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inserted too deep in the soil, as this injures the bark, and 

 consequently impedes the natural circulation of the juices. 

 A medium sized tree may be planted one inch deeper than 

 it was in the nursery bed, and the largest should not exceed- 

 two or three inches. 241. 311. 319. 337. 



Plant cuttings and suckers of Gooseberries and Currants ; 

 also, of such fruit trees as produce them, in order to raise 

 stocks to bud and graft upon ; fruit stones and kernels may 

 be also sown for the same purpose. 



Young trees, shrubs, and vines may be obtained at public 

 nurseries, in different stages of growth, suited for general 

 planting ; and others sufficiently advanced for immediate 

 bearers ; these should be carefully taken up, and replanted; 

 For full information on this subject, the reader is referred 

 to the article " on the choice of fruit trees in the nursery," 

 259. 



'"The state of the icind augurs rain, as they say; 

 When restless in changes, now this, now that way, , 

 Or hollow, comes whistling plaintively by, 

 The rain it betokens is probably nigh." 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



This is certainly the most important month in the year 

 for gardening operations. Finish as early as possible the 

 planting of esculents for seed, and see that all plants of the 

 same genus are remote from each other, or they will adul- 

 terate. All the soil of a garden should be dug or ploughed 

 this month if possible,, and some of the early crops sown 

 last month will require hoeing and weeding. 



Great care should be taken to have good sound seeds, a. 

 this is a matter of the utmost importance, and for want of 

 which, many are disappointed in their principal crops 

 when too late to sow again. It is also a material considera- 

 tion to have the best varieties both of seeds and plants of 

 the respective kinds. See pages 17 and 18. 



