182 AMERICAN GARDENER. 



cellar ; or put into a barrel ; or a little pit may be 

 made in the ground, and it may be placed there. 

 When the winter breaks up, dig apiece of ground 

 deep and make it rich ; make it very fine ; form 

 it into beds, three feet wide ; draw drills across it 

 at 8 inches distance ; make them from two to three 

 inches deep ; put in the seeds pretty thik (for 

 they cost little) ; cover them completely ; tread 

 the earth down upon them ; and then smooth the 

 surface. When the plants come up, thin them 

 to about three inches apart ; and keep the ground 

 between them perfectly clean during the summer. 

 Hoe frequently ; but not dce/i near the plants ; 

 for, we are speaking of trees here 5 and trees do 

 not renew their roots quickly as a cabbage, or a 

 turnip does. These young trees should be kept 

 during the first summer, as moist as possible, with- 

 out watering ; and the way to keep them as moist 

 as possible is to keep the ground perfectly clean 

 and to hoe it frequently. I cannot help observ- 

 ing here upon an observation of Mr. MARSHALL : 



* as to " weeding " says he, "though seedling 



* trees must not be smothered, yet some small 



* weeds may be suffered to grow in summer, as 



* they help to shade the plants and to keep the 



* ground cool." Mercy on this Gentleman's 

 readers ! Mr. Marshall had not read TULL ; if 

 lie had, he never would have written this very 

 erroneous sentence. It is the root ot the weed 

 that does the mischief. Let there be a rod of 

 ground well set with even "small weeds" and 

 another rod fee/it weeded. Let them adjoin each 

 other. Go, after 15 or 20 days of dry weather ; 

 examine the two ; and you will find the weedless 

 ground moist and fresh, while the other is as. dry 



