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any one who has not witnessed its effect. Should the first 

 season after transplanting prove dry, regular watering will be 

 necessary, as from neglect of proper attention in this respect 

 many lose a large portion of their trees during a drought. 



PLANTING IN PROTECTED SITUATIONS. 



Where there is a great extent of close fencing or wall it is 

 advisable to plant trees of the same kind against different 

 aspects. Such as one or two May Duke Cherries against a 

 southern aspect, which will ripen earliest ; next, against either 

 an eastern or western ; and lastly, against a northern aspect ; by 

 observing this method with Dwarf Cherries, Plums, Goose- 

 berries, Currants, etc., the fruit will ripen in succession, and thus 

 a supply is considerably lengthened. The early blooming fruit- 

 trees will sometimes need protection in warm aspects; for 

 which arrangements may be made by keeping awning, matting, 

 netting, etc., at hand, to shelter them in threatening weather, 

 or to screen them from the intense heat of the sun after a frosty 

 night. This, with a sprinkling of water, as the air gets warm, 

 will often prevent any serious consequences from slight frost. 



INGREDIENTS FOR A GOOD COMPOST. 



As all land possesses inorganic matter, which contains more 

 or less of the elements comprised in the above remedies, and as 

 some land contains more of one element than another, a judi- 

 cious choice may be made from the above list, with a view to 

 suit all the various kinds of soil ; thus, in locations open to sea- 

 breezes, which replenish the earth with salt, that article may be 

 dispensed with, and another substituted ; and on land which is 



