WATERING ROOTS. 69 



times use pond water instead of manure 

 water. 



Newly planted trees I always water at the 

 time of planting them, and without it is dry 

 weather, I do not water again until they 

 begin to push in spring. ( See the planting of 

 fruit trees.) For the first year after being 

 planted, I do not give more than two gallons 

 at one time, and that only when the ground 

 is dry. 



As the trees advance in growth during fu- 

 ture years, I increase the quantity of water 

 in proportion; because as the roots extend 

 farther into the border, a greater space of 

 ground will have to be moistened, in order 

 properly to benefit the trees. For it is prin- 

 cipally by the young roots and fibres, that 

 food from the border is received up into the 

 tree: this must be particularly attended to 

 in full grown trees. The time of applying 

 the water, must be a shady day, or the after^ 

 part of a clear hot day. For when water is 

 poured on the soil, and a day of hot sun im- 

 mediately follows, the soil is liable to crack; 

 but if the watering be attended to as directed, 

 this will be avoided, because during the space 

 of twelve or fourteen hours, the moisture will 

 have diffused itself to a good depth in the 

 border, and some will generally be exhaled 

 during the night, and in the shape of dew 

 applied to the leaves of the trees which is 

 of great utility to them. 



