31 8 The Gardeners Kalendar. 0£l. 



This is alfo the beft feafon for fowing all the 

 forts of Maple feed ^ for thofe which are kept 

 out of the ground till fpring, rarely grow, or 

 at lead not until the year after. 



Prune all forts of forefl trees and flowering 

 fhrubs ; in doing of which, all rude branches 

 ihould be cut off clofe to the ftems, and not 

 leave fpurs, as is too often pradlifed^ which will 

 render them very unfightly j there {hould alfo 

 be care taken to leave a fufScient quantity of 

 branches on the flems of young ftandard trees, 

 to detain the fap for the augmentation of their 

 trunks, otherwife they will not be ftrong enough 

 to fupport their heads. 



Now is the beft time to make layers of Elms, 

 Limes, and all other hardy trees and fhrubs 

 which (lied their leaves in winter ; the doing of 

 which at this fealbn, will greatly promote their 

 taking roots for the moifture in winter will fet- 

 tle the ground about them, and prepare them 

 for pufliing out roots early in the fpring. 



Take off the layers of Elms, Limes, and 

 other foreft trees, or flowering fhrubs, which 

 were laid down the former year ; then prune 

 their roots, and plant them in rows in the Nur- 

 fery. You may now plant out fuckers of Li- 

 lacs, Rofes, and fuch other flowering trees and 

 fhrubs, which are propagated this way, into the 



Nurfery, 



