CHAPTER VII. 



On Spring and Fall Management* 



ART. 1. Spring Management, Pruning, &c. 



WHEN the snow begins to disappear in the spring, the 

 shrubbery and flower garden may be often overlooked, and 

 some of the plants and shrubs that have much covering over 

 them, may have a part of it taken off: for it often happens, 

 that plants being too much covered at this season of the year, 

 make a feeble growth, and are much weakened and injured 

 thereby when fully exposed ; we should, therefore, uncover 

 all kinds of plants and shrubs by degrees, as the spring ad- 

 vances, for, by either exposing them too soon, or keeping 

 them covered too long, we cause them to make a weak and 

 tender growth. 



When the snow is all gone, the garden may be cleansed of 

 all kinds of covering and rubbish that have collected during 

 the winter, and every thing should have a neat, cleanly ap- 

 pearance. The grass plat may also have a good raking, in 

 order to remove from it all dead leaves and decaying sub- 

 stances, which often deter the young growth of grass from 

 coming up in a regular manner; and the consequence is, that 

 it seldom has a handsome appearance during the summer 

 season. For a general explanation of the planting of trees, 

 sowing seeds, &c., I refer the reader to their proper heads, 

 in the Monthly Calendar. 



Pruning and training.- The earliest opportunity should 

 be taken to prune and train all kinds of shrubs, vines, creep- 

 ers, and the like. In this operation, a few leading principles 

 are requisite to be known, and the thing is so simple and easy, 

 that any intelligent person can perform it in the most accu- 

 rate manner. 



The first thing to be observed in pruning any kind of trees 



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