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being frozen, but alfo fa*eens the Corn 

 from thefe drying winds, and keeps it in a 

 moift, florid, fupple ftate. 



It feems therefore to be a very reafonable 

 dire&ion which is given by fome of the 

 Authors who write on Agriculture and Gar- 

 dening, viz. during thefe cold drying winds, 

 when little dew falls, to water the trees in 

 dry foils, in the bloffoming feafon, and while 

 the young fet fruit is tender 5 and provided 

 there is no immediate danger of a froft, or 

 in cafe of continued froft, to take care to 

 cover the trees well, and at the fame time 

 to fprinkle them with water, which is imi- 

 tating nature's method of watering every part: 

 But if the fuccefs of this practice in cold 

 weather may be thought a little doubtful $ 

 yet the fprinkling the bodies and leaves of 

 trees, in a very hot and dry fummer feafon, 

 feems molt reafonable, for by Exper. 42. 

 they will imbibe much moifture. 



As to (loping fheltejrs over Wall-trees, I 

 have often found, that when they are fo 

 broad as to prevent any rain or dew com- 

 ing at the trees, they do more harm than 

 good, in thefe long eafterly drying winds 5 

 becaufe they prevent the rain and dews 

 falling on thfem, which would not only 

 B b refrelh 



