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ferve them in fand, in the dry, till Fe- 

 bruary, preparing for their reception a 

 fpot of any good light ground, and drill 

 in the ftones two inches deep, in rows a 

 foot afunder ; and when the young 

 plants are a year or two old, plant them 

 out in Autumn or Spring, with the fpade 

 ordibble,innurfery lines, a yard diftance, 

 and half that diftance in each row. 

 Train thofe defigned for ftandards, with 

 tall fingle ftems, from five to feven or 

 eight feet high, by pruning off all fide 

 {hoots to the height intended ; then juft 

 top them with your knife at the proper 

 height, either as full or half ftandards, 

 to force out a fet of branches more regu- 

 larly in the part required to give the 

 head its firft regular form ; afterwards 

 let them branch out in their own way, 

 and form a full head. But if any are 



intended 



