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ias near in Quality to your own as 

 |)o(ribk, or rather from one that is 

 not quite fo good as yours. 



In preparing thefe Trees for plant- 

 ing, cut off all broken or bruis'd 

 Roots, or fuch as crofs and gall each 

 other, as alio all fmall Fibres, which 

 rarely furvivea Remove, ( unlefs the 

 Trees are planted immediately after 

 taking up> before the Wind has 

 dry'd them) and are very fubjedl to 

 moid and rot, and are often prejudi- 

 cial to the new Roots,by obftru6ting 

 their Progrefs, and many times 

 deftroy them, foon after they are 

 produc'd, by the fpreading ot the 

 Mouldinefs, which they had taken 

 quite round the older Roots : You 

 mud alfo at the fame Time take off 

 Ibme of the mofl: luxuriant Branches, 

 and {horten others, fb as to reduce 

 the Head to a handfome Figure, and 

 moderate Si'ie ; but by no means cut 

 and lop the Head in fuch an unmerci- 

 ful Manner as fomc do ; for a mode- 

 rate Proportion of Head is abfolutely 

 n-celTary to furnilh Nourifhment to 

 the Roots, until new ones are pro- 

 duc'd to lupply the Heads} and the 

 making large Wounds at both Parts 

 of the Tree at the fame Time mufl be 

 very hurtful. Your Trees being 

 thus prepar'd, make a Hole with a 

 Spade, where each Tree is to (land, 

 about two Feet deep, more or lefs, 

 according to the Size of their Roots, 

 and Co likewife in Width, according 

 to the fame Proportion, rnaking it 

 level in the Bottom, and breaking 

 all hard Clods : then place the Tree 

 in the Centre of the Hole, as upright 

 as poffible ; and while one Perfon 

 keeps the Tree in its right Poiition, 

 another (hould with a Spade break 

 the Earth, and lay it in between the 

 Roots, (haking the Tree, the better 

 to let the Earth fall between every 

 Root, that there may be no Cavity 

 kft i then with your Feet gently 



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prefs the Earth dov/n to faden and 

 fettle the Tree; and if the Weather 

 proves dry, it will not be amifs to 

 give each Tree a good Watering, 

 which will fix the Earth to them, 

 and greatly forward their Produdion 

 of new Roots : You fhould alfo, if 

 the Heads of the Trees are large, fix 

 a Stake to each Tree, to prevent 

 their being fhaken with the Winds, 

 which would difturb, and greatly 

 injure the new Roots : And if the 

 Seafon after planting fhould prove 

 very dry, you muft repeat your Wa- 

 terings i but do not over-water 

 them, which is a Fault many People 

 are guilty of j for too much Wet 

 rots all the new Roots, which are 

 very tender for the tirfl and feconi 

 Years, and very fubje£t to Damages 

 during that Time ; kit if you can 

 conveniently procure a Quantity of 

 Grcen-fward, par'd from a Com- 

 mon, 0^c. andlayalittleof itrounci 

 the Foot of each Tree, f b as to cover 

 the Surface about three Feet round 

 the Stem,withtheGrafs downwards; 

 this will preferve the Ground fronx 

 drying too faft, and render one Wa- 

 tering of more Service, than three or 

 four would other wife be. The next 

 Winter after planting, this Turf will 

 be rotted ; you fhould therefore, early 

 in Fel/ruary,whzn the great Frofts are 

 over, gently dig upthe Ground about 

 each Tree, burying this rotten Turf 

 in the Bottom, which will keep the 

 Ground loofe, and greatly promote 

 the Growth of the Trees. AnOrch- 

 ard or Garden thus planted, and 

 manag'd, will afford the Owner no 

 fmall Pleafure, by the Advance the 

 Trees will make, and mufl as greatly 

 redound to his Profit. 



I fliall now proceed to give Direc- 

 tions for planting Dwarfs, either for 

 Standards or Efpaliers ■■, tho' I mufl 

 own, DwarfStandard-trees are what 

 I fhould never advife any Perfon to 

 F i plant > 



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