64? THE PRACTICAL PLANTER, 



with esculents, manure, either simple or in 

 compost, may be applied ; as conveniency 

 and the nature of the crop in question shall 

 determine. But, that the trees should im- 

 mediately follow a manured culinary crop, is 

 the best of all methods ; as, in that case, no 

 manure would be required for the timber 

 crop. 



I have known an ^instance, where a field 

 was taken in for a nursery, from an old pas- 

 ture of a rough sward, and in which myriads 

 of the grub- worm, slug, &c. had found an 

 asylum. It was conceived, that by sub- 

 trenching, or deeply digging it, the land 

 might be effectually cleaned ; and accord- 

 ingly, the field was planted with nursery, 

 without any preparatory crop of grain, &c. 

 being taken. But the result was, that most 

 of the Firs, the Larches, the Elms, the 

 Beeches, &c. became a prey to the vermin, 

 the ensuing season; and their stems were 

 found peeled entirely round, about an inch 

 under the surface. 



For this reason it becomes a matter of cau- 

 tion, that a like misfortune be avoided, to 

 take a crop, or crops, of grain, potatoes, 



