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roots, more may sometimes be necessary. The observant 

 planter will be able to decide this without difficulty ; and 

 to the practical nurseryman, further directions on this 

 point would be superfluous. The object of leaving a 

 natural bud above the artificial one is, to assist in carry- 

 ing the sap above the latter ; but after the first rubbing 

 this will hardly be needful ; and at the second operation, 

 all natural buds may, as a general rule, be removed. 



TILLAGE. 



The ground should be kept free from weeds, and loose 

 and friable. This can usually be accomplished by running 

 the cultivator up and down between the rows. The judg- 

 ment of the planter will direct him how frequently this 

 should be done. If the ground has been such as we have 

 advised, two or three times during the entire season, may 

 be sufficient ; but one thing we will say, it cannot be done 

 too often if the cultivator looks only to the growth of 

 the trees ; and were we to give one general rule, we 

 should say once a week, throughout the season. 



MANURE. 



If the growth of the tree is not satisfactory, it may be 

 promoted greatly by stimulating manures, either liquid or 

 solid. Liquid may be made by dissolving guano or hen 

 manure in an old barrel or hogshead, and applied, by a 

 common watering-pot directly to the neck of the tree. 

 Guano or other concentrated manures can be applied 

 with almost immediate effect by running a furrow on 

 each side with a light plow, very near the row, throwing 

 it from the row, then depositing the guano with the hand 

 or hand-drill in the bottom of the furrow. Cover it by 

 running another furrow around the row, throwing the 

 furrow this time towards the row. In this way the young 

 trees will reap nearly the entire benefit of the manure 

 during the single season of their growth in the nursery. 



