Apr. The Gardeners Kalendar. 121 



leaves curled, you fliould pull them off before 

 the infeds fpread too far. 



Keep the ground clean between the rows 

 of trees in the nurfery ; for if weeds are per-- 

 mitted to grow this month, they will fooa 

 over-top young trees, an4 greatly weaken 

 tkem : for there is nothing more prejudicial to 

 trees, than fufFering the wxeds to grow amongft 

 them, efpecially in the fpring feafon. 



If this month fhould prove dry, you muft 

 diligently water your feed-beds of Evergreens, 

 foreft trees, and (hrubs, which fliould alfo be 

 (haded from the fun in the heat of the day ; 

 the young plantations of thofe which were 

 4rawn out of the feed-bed, and the flocks for 

 fruit-trees, which have been lately planted, 

 muft be watered in very dry weather ; for thefe 

 being fmall, the fun and wind will foon pene-r 

 trate to their roots, and dry them up. This 

 is to be undcrflood of fmall plantations ; for 

 in large nurferies, it would be a great work to 

 water all the (locks. 



The beds wherein you fowed feeds either 

 in autumn or the laft month, /hould now be 

 carefully weeded, for the young trees will 

 many of them begin to appear 3 fo that if the 

 weeds are permitted to grow, their roots will 

 be fo much entangled with the plants, as to 



render 



