68 T^he Garde7ters Kalendar. Feb. 

 it fhould be well mixed, that the beds may re- 

 tain their heat, and fettle equally; for when 

 the dung is not equally ftirred, and beat down 

 with a fork, it will fettle in holes, which is 

 a great fault in thefe beds ; becaufe when the 

 beds are watered, the water will run into the 

 holes and caufe thofe places to be over wet, 

 when the other parts of the bed will receive 

 little or no benefit from it; but the feeds of 

 trees and ihrubs vvill fucceed much better if 

 they are fown in pots of earth, and plunged 

 into a hot-bed of tanners bark, becaufe as thefe 

 feeds often remain a long time before they ve- 

 getate, and frequently lie in the ground a 

 whole year, fo if the heat of the bed (hould 

 decline too much, it may be increafed again 

 by ftirring it up, and adding fome new tau to it. 

 If any of the Orange trees have fuffered by 

 ill management, fo much that their heads are 

 decayed, you fhould now prune them clofc, 

 and {hift them into frefli earth ; and then pre- 

 pare a moderate hot-bed in a glafs cafe, into 

 which they muft be plpxed to force them out 

 early in the fpring, that their fiioots may be 

 placed abroad fo as to have time to harden be- 

 fore winter.. But when they are taken out of 

 the pots or tubs, you fiiould be careful to cut 

 off all mouldy a«d decayed roat^, and to cieanfe 

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