SECT. vnr. OF PLANTING. 1M 



sort, Fines have frequently been planted and pruned 

 for years, producing nothing but wood and leaves. 



Figs and vines, nectarines and peaches, (as natives 

 of hot climates) should have a. full sun here, or lit- 

 tle fruit can be expected from them ; and Apricots 

 ought to have a good share of it, though they do 

 very well (in some places) against an east wall, and 

 perhaps against a west. An east aspect is not so 

 safe as a south one, as to the embryo fruit at the 

 time of blossoming, nor does it bring the apricots so 

 forward ; but the fruit is commonly better : it has 

 the earliest sun all the morning, and the benefit of a 

 gentle warmth afterwards, by the wall, (the sun 

 shining hot on the other side) if the tree is nailed 

 properly close. See Formation of a Garden, arti- 

 cles Situation and Aspect. 



From what has been said on situation, the young 

 gardener will be led to make some discrimination in 

 planting, and not hope to succeed when working 

 against nature. If his garden is small, let him con- 

 tract his desires, and proceed upon sure grounds : 

 but if large, experiments and risks are not of much 

 consequence. Favourable and unfavourable seasons 

 make a great difference ; but hope should have a 

 foundation, and we cannot expect a prosperous end, 

 without the use of probable means. 



5. The SEASON for planting is a matter of conse- 

 quence, though some persons are apt to neglect it, 

 who should, and do, know better. The proper rule 

 is, to plant as early in the season as can be ; so that 

 if the ground is ready, trees had best be put in when 

 the leaves begin to fall, i. e. in October ; yet some 

 good planters have recommended even an earlier 

 time than this ; and scruple not to plant all the lat- 

 ter half of September, though the leaves be full on. 

 Some trees wilL.form fresh roots in the winter; and 

 those which do not, yet get so united with the earth, 



