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being raised in a like climate and soil they are to 

 grow, and to fruit, there is a more probable certainty 

 of success, than would otherwise be had. There is 

 also a great advantage in raising trees, in a very 

 material point, in an assurance of having fruit that 

 we know we like, by getting graffs, or buds, from 

 trees of which we have tasted and admired the fruit. 



In a nursery, stocks may be raised for fruit trees, 

 shrubs propagated by suckers, slips and cuttings, and 

 flowers of the biennial and perennial sorts may be 

 sown, bulbous offsets planted, and thus a stock be 

 readily provided for furnishing any part of the plea- 

 sure ground. For these objects, a spot might well 

 be allotted, if it were only the cool corner of a large 

 garden, having a good soil, and not over hung by 

 trees. 



Supposing only a little spot is made use of for 

 a fewjftowers, shrubs, &c. let them be duly attended, 

 to weed, thin, water, trim into form, support, shelter, 

 and in short nurse, but yet not to bring any thing up 

 tenderly, as too much, or long cover in winter, ex- 

 poses to risk when it is taken away ; the plants not 

 being able to bear then even a moderately cold air. 

 A low part of the garden, that has not too much sun 

 is best calculated for a nursery ; if not overshaded 

 with trees. 



Suckers, slips and cuttings of any kind, should be 

 - attended to for forming a proper head ; shortening 

 the shoots, and keeping a clear stem below, and the 

 roots free from suckers. Two years commonly fit 

 suckers for planting out, and three years slips and 

 cuttings. But remember to fasten the two latter^ 

 if not the former, to sticks, that the wind, &c. may 

 not loosen them, and prevent their well rooting. 



Large plants, as young trees, &c. should be .tied 

 to stakes firmly fixed, at first putting out for the 

 same reason. These should be seen to from time 



