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as to saturate the surface soil with moisture, which 

 will chill and destroy the roots of the young trees ; 

 a part of the nursery may be on a dry location to 

 grow such trees as are natural to a dry soil, as the 

 cherry, peach, &c. The location should be such 

 that the surface water may run off after snow or 

 heavy showers, that it may not too much saturate the 

 ground] nor should it be so situated that drought af- 

 fects the ground severely, two extremes that of ten hap- 

 pen, and are very injurious to the growth and health 

 of trees. 



ART. 2. On preparing and laying out the Ground. 



The preparation of the ground selected for the 

 nursery, should be done in the best possible man- 

 ner, by clearing it of any weeds, manuring and 

 ploughing it deep ; and every thing that applies to 

 good culture, should be done to bring it into a right 

 state previous to planting. Let it be remembered, 

 that if weeds are once allowed to grow rank among 

 young trees, they not only impoverish them and the 

 ground, but it is very difficult to exterminate them 

 therefrom. 



It is a good method to break up the ground one 

 year previous to planting, and manure all over and 

 cultivate a crop of potatoes, which will clean and 

 bring it into excellent order. 



Laying out the Nursery, is simply to divide the 

 ground into squares appropriate to the size. It 

 should be laid out in a regular and systematic or- 

 der, so that an easy access can be had to any trees 

 when wanted, without confusion. The most gen- 

 eral and best plan of laying out the nursery, is to 



