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ihoots and branches of the head, and reduce within bounds 

 any very long ftragglers and very crouded wood, leaving 

 the eligible branches in regular order. 



The next caution is, never to plant a tree too deep ; 

 never let the upper part of the roots be more than from 

 three or four to five or fix inches below the common fur- 

 face of the ground. 



And in planting the tree, take good care to place it 

 upright in the hole, and let the earth be well broken, 

 and throw it in equally about all the roots, and at the 

 fame time Ihaking the tree gently, to caufe the earth to 

 fall in clofe among all the fmall roots and fibres: and 

 when the hole is filled up, let the furface of the earthibe 

 gently trodden round the tree. 



Prune Standard Fruit-trees. 



Standard apple and pear-trees, and all other flandard 

 fruit-trees, both in gardens and orchards, &c. may now 

 have any necellary pruning.?, to reform cafual irregulari- 

 ties ; very crouding branches, and any decayed wood and 

 worn-out bearers. 



Where any large branch grows in a rambling manner 

 crofs the reft, let it be cut out. 



Where the branches ftand too clofe, fo as to interfere 

 with, and greatly crowd each other, let the molUrregu- 

 lar growers be cut off. 



Let all dead wood and very old worn-out branches be 

 cut away in every part of thefe trees ; and any very long 

 rambling branches and low ftragglers, fhould be reduced 

 to order, agreeable to the general branches of the head. 



By keeping the trees thin, and taking away all irre- 

 gular grov/irig and old cafual worn-out branches, it is 

 the only way to have large ai-^d v/ell-tafted fruit, and alfo 

 to have handfome and lafting trees 



Having cleared your trees from all ufelefs branches, 

 let the remaining ones be well cleared from mofs, if 

 there be any on them. 



The Pleasure, or Flower Garden. 



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Clear the Borders^ 

 ■y O W clear the borders from all d-ead annual plants, 

 pulling them up by the roots j fuch as African 

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