436 THE NURSERY. [Jllty. 



fmall twigs. Plants, fo pruned at this feafon, have 

 their wounds healed over before the time for re- 

 moving them arrive 3 and fo are far more proper 

 for being fent to the plantation, than if they had 

 undergone this operation at Martinmas. 



Larches, in Nurfery lines, fhould never have 

 the knife applied to them, excepting in cafes where 

 two or more contending tops appear ; and, even 

 then, it will generally anfwer better to pinch off 

 the top, or tops, of the weakeft with the finger 

 and thumb. 



The fame may be faid of all the kinds of fir 5 

 but, indeed, thefe feldom, when they are of good 

 quality, produce two leaders. 



Some of the larger plants of Evergreens, in 

 a train of preparation in the Nurfery for fingle 

 ornamental plants, fuch as Holly, Yew, Box, 

 or Laurel, may require a little pruning. This, 

 however, rnuft only confift in shortening in any 

 over-luxuriant or runaway branch. Unlefs in 

 the cafe of forming them for trees, they mould 

 feldorn, perhaps never, have a branch taken off 

 fcy the bole. But, if they are intended for tall 

 trees, they mud be individually managed, as re- 

 commended for Forest trees deftined for the fame 

 purpofe. The pruning of Evergreens fhould not 

 be left undone beyond this month, or the begin^ 

 of Auguft. 



