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 large clods, (baking the tree upward by 

 the flem, to make the earth fettle clofe 

 between the roots and fibres ; and when 

 the earth is all in, tread it gently firfl: 

 round the outfide to fettle the earth to 

 the extreme roots, then gradually to- 

 wards the (tern, to fix the plant in its 

 proper pofition, finifhing with a fmall 

 hollow at top for occafional waterings." 

 As foon as planted let wall and efpa- 

 lier trees be nailed and fattened to the 

 walls, &x. and the flandards, if tall 

 flems and largifh heads, fupported 

 with flout flakes to keep them fleady 

 till firmly rooted in their new quarters. 

 It may likewife be proper in winter* 

 planting, or late in fpring, to mulch the 

 furface of the ground about the tenderer 

 or choicer kinds, to the full width of the 

 hole the tree flands in, and about two 



<*r three inches thick, which will be a 

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