~t)6 T H E N u R s E R Y. [Feb. 



Thofe raifed from the feed;, &-c. laft year, will now be 

 ready for this praftice. 



Let thefe be planted out as foon in the month as the 

 Aveather will permit; plant them in rows thirty inches 

 afunder, and let iJiem be planted at leall: fifteen inches dif- 

 tance from one another in the row. They fhould be 

 planted by line, either by dibble, or holed in with the 

 Ipade ; or othervvife cut out fmall trenches by line, fuch as 

 is prai^lifed in planting box-edging?, placing the plants 

 therein at the above dillance, and turn the eartli in upon 

 their roots, and tread it gently to them all the way along. 



Hca.'fing doH.vn budded Stocks. 



The trees and fhrubs that were budded the laft fummer, 



fhculd now have the top of the ilock on which they ate 

 budded, headed down : let this be done with a Iharp knife, 

 obferving to cut the head off about four inches above the 

 place where the bud was inferted. See the work of bud- 

 ding and inoculating in June and Ju^y. 



Preparations for grafting. 



Grafting may be begun any time after the fifteenth or 

 twentieth of this month, provided the weather be mild. 



The forts proper to begin with are pears, plums, and 

 cherries ; and thefe kinds generally lucceed bell: v.-hcn 

 grafted fome tirue in the laft fortnight of this nr^onth. 



Apples may a!fo be grafted at the fame time, or they 

 may be deferred a fortnight longer. 



It (hould be obferved, that where grafting is to be done, 

 you fnould begin to prepare for it tne beginning or mid- 

 dle of this month. 



The firft thing to be done towards this work is to col- 

 left the grafts; and it mull be obferved thefe mult be 

 young fhcots, fuch only as Were produced lall year; for 

 thofe that are of more than one year's growth never take 

 well. Thefe Ihoots or grafts fhouid be cut from the trees 

 in the firft or fecond week of this month, but do it in mild 

 weather ; as foon as they are cut off, lay the lower ends of 

 them in dry earth, in a warm border, till the grafting time, 

 andiffevere weather fhould happen, cover them withlitter. 



The reafon for cutting the grafts fo foon, is, becaufe the 

 buds will now begin to fweil faft ; and if the grafts were 

 not to be cut off in proper time, the buds would be too far 



advanced. 



