THE SCOTS GARDENER 



noxes; and tread them fast again, as fearing 

 drought and winds. 



Observing what is said, you may expect ornamen- 

 tal, clean, and well-thriving trees, if right prun'd, 

 and well inclosed. 



Neglect not your time of early planting, that is, 

 as soon as they give over growing, and before the 

 frosts come on, and you shall see them far outstrip 

 these set in the spring, though I have often planted 

 in the spring through necessity ; but then I was al- 

 wayes something more than ordinary careful to 

 defend them from the ensuing droughts, by cover- 

 ing their bulks, watering, &c., yet I preferre the 

 spring for firr and other such greens, which there- 

 fore unavoidably require the same care. 



I shewed before how to prune in the nurserie 

 while young ; now continue it when planted out : 

 whilst they are small, prune every year ; when a 

 little older, once in two years ; then once in four, 

 and never seldomer than in five or six. 



And as you prune up the body tillit arrives at the 

 desired height, leave small branches here and there 

 by the way, that it may bring greatness with its 

 height, and be by consequence the more able to 

 stand ; let never a tree get a greater head than its 



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