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The Bufine/s of the SEMINARY, for the Middle of November. 
L TTLE is to be done in the Seminary this 
-# Week; but let the Gardener fee he do that 
little perfectly. Two Articles will require his 
Care; the new-planted Trees, and the Beds of | 
feedling bulbous Flowers. The Danger is the 
{fame which threatens both : this is the Froft pene- 
tratirig into the Ground when they are planted ; 
and it muft be prevented in both, by covering the 
Surface: but in a various Manner. 
The Practice of Gardeners I have not found to 
fucceed fo well as they pretend; and I have feen 
mioré riew-planted Trees and Shrubs loft in Nurfe- 
ries, than they care to own. My Method ‘has 
been more fuccefsful; and it is this: « 
The Earth about the Roots of thefe, haviiig 
been clean’d in the common Manner, bring in 
a large Quantity of old Pea-ftalks, or Bean-ftalks, 
‘ftrewthem thick between the young Trees,.and tread 
them down : let the whole Surface be handfomely 
-cover’d with them; and when they are well 
fettled, drive in fome Jong and ftrong Pegs in dif- 
ferent Places, fo as fot to interfere ich the Roots, 
to keep them better down, and throw on a large 
Quantity of Brick-bats or Pebbies. 
Thefe will prefs the Haulm down clofe, 
which is a very great Article; and it will thus 
-yot in Part, dnd the beft of its Subftance will be 
~-wath’d into the Earth as Manure. 
In the Spring, thefe Stones and Bricks afe to 
be taken off: the Refufe of the Stalks is to be 
rak’d away; and the reft of their Subftance, which 
remains on the Surface, to be dug in. 
With Refpect to the Beds of Seedling Flowers, 
which were not ready for Removal the laft Seafon, | 
they muft be firft of all clear’d of Weeds by Hand: 
then taking the Advantage of a mild Day, the 
Surface muft be rak’d over, but not to any 
great Depth; and the whole being thus clean’d 
_ and levell’d, fome very rich and well-mellow’d 
- Dung, from a Melon-Bed, muft be feattered | 
thinly over the Whole. 
This will wafh in by Degrees in the Spring; by 
Means of the Rains; and in the mean Time it will 
ferve the excellerit Purpofe # defending the Plants 
from the Frofts of Winter. 
This is an Article of great Concern, and liable 
to many Errors : we fhall therefore take the prefent 
Opportunity of dicen the Gardener fully into a 
Practice. 
Dung is not to be us’d in the Compoft for the 
Beds in which thefe Plants are to be fet for flower- 
ing; for in that Cafe the Soil will be too rich, 
and will make them puh out Leaves ih Abun- 
dance, and tall Stalks, with poor Flowers: but 
this is a very different Peried; , 
The Roots are now fmall, they require to be nou- 
rifh’d; and ’tis no Matter for their prefent Pro- 
duce. Therefore a little well-rotted Dung, wath’d — 
gradually into the Ground, will fwell them in the 
Spring, and do them Service that Way, after it 
has preferv’d them during Winter. 
The common Directoradvifes ftrewing fome rotten 
Tan over thefe Beds at the prefent Séafoiss but we 
have found, from repeated Experience, this is perni- 
cious to the Roots; | 
Indeed that Author, in {othe Degree, contrd- 
dicts himfelf in this Article; for altho’ he orders 
Tan to be thus fcatter’d over the Beds of feedling 
bulbous Flowers, in his Calendar *, he acknow- 
ledges in his Dictionary, that “ preparing Flowet- 
Beds with rotten Tan, is very pernicious to the 
~ Roots He ,’ declariiig; from Experience; that in 
Refpect of Ranunculus’s and Anemonies, which are 
tuberous-rooted, he has loft more than half by 
this Praétice; and fpoil’d the reft: | 
It is true, 
deftroy both bulbous ahd tuberous Roots, when 
they are at their full Strength; and we have 
found by Experience what Reafon fo plainly de- 
clares alfo, that it will, even in lefs Quantities, 
be prejudicial to them in the Seed-Beds : but that 
a little rotten Dung thus us’d never hurts them: 
With this Caution let the Gardener proceed, 
and he will preferve and enrich his Roots. No 
that Tan will greatly injure and often 
a Gardens 
ers Cae 
lender, 
P: 315- 
+ Gardens 
er’s Di&. 
Art. Tan. | 
Froft will reach them, and the Earth will be bet- 
ter fuited to feed them. 
SECTION lil. 
POMOWA 
or the FRUIT-GARDEN. 
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CH AvP es 
Fruits which remain yet in Seafon. 
NTO this Lift, declining daily, and out of 
the Reach of all prefent Recruit, we muft with 
Care take every Thing that good Management 
can preferve for it. 
N° 12. 
‘The Service of the Table in a Defert, is one 
very effential Purpofe of a Garden; and nothing 
more demands, or better returns the Care of the 
Gardener, than his Supply of it. | 
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