FRUIT-TREES. 277 



of the fap being flow, is lefs able to refift 

 its penetration. 



If trees are planted a proper depth, in 

 borders made according to the former di- 

 rections, and pruned according to the rules 

 I have given, then there is nothing more 

 required in this cafe, than to water the 

 borders, in the afternoon, three times a 

 week, in a plentiful manner : if the wea- 

 ther be dry, and the honey-dew appears 

 upon the trees, this management will make 

 the trees flioot, by rendering the falts near 

 the roots more liquid, and add new vigour 

 to the motion of the juices ; and the va- 

 pours arifing from the furface of the bor- 

 ders will caufe dews upon the leaves, where- 

 by the clammy matter will be prevented 

 from adhering to them. 



And if the feafon be wet, fpread com- 

 mon fait all over the border, about eight 

 ounces to each tree ; for the more falts the. 

 juices contain which form the young bran^ 

 ches, the more compaft and fmooth their 

 leaves will be, and thereby lefs fubjeft to 

 the penetration of the honey-dews, than 

 when they are compofed of juices more 

 T 3 watery. 



