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Likewife to fome of the more delicate forts, it may be 

 proper to lay fome mulch, or feme fcrt of long liiter, 

 on the furface, to prevent the fun and wi^d from drying 

 the earth too much about their roots. 



Weeding SeeMinr Trees and Shruhi^ 

 Look over the feed-beds of yonng trees and fhrubs ; if 

 weeds appear on them, let them he carefully picked out 

 by hand in time, before they mix their roots with thofe of 

 the plants. 



Wa'.ering Seedling Tress y Cifr. 



In dry weather it will be proper to refL-efli the feed-beds 

 of young trees and fhrubs, with water, now and then -, a 

 little at each time will do. 



Vines of all forts may be propagated by cuttings j this 

 is now a proper feaf.)n to plant them. 



The cuttings muft be fhoots of the laft fummer's growth, 

 and if cut from the vines in the former months before the 

 fap flows confiderably, and preferved in dry earth till now, 

 it may be of advantage ; let each be Ihortened to ten or 

 twelve inches, leaving only three eyes or buds to each 

 cutting ; plant them in .rov/s half a yard afunder, and 

 eight or ten inches aparr in the rows, placing each cutting 

 with two of the buds in the ground, the other out, ap- 

 pearing only a little above the furface. 



Give them water occafionally in dry weather, and they 

 will take root freely, and make fome fhoots at top the 

 fame year, and become tolerable plants by next autumn. 



The vine may likevvii'e be propagated by layers of the 

 young fnoots and branches, which will readily emit roots. 



The Green-House. 



OPEN the green-houfe windows every mild day, that 

 the plants may enjoy the frefn air freely, for now 

 they require that necelfary article. 



When there is a fharpfroft, cutting winds, or a very cold air, 

 the windows fhould be kept clofe j for fuch weather would 



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