558 THE NURSERY. [OCT. 



duce into proper form most kinds of hardy forest and fruit-trees, 

 flowering shrubs, &c., clearing their stems from lateral shoots, eradi- 

 cating suckers, and dressing their heads in a neat and becoming 

 manner. 



PLANTING HARDY EVERGREENS. 



Between the middle and latter end of this month you may plant 

 pines, firs, cedars, junipers, and every other kind of hardy ever- 

 green trees and shrubs. However, I would not advise to plant 

 small seedlings of any kind at this season, especially in the middle 

 and eastern States, as many of them would be thrown out of the 

 ground by the winter frosts, and most of them so loosened in the 

 earth as to be subject to great injury* from the parching winds in 

 spring ; consequently, March will be a more eligible season for this 

 purpose. 



SOWING STONES OP FRUIT-TREES. 



If you are not apprehensive of the ravages of mice, rats, squirrels, 

 &c., you may now sow the stones of plums, peaches, nectarines, 

 apricots, &c., or you may, if you think it more prudent, preserve 

 them in sand, &c., as directed on former occasions, till February or 

 March. 



These stones may now be sown pretty thick in drills, two feet 

 asunder, and covered from one to two inches deep, according to the 

 size of the respective kinds and lightness of the soil ; and at this time 

 twelve months such of them as shall have attained to a good growth 

 may be transplanted into nursery-rows. 



SOWING BEECH- MAST, MAPLES, ETC. 



Beech-mast, maple, and several other kinds may now be sown as 

 directed in March, or they may be preserved in dry sand till that 

 season. 



Note. Many sorts of seeds may now be sown, but as I treated on 

 the subject of the Nursery at considerable length in March, and there 

 noticed what kinds might be sown with safety in autumn, I refer you 

 thereto for particular information. 



SOWING APPLE, CRAB, AND PEAR PUMICE. 



The pumice of apples, crabs, and pears, after having been pressed 

 for cider or perry, may be sown, kernels and all, in four feet wide 

 beds, laid on very thick and covered about an inch deep with good 

 light earth. In spring the plants will rise freely and produce you 

 a good supply, either for stocks, or for making live hedges. (See 

 page 274.) 



PRESERVATION OF FRUITS. 



A fruit room much commended is now in use among many fruit 

 raisers, which it may be as well to describe. There is a cavity be- 



