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may not hang by the fhread, if the ground 

 mould chance to fink. There is nothing 

 further neceffary, until they are headed 

 down in fpring, which fhould never be 

 done before the buds begin to fwell. 



THE trees for walls are generally 

 brought from fome diftant nurfery, and 

 are fbme days out of the ground ; for 

 which reafon all the fmall roots muft be 

 cut clofe off the main roots, and thefe 

 properly fhortened, and never left croffing 

 one another. 



IT is preferable for all kinds of wall- 

 trees to have but one ftem to be young 

 and vigorous. If the ground is tolerably 

 dry in. autumn (after the leaves are fallen) 

 the fooner fruit-trees are planted the bet- 

 ter ; but if the bottom is of a cold watery 

 nature, the fpring is preferable. 



IF the trees to be planted are on the fpot, 



they may be removed with fafety, although 



the leaves ars frelh : when that is the cafe, 



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