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 face of the ground about their ftemsin winter, 

 to nrevent the froft from penetrating the earth 

 to their roots : but this fhould not be done till 

 the f oil comes on ; before which time the 

 mulch will do more harm than good, by pre- 

 venting the rain from entering the ground to 

 their roots. 



Clean the walks and lawns near your wil- 

 dernelTes, of the leaves which have fallen from 

 the trees ; for if they are fuffered to rot upon 

 the grafs, they will greatly injure it ; and if 

 they remain upon gravel walks to rot, they will 

 difcolour the gravel, and render it unfightly: 

 and where there are large gravel walks, which 

 are feldom ufed in winter, they may now be 

 trenched up, and layed in ridges, which will 

 prevent weeds and mofs from growing thereon 

 during that feafon, and preferve the gravel frefli. 

 But this is only to be pradifed where the walks 

 are not ufed during the winter feafon, or where 

 there is not fufficient help allowed to roll thena 

 conftantly. 



Prune all forts of flowering fhrubs ; as Rofes, 

 Honey iuckles, Spiraeas, ^c. taking off all fuckers 

 which come from their roots, which, if fuffered 

 to remain, will ftarve the old plants, and pre- 

 vent their flowering ; the Lilac, in particular, 

 which fends forth great numbers of fuckers 



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