434 T^E NURSERY. [Juty. 



or two negle&ed at this feafon, the annual poa 

 grafs, groundfel, chickweed, or the like, will get 

 to a feed-bearing ftate, fhake their feeds, and fo 

 lay a foundation for much future labour. 



In the operation of cleaning Nurfery ground, 

 raking among tranfplanted trees, and in the alleys 

 of feed-beds, c. fhould be as little pra&ifed as 

 poifible. Raking increafes the finenefs of the 

 mould, and, in proportion, the number of the 

 weeds. It is a better plan to hoe and gather off 

 the weeds by the hand ; and thus the rot-heap 

 will contain fewer fmall ftones, and the Nurfery 

 will be more eafily kept clean than if otherwife 

 managed, 



MANAGEMENT OF WEEDS. 



It is very wrong to lay down Weeds in heaps 

 in the Nurfery. If large Weeds be pulled and 

 laid down, having the feeds formed, they will 

 ripen, although not fo perfectly as if the plants 

 had flood in their natural fpot, yet fufficiently to 

 grow ; and they will ripen much falter too, than 

 if they had been unmoved. 



We would recommend, that the vegetable 

 mould, fo procured, fhould not be ufed in ma- 

 nuring Nurfery ground, efpecially when it is in- 

 tended to fow feeds ; becaufe, however carefully 

 or completely the weeds in the rot-heap have been 

 covered, a confiderable number of the feeds will 



remain 



