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to greatly exhaust and injure them, and even totally to destroy some. 

 In the eastern states this work may be done between the first and 

 tenth of March, according as the spring may be early or late, ob- 

 serving that it is safer to prune too early than too late. 



Under the head Vineyard in March, you will find general instructions 

 for the different methods of propagating, and cultivating the -vine ; 

 both as espaliers, and in the field way ; likewise concise descriptions 

 of the various kinds which have been generally cultivated, either 

 for table use, or making wine ; and also, observations on the kinds 

 most likely to succeed in the various parts of the Union. 



THE NURSERY. 



THOUGH this is not a period, in which much business can be 

 done in the Nursery, especially in the middle and eastern states ; 

 it may be well to call attention, to that eminently useful depart- 

 ment; in order, that those who have not yet attempted it, may have 

 time to consider of its utility, and be determined, when the season 

 arrives in which it can be commenced. 



The many advantages, which every lover of improvement and 

 planting, may derive from having a Nursery of his own, especially, 

 in such a country as this ; where public nurseries are so scarce, 

 and frequently so remote, as to render it extremely inconvenient 

 to procure such trees as may be wanted,. ...the expences oi transpor- 

 tation to a considerable distance,. ...the length of time the trees have 

 to be out of ground and the consequent uncertainty of their growth, 

 ....the hazard of procuring the intended, or even good kinds; ex- 

 cept the proprietors, are men of experience, knowlege, and in- 

 tegrity ; are strong inducements, to the establishing small and con- 

 venient Nurseries ; in which, the owners may raise such kinds of 

 fruit, and forest trees, ornamental shrubs, and other plants as may 

 be pleasing and profitable to themselves, useful to posterity, and 

 ornamental to the country. 



The raising of thorn-quicks, and other plants, suitable for making 

 live hedges ; ought also, to command attention ; especially, in such 

 parts of the Union, as timber is getting scarce and dear in ; the 

 planting, and establishing of such hedges, must ultimately be re- 

 sorted to, and the sooner it is commenced, the better. 



Conscious of the great utility of such establishments, I shall in 

 the course of this work give such ample, and minute instructions, 

 for the raising, and propagation of fruit and forest trees, ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, thorn-quicks &c. Sec, as may lead the most inex- 

 perienced persons, to a complete knowlege of the business ; which 

 maybe pursued upon a small, or a more extensive scale, as it suits. 



In the Nursery, may also be raised, all sorts of hardy herbaceous 

 plants ; both fibrous, bulbous, and tuberous-rooted ; for adorning 

 the flower-garden, pleasure-ground, and to plant for medical use, &c. 



