109 OF PLANTING. SECT. VIII. 



Litter fhould be laid near a yard round, and five or fix 

 inches thick, to keep off fevere weather. Where plenty 

 ot ?nofs is to be had, it is a neat material to lay about 

 roots to keep them from drought. If litter alone is laid 

 about trees, (particularly againft an old wall) mice are 

 apt to harbour in it, and bark them : where fuch cover- 

 ing is ufed for winter, move it early in the fpring, and 

 fupply the place with turf, which will be proper to con- 

 tinue all fummer. 



Watering is to take place if trees are planted early in 

 autumn, which fettles the mould about the roots, but 

 let them not be fodden with it. Late in fpring water 

 will be fafely and neceffarily applied, and muft be re- 

 peated alfo if dry weather ; but yet with caution, for 

 many new planted trees have been injured (if not killed) 

 by keeping the roots wet. Late planted trees mould 

 be occasionally watered throughout the fummer : thofe 

 planted in winter need none, if the fpring be not very 

 dry. 



In planting wall trees, (the budded part outwards) 

 try in the hole which way they will belt (land again It 

 the wall ; and if they have a head defigned to remain for 

 training, place it carefully for the branches to be laid to; 

 but keep the tree a^s far from the wall as may be, (fup- 

 pofe eight inches) that the roots may have the more 

 room to (hike behind : cut off, or fhorten much, aH 

 roots whole direclion is ftraight towards the wall. Nail 

 the tree to it, that wind may not dilturb the roots. 



In planting Jlandards, it will be proper to fix -a flake 

 near the Item to fallen the tree, in order to prevent the 

 roots being diiturbed by wind, which prevents their 

 linking out new fibres ; rocking about opens the ground 

 alfo about the item, and admits fro ft, by which a tree 

 is fometimes lolt, or fucceeds badly. This itaking is 

 heft done while the holes are open, and the roots of 

 the tree [ccn t as by driving a flake in afterwards, it 

 might damage fome principal root, and the hurting a 

 root is to be avoided as much as bruifing a branch. 



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