SECT. VIII. OF PLANTING. 105 



frost the first winter, and drought the first summer. 

 This covering of new planted trees about their roote 

 from extremes of weather, may be either with good 

 solid turf. Utter with stonts on it, or stones alone, 

 which by their weight help to hold the tree fast 

 Litter should be laid about two feet round, and five 

 or six inches thick, to keep off severe weather. 

 Where plenty of moss is to be had, it is a neat ma- 

 terial to lay about the roots to keep them from 

 drought. If itter alone is laid about trees, parti- 

 cularly against an old wall) mice are apt to harbour 

 in it, and bark them: where such covering is used 

 for winter, moVf it early in the spring, and supply 

 the place with turf, which will be proper to con- 

 tinue all summer 



Watering is fo take pkce if trees are planted 

 early in autumn, vhich settles the mould about the 

 roots, but let them not be sodden with it Late in 

 spring water will k safely and necessarily applied, 

 and must be repeaed also if dry weather ; but yet 

 with caution, for nifty new planted trees have been 

 injured (if not killd) by keeping the roots wet. 

 Late planted treesmiist be occasionlly watered 

 throughout the sumnv ; but those planted in winter 

 need none, if the spug be not very dry, when let 

 them have it. 



In planting wall tr^ (the budded part outwards) 

 try in the hole which >\\y they will best stand against 

 the wall ; and if they \ave a head designed to re- 

 main for training, placet carefully for the branches 

 to be laid to ; but keepie tree as/tfr from the wall 

 as may be, (suppose eig\ inches) that the roots may 

 have the more room tc^trike behind : cut off, or 

 shorten much, all rootspointing straight towards 

 the wall. Nail the tree tjt, that wind may not dis- 

 turb the roots. 



In planting standards^ will be proper to fix a 



