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broken off thereby or otherwise injured; but when that period arrives, 

 let the young shoots as they advance be neatly and regularly tied up 

 to the stakes, not too close, that they may enjoy the full benefit of 

 the sun and air; at the same time displace all weakly and unneces- 

 sary growths, any young side shoots growing out of the main ones 

 should be nipt off at their first appearance, and the tops of the bear- 

 ing spurs some three leaves above the fruit. 



Towards the end of the month, or when the bloom is over and the 

 fruit is set, if the weeds have made much progress, they should be 

 extirpated by the most convenient means. 



The young vines of one, two, or three years' growth, should now 

 be carefully tied to the poles placed for their support, and never suf- 

 fered to trail about on the surface of the earth; the ground must be 

 kept perfectly free from weeds, as these would rob the plants of a 

 great portion of their nourishment, and exhaust the ground to no 

 purpose. 



THE NURSERY. 



WEED, SHADE, AND WATER. 



You must observe in this month, as directed in the former, to keep 

 the ground between your rows of trees entirely free from weeds, for 

 these are very injurious to the plants, and nothing can have a worse 

 appearance than a nursery overgrown with weeds ; therefore, this 

 caution cannot be too often repeated. Observe, also, to keep the 

 seed-beds, in which the seeds of trees and shrubs were sown, per- 

 fectly clean, for these plants being young, are soon greatly injured, 

 if not totally destroyed, when overrun with weeds. 



The beds of small, young, tender seedlings should now be shaded 

 from the mid-day sun, particularly the pines, firs, and other ever- 

 greens in general; and also the more delicate and rare deciduous 

 trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. They, however, must not be 

 kept close, nor shaded too long a time, for that would draw them up 

 weak and tender; therefore, give but a slight shading from about 

 ten to four or five o'clock, and that only when the sun is powerful 

 and no clouds interrupt its rays. 



The more choice sorts of new planted trees, that is, such as were 

 planted late in the spring, should have occasional waterings; and 

 observe to renew the mulch about their roots where it is decayed; for 

 at this season the moisture of the earth will soon be exhaled and the 

 young fibres dried up when this is neglected; besides, it will save 

 much trouble in watering. 



The seedling-beds of all kinds of trees and shrubs, but more espe- 

 cially the evergreens, will require frequent waterings in dry weather; 

 let it always be given late in the afternoon, frequently and mode- 

 rately, as observed on page 403. 



