NURSING. 3 



for the service of a large family ; inclose for 

 this purpose, suppose four or five acres, with 

 a sufficient quick-fence, or low wall. And 

 hereby will be accomplished two grand 

 points, viz. wM-broke land of a good quality 

 and tilth, and the opportunity of an effectual 

 rotation of crops at pleasure. 



But if no extra kitchen ground be re- 

 quired, it will still be adviseable to inclose a 

 considerable quantity more than might be 

 wanted for the purpose of nursery ; which 

 could be employed with advantage in the cul- 

 ture of carrots, turnips, potatoes, clover, &c. 

 for cattle feeding, and would equally operate 

 to the benefit of the trees, by the rotation of 

 crops and pulverizing of the soil. 



In all cases, it will be adviseable to trench 

 the ground to its full depth, in preparing it 

 for nursery; and, if necessary, to give it a 

 dressing with lime, marie, dung, &c. in com- 



(post. Other manure should never be applied 

 to nursery ground at the time of cropping 

 with timber trees. At the time of cropping 



planation of my ideas on this subject, I beg to refer the 

 reader to the Forcing, Fruit, and Kitchen Gardener, 

 Book II. Chap. I. 



