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from Row, and one Foot in the 

 Rows, will be a iufHcicnt Di- 

 ftance. 



In taking thefe Stocks out of 

 the Seed-l^ds, you muft raife the 

 Ground with a Spade, in order to 

 prclcrve" their Roots as intire as 

 poiTible i then with your Knife 

 you fhould prune off all the very 

 imall Fibres i and it there are any 

 which have a Tendency to root 

 down-right, fuch Roots fhould be 

 fhortened : Then having thus pre- 

 par'd the Plants, you lliould draw 

 a Line aero is the Gro-nd intended 

 to be planted, and with your Spade 

 open a Trench thereby exactly ftrait, 

 into which you fhould place them 

 at the Diibncc before deiign'd, let- 

 ting them exaftly uprig.it i and 

 then put the Earth in dole to 

 them, filling up the Trench, and 

 with your Foot prefs the Earth 

 gently to the Roots of them, ob- 

 ierving not to difplace them fo as 

 to make the Rows crooked, which 

 wi.'i render them unlighily. Thefe 

 Plants fliculd by no means be head- 

 ed, or pruned at Top, which will 

 weaken them, and caufe them to 

 produce lateral Branches, and there- 

 by fpoil them. 



If the Winter fliould prove very 

 cold, it will le ot great Service to 

 your young Srocks, to lay Ibme 

 Malcn upon the Surface of the 

 Ground r.ear their Roots, which 

 will prevent the Frofr from pene- 

 trating the Ground fo as to hurt 

 the tender Fibres which were pro- 

 duced after planting : But you fnould 

 be caretul not to let it lie too thick 

 near the Stems of the Plants, left 

 the Moifture of the Dung fliould 

 injure the tender Bark, which it 

 often does where there is not due 

 Care taken to prevent it. 



Jn the Summer-feaion, you niuft 

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the Weeds ; which if permitted to 

 remain in the Nurfery, will greatly 

 v/eaken and retard the Growth of 

 your Stocks : And the fucceeding 

 Years, you fliould obferve to dig 

 up the Ground every Spring be- 

 tween the Rows, whi-rh will loo- 

 fen it fb as that the Fibres may 

 ealily frrike out on each Side, and 

 the \yeeds will be thereby de» 

 ftroy'd : You fnould alfo obferve, 

 where any of the Stocks have fhot 

 out lateral Branches, to prune them 

 off, that they may be encourag'd 

 to grov/ upright and fmooth. 



The fecond Year after Planting, 

 fuch of the Stocks as are defign'd 

 for Dwarf-trees, will be fit to bud ; 

 but thofe which are defign'd for 

 Standards, fhould be fuffer'd to 

 grov/ five or fix Feet high before 

 ihey are budded or grafted. The 

 Manner of Budding and Grafting 

 being fully defer ib'd under their 

 rcfpcftive Heads, I fliall not repeat 

 them in this Place j nor need I fay 

 any thing more of treating thefe 

 Trees after budding, that being 

 alio treated of under the feveral 

 Art'cles of Fruits j I fhall only add, 

 that thofe Stocks, which were 

 budded in the Summer, and have 

 faii'd, may be grafted the follow- 

 ing Spring i but Pe^cfles and Neita- 

 rvni'.i feldom take well from Grafts ; 

 thefe fliould therefore be always 

 budded. 



The Nurfery defign'd for Torejl- 

 trees and Ylorvering-Jljrubsj fliould 

 be larger than that for Frt4.it- treesy 

 efpcciaily if you intend to make 

 large Plantations of thefe Trees : 

 But in planting of thefe, you fliould 

 alv/ays obferve to place the large 

 growing Kinds by themfelves, fe- 

 parate from thofe of lower Growth^ 

 Otherwife the large Trees will o- 

 verfliade and ftarve the fmaller r 

 But as the Method of propagating 



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