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and the Spring coming on, take away the Dung, and give the Surface 
a gentle Houghing over, that their tender Plumes may eafily rife thro’ 
the fame. 
IF the Weather proves dry during the Months of March, April and 
May, ‘twill be very proper to give them moderate Refrefhings of | 
Water, being always kept clean from Weeds, which every one is ex- 
pected to do, that is a Lover of Gardening. 
WHEN the young Seedlings are arrived to the Magnitude of a 
common Tobacco Pipe in their Stems, they fhould be tranfplanted out 
of the Seed-Beds into a Nurfery, planting them at 18 Inches Diftance 
from each other, in Lines three Feet afunder ; for then, by having a free 
Ait always circulating about them, they will become Trees much 
fooner than. when planted very clofe together, after the common 
Manner ufed in Nurferies ; where, for want of a free drying circulating 
Air, they cannot perfpire away the Crudities of their Sap, and confe- — 
quently cannot thrive. = 
WHEN the Stocks of our young Plantation are arrived to about 
half an Inch Diameter in their Stems, they are fit for Grafting and 
Inoculation. The firft Operation being to be perform’d in Lebruary 
and March, and the other in Zune and Fuly. _ = 
THE whole Care oF ae Works, is, fo take Cuttings of {uch 
Fruits as we would propagate, ftom Branches that are in a healthy and 
fruitful State, and not from fuch as are luxurious, which will not pro- 
duce any Fruit under a very long time ; and thofe of one Year's Growth 
are the beft. 
“TIS abfolutely neceflary to take off Cuttings for Grafting a. full 
Month before they are grafted, that, being fomething check’d, they may 
greedily imbibe the Juices of the Stocks as {oon as grafted, and thereby _ 
confirm their Unions inftantly, which Grafts that are cut from a Tree 
at the Inftant of Grafting cannot do, becaufe then they are as replete 
with Moifture as the Stock ; and therefore inftead of ftrongly attracting 
its Juices, inftantly perifh. | a 
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