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After these are laid, you should observe to water them occasion- 

 ally in dry weather, which will greatly promote their rooting. But 

 these waterings should not be too often repeated, nor too abundant- 

 ly given at a time, for that would rot the tender fibres, as they pro- 

 ceed from the layers ; therefore the best method is to lay mulch on 

 the surface of the ground, after the layers are put down, to prevent 

 the sun from drying it too fast ; then a little water will be sufficient, 

 and the layers will more certainly take root. 



Trim ufi Evergreens. 



Evergreens should now be trimmed up, according to the uses 

 for which they are designed ; for if you suffer them to grow rude in 

 summer, they cannot be so easily reduced afterwards ; besides, the 

 ruder they grow, the more naked they will be near the stems. 



Newly -Grafted and Budded Trees. 



Take off the clay and loosen the bandages of your grafted trees, 

 and where any have made remarkably vigorous shoots and seem 

 to need support, to protect them from the power of violent winds, 

 but more especially, in exposed situations, let stakes be placed 

 thereto, and the shoots bound to them with strings of bass, or such 

 like. _ 



The vigorous shoots from the buds inserted last season, may un- 

 der like circumstances require similar support, which ought lo be 

 given when deemed necessary. 



Be very particular to rub off such young shoots proceeding from 

 the stocks, as are independent of the grafts, or the inserted bud- 

 shoots ; for those, if suffered to remain, would rob the grafts and 

 budded shoots of a great portion of nourishment, and therefore, 

 ought to be displaced as often as they appear. 



Budding. 



Budding might now be practised, on most kinds of trees and 

 shrubs, but when done at this time, the inserted buds, generally, 

 grow in the present year, and the shoots arising therefrom, are much 

 weaker, and worse prepared to withstand the winter frost, than 

 those produced in spring, from the buds inserted the preceding au- 

 tumn ; and in fact, such seldom make but indifferent trees. There- 

 fore, it will be much better not to attempt this work, except upon 

 a few roses or other shrubs, until the latter end of July and the au- 

 tumnal months, as hereafter directed. The method of perform- 

 ing the operation you will find in the Nursery for July* 



