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and as you go on, let all dead leaves and Ilraggling ilioots 

 be taken off. 



Then rake the borders. Sec. over neatly, with a fmall 

 rake : clearing away, at the lame time, all the weeds and 

 litter, and let the I'urface be made perfedly clean and 



fmooth. 



The Nursery. 



Seivt»g EvergreenSy Flotverlftg-^rubs, and Tree-feeds. 



FINISH rowing the feeds of evergreens and all other 

 tree and flirub-feeds, which are intwaded to be fown 

 this fpring. 



The forts which maybe fown now, are pines and firs of 

 all kinds } cedars, cyprefs, junipers, and bays ; alfo the 

 acorns of evergreen oaks, and the feeds of moft other hardy 

 evergreens. 



All the above, and other feeds of the li'ke kinds, may 

 be fown in beds of light earth in the common ground; 

 ibme people choofe to low the cedars, and alfo the pines, 

 in boxes or pots, for the conveniency of moving them to 

 different fituations, according to the feafon of the year. 



The feeds of the arbutus, or ftrawberry-tree, may llill 

 be fown in the beginning of this month. 



Moft other kinds of hardy tree and fhrub feeds, both 

 of our own growth, or from America and other foreign 

 parts, may alfo ftill be fown this month, but the fooner in 

 the month this is done the better. 



All thefe feeds of moft forts of hardy flirubs and trees, 

 '^both of the evergreen and other kinds, may be fown in 

 beds of light earth, in the common ground ; and they 

 will fucceed ; choofing, for their reception, a moderately 

 light, pliable foil. 



Prepare beds to fow them in, about three feet broad j 

 the earth muft be broken fine, and the furface laid per-' 

 fedly even. Note, if f:;me of the more tender, or choicer 

 kind* of thefe fhrub and tree feeds were to be fown in pots». 

 and the pots plunged into a moderate hot-bed, it wouick 

 forward tiieir growth ; and where a hot-bed can be readily^ 

 obtained, I would advife this pradice, for fome of the 

 ytry hard-feeded or nut kind of the more tender fbrts : 



but 



