218 BORDERS FOR THE TREES. 



any trees worked on plums, for those trees are 

 very apt to become diseased through over rich 

 soil, and from which they seldom or ever recover. 



Where the soil is naturally of an unkind qua- 

 lity, it will then be necessary to remove a portion 

 thereof, two, three, four, five, or six feet deep, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the soil below, and the 

 vacuum filled up with good fresh loamy soil ; and if 

 tolerably rich, it will not require any manure to 

 be added, otherwise a small quantity of rotten dung 

 may be mixed with it ; but be very sparing of 

 manure for peaches and nectarines, for be it 

 recollected that fruit is required as well as barren 

 wood, and you may at all times assist the tree 

 by removing the fruit when necessary; while, on 

 the other hand, it requires more than ordinary 

 skill to check the trees when they get into too 

 luxurious a state of growth, which generally 

 causes swellings and gumming, and finally ter- 

 minates with canker and decay. Mark, I am 

 speaking from extensive practice. 



When preparing the borders for grape vines, 

 either in the house or along the front, outside, 

 the nature of the soil requires the first consider- 



