted from fevere 

 frofts, by fome light dry litter, which remove in mild 

 weather. At all times, except winter, if the roots of 

 young plants are difturbed by any means (as pulling up 

 itrong weeds, hoeing, &c.) fettle the mould about them 

 by a good watering. 



Stocks deh'gned to grow for full flandards, mould be 

 fet in rows, three or four feet afunder, and at one foot 

 and a half in the rows ; or if fet at the before-men- 

 tioned diftances, they may be tranfplanted again, ano- 

 ther year or two, wider. Rows for dwarfs need not 

 be fo lar afunder as thofe for ftandards: but before 

 they are planted, the fide moots muft be trimmed off, 



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