FRUIT-tREESV 8|^ 



G H A P. XXXI. 



Planting of Wall-Trees, Dwarfs, and 

 Efpaliers* 



THE method of preparing different 

 foils for borders has been treated of 

 before, in which directions were given to 

 turn them over twice before planting. I 

 fhall here only add, that the oftener they 

 are fo turned, the better the ingredients 

 will be mixed with the natural foil, and 

 that it will be of fervice to have the holes 

 wherein the trees are to be planted, dug 

 about a week or fortnight before ; for if 

 there be any tough or hard particles in 

 the foil, they v/ill be attenuated by being 

 expofed to the air, and changes of wea- 

 ther. 



Fruit-trees may be planted from the 

 latter end of O6lober to the end of Feb- 

 ruary, at any time when there is no froft ; 

 but October and November are the moft 

 proper months for planting, becaufe the 

 weather is generally more mild and open 

 in thefe, than in the other three ; and the 

 G ^arliei: 



