May.] Th:e Nursery. 051 



Therefore, let the water be given frequent and mode- 

 rate, which will be of great fervice; and about three 

 gentle waterings a week, or one every other evening, will 

 be fufiicient. 



Shade Seedlings. 



The tenderer feedling evergreens, fuch as pines, cedars,, 

 cyprefs, and many other forts, newly come up, or juft 

 rifing, and which are fomewhat delicate while in their 

 infmt flate, that if now occafionally ihaded from the fun 

 in the middle of hot days, it will prove ^tx'^ beneficial 

 to their growth. 



Water ne-iu 'Plantations. 



The plantations of young tender evergreens, and, the 

 more curious forts of flowering fhrubs, &c. which were 

 tranfplanted in March, and lalt month, fhould, if the 

 weather now proves day, be often watered. 



This is a very needful work in dry weather; and, 

 where time will permit, it fhould not be omitted, to the 

 more curious and valuable forts particularly: the v^ater- 

 ings fhould be performed once in five or fix days, or a 

 v/eek, during any very dry time in this month ; till. they, 

 take good root, and iTiew ligns of a free grov.'th. 



Likewife, obferve to continue fome mulch on the fur- 

 face of the ground, over the roots of fome of the- more 

 curious or tender kinds of thefe fhrubs, for this will be 

 ©f great fervice in preventing the fun from drying the 

 earth too fait about them. And, y^^h^ro. this is done in a 

 proper manner, they will not need, at any time, to be vv-a- 

 teredoftcner than once in fix or eight days, and that only 

 till they have taken good root and begin to grov/ freely. 



'Propagate E^ergreetis, ^c. hy Layers, 



About the latter end of this month, begin to propagate 

 fuch evergreens and other fhrubs by layers, of the young 

 flioots cf the fame year, which do not fucceed by iajers 

 of the older wood. 



This method of laying the young wood is now princi- 

 pally to be underf^ood of fuch kinds as do not put out 

 roots freely, from -any but the young flioots of the fame 

 fummer's growth ; and in fome forward jQiooting forts, 

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