68 APPENDIX. 



A fteady perfon, charged with the above kind of ar- 

 rangement, is one of the moft ufeful men that can be 

 employed in a demefue, or where much works are 

 carrying on. 



I believe I need not point out the great advantage 

 there is in keeping all articles clean and dry, when 

 laid up, or not in ufe. The oftener they are called in, 

 and newly arranged, the better, as thereby there will 

 be fewer miftakes and lofles. 



The new implements, &c % . (hould always 'be kept 

 feparate from the old ones, in diftindt columns. 



It is now full time to return, in order to point out 

 the works of the autumn quarter. 



The beginning of this quarter is ufually taken up in 

 putting out evergreen fluubs, fuch as laurel, Portugal 

 laurel, lauruiHnus, &c., and, alfo, in planting cuttings 

 of the fame, and in many other articles, fuch as cleaning 

 hedges for the laft time, when it fo happens that two 

 weedings are necefTary in one feafon. 



But the greateft point of all to attend to, ftiould be 

 that of fecuring young trees put out the laft fpring, 

 particularly of the pine kind. This is the time to give 

 the finithing ftroke to every plant encumbered with 

 grafs and weeds ; becaufe, if fuch fpontaneous growth 

 fhould remain till too late in the feafon, the rains and 

 damps, which ufually take place at that time, rot the 

 vegetable matter about the tender branches of the 

 young plants, to their great detriment, and very often 



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