538 T H E P%L E A S U R E, or [DcC. 



Such as are in pots, or boxes, may now, if not done 

 before, be proteded fomewhat by placing the pots, 

 tubs, or boxes, in a warm border; or may alfo plunge 

 them in the earth, and in hard froll, litter may be laid 

 on the furface, and around the fides; the fame pro* 

 tedion of covering, may alfo be given to fuch as are 

 iti beds. 



Prote^ing Nenx) -planted Shruhs, 



New-planted fhrubs, and trees of the more tender, or 

 choicer kinds fhould have their roots well protedled in 

 hard frolly weather, by laying mulch or long dungy lit- 

 ter a good thicknefs on the furface of the ground over 

 the roots of each plant. 



This work is fo neceflary to fuch of the more tender 

 and curious kinds of fhrubs and trees as were planted in 

 autumn, that it Ihould not be omitted now, if it was 

 in the former month. 



Pruning Shrubs, atrd Dig betnx:een them. 



Now go over the flowering Ihrabs, and prune all fuch 

 as ftand in need of that difcipline ; but let this be done in 

 a Ikilful manner, with a knife, and not with garden fheers. 



In doing this, all the very ftrong long rambling Ihoots 

 of the laft fummer's growth extending confiderably be- 

 yond the general branches of the head, fhould be taken 

 off quite clofe, or reduced to regularity ; and where 

 the branches are crowded let fome be thinned out in a 

 regular manner. 



AH very ftraggling branches Ihould be taken off or 

 Ihortened ; wherever they appear. 



Every plant Ihould be pruned in fuch order, as it 

 may iland clear of another; never fuffering the branches 

 of different fhrubs to intermix with each other, for that 

 fpoils the beauty of all. 



When the fhrubs are all pruned, let the ground be 

 dug between the plants ; and as you go on, take up all 

 fuckers, and fhorten flraggling roots. 



Propagating Shrubs by Suckers from the Rooti, 



The fuckers of fuch fhrubs as you would wifh to 

 propagate may be taken up with care, and planted in 



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