June.]' The Fruit Garden. 283 



plant, and are then to be planted cut for good ; they mull 

 then be planted a foot or fifteen inches afunder every way. 



The above method of procuring llrawberry plants at 

 this feafon is not commonly praiStifed ; but it is much the 

 bell way, for the plants will be much ilronger and liner 

 by September, than any that can be procured at that time 

 from the old beds. 



If you any time in this month, plant out {orp.e of the 

 young plants of the Alpine, or proliiic monthly Urawbcrry, 

 they will bear fruit the fame year ; that is, they will bear 

 in Auguil, September, and Odober ; and, in mild fea- 

 fons, this fort of ilra\Vberry will bear till near Chriilmas, 

 provided the plants are in a warm border. 



Prefer-ving Cherries /rem Birds* 

 Hang up nets before early cherry-trees, agalnll walls, 



to proted the fruit from fparrows, and other devouring 



birds. 



Likewife, where large nets can be conveniently drawn 



over the choicer kinds of Handard cherry-trees, it fhould 



be done the beginning of this month. 



Defiroying Snails. 



Dellrcy fnails ; look for them in a morning ^nd even- 

 ing, and after fhowero of rain in particular, upon the 

 apricot, peach, and ncvlarine-trees. 



The Pleasure, or Flower Garden. 



Tranf planting Annuals. 



NOW plant out all the hardier kinds of annual 

 flowers, into the different parts of the garden 

 v/here they are to remain. 



The forts prof>er to plant out now, ar» French and 

 African marigolds', chryfanthcmums, perficaria, the tree 

 and purple amaranth ufes, and fcabioufes : the egg-plant, 

 ftramonium, palma Chrilli, love-apple, and the tobacco 

 plant. 



Plant out alfo the marvel of Peru ; balfams, and cap- 

 ficums ; the China afcers, Indian piaks, Cliinefe holly- 



