Aug. The Gaf^deners Kale?tdar, 257 



fFork to be done in /y6^ N u r s e R r , 

 The beginning of this month you (hould 

 look carefully over the flocks which were 

 budded the laft month, and loofen the bandage, 

 left the buds ihould be pinched thereby : and 

 where there are any Ihoots produced belov/ the 

 buds, they fliould be cut off. You (hould alfo 

 look over your trees which were budded the 

 former year, or grafted in the fpring, cutting off 

 all fuch (hoots as are produced below the place 

 where they were budded or grafted ^ for if thefe 

 are permitted to grow, they will ftarve the buds 

 or grafts. 



Keep your ground clear from weeds between 

 your trees, and train up the feveral forts of 

 Evergreens, foreft trees, and (hrubs, for the 

 feveral purpofes they are defigned ^ but do not 

 trim the ftems of ftandard trees too clofe ; for 

 if they have not fome fmall ihoots left on the 

 fides of their ftems, to detain the fap to ftrength- 

 en the ftems, they will not be able to fupport 

 their heads. 



You ftiould, toward the end of this month, 

 begin to clear and trench the ground, where 

 you intend to plant out ftocks, or young foreft 

 trees in autumn, that the rain may foak and 

 mellow the ground before the feaibnof plant- 



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