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bcr, or the name of the plant at full length with a black-lead pencil; 

 this will endure any kind of weather for one year at least, and be 

 legible for several years, when, placed in pots, with GREEN- HOUSE or 

 HOT-HOUSE plants. 



CARE OF TENDER AND YOUNG SEEDLING TREES. 



Take great care now of all the tender kinds of seedling trees, 

 shrubs, and other young plants of similar quality raised from seed, 

 or by other means, last year or before ; many kinds will, in hard frost, 

 need shelter, particularly the young seedling plants of the cedar of 

 Lebanon, &c., China arborvitse, the tender kinds of pines and firs, 

 and the seedling plants of cypress, and such like kinds of young 

 seedling evergreens, which will all need occasional protection in severe 

 weather : and therefore, at the approach of the first hard frost, the 

 pots or boxes, &c., containing them should be removed into a garden 

 frame, or some other convenience of occasional shelter, and in the 

 time of hard frosts the glasses and other covering put on ; but they 

 must be kept constantly open in mild weather, when it can be done 

 with safety to the plants. 



The tender seedling plants which are growing in beds, and require 

 shelter in time of frost, should be covered at such time with mats ; 

 first erecting some hoops across the bed, and the mats to be drawn 

 over them occasionally for defence of the plants. 



Likewise some of the more hardy kinds of young plants may be 

 sheltered in bad weather by laying some straw, fern, or long dry litter 

 lightly over them ; this will protect the tender tops and roots from 

 the frost. 



But this covering must not be suffered to remain longer than 

 necessary to defend the plants. 



Likewise any curious or tender young evergreens, &c., that are 

 planted in pots, should be placed under shelter in severe frosts; such 

 as arbutus or strawberry tree, magnolia grandiflora, cistuses, China 

 arborvitae, English and Portugal laurels, &c., placing them in a 

 frame, or where they may be defended either with glasses, mats or 

 other covering in rigorous weather. 



SOUTHERN STATES. 



Dig the ground, if open weather, between the continuing rows of 

 young trees and shrubs of all sorts. 



But previous to performing this work, give any necessary pruning 

 to the shrubs and trees, especially the deciduous kinds ; then let the 

 ground be digged one spade deep : as you go on trim off any strag- 

 gling roots of the trees and shrubs ; and in digging, give every spit a 

 fair turn off the spade that the weeds on the surface may be buried 

 properly. 



Transplanting of young forest and ornamental trees in the nursery, 

 and where required, may be performed any time this month if the 

 weather is open and the ground not too wet. 



Particularly deciduous forest-trees, &c., of the hardy kinds, may 



