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, ee in the fucceeding Spring, 
and thrown up in Ridges. 
ta Water = er far sail aa Soins in 
the Stove, before it is ufed,on any Occafion 
about the Plants kept there, 
the due “Temper and Heat of the Air in this © 
Place. 
This Week let the Gardener hen he has re- 
sulated his Fire, go over all the Plants, . picking 
off dead Leaves, aa ftirring the Earths Surface | 
in their Pots. Then let him with a foft Rag ; 
are foul, 
- fame Water clean the Leaves. 
‘that it may have _ 
and with a Pencil Brufh 5 dice in the. 
This done, let him give fuch as require ita 
“gentle Watering: ~The more the Air is heated. 
the more will thefe Waterings be neceffary , but 
_ this fhould be done with a. Bue nofed Pot and a 
-very little at a Time. 
This Management will never fail to keep them 
--not only alive, but in their Beauty. 
dipped i in the Water, clean the Stalks where they ' - 
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a 
ai Bafa of the SEMINARY, ifr this Weeks 
The bett Method of dotnet it it is this, let a sie | 
: bene rove ‘nedted pac Jet fincé; that be | 
Ground in the Seminary intended to. be 
fhould be dug 
With this the Nurfery-man contents himfelf, 
and fuppofes he has done enough; bit we fhall 
sivsrores Gardener to a fatther Improvement. 
‘The Surface of thefe Ridges he will find 
sicidoi by. the F roft, and in fine Condition 5 
but‘it is only the Surface that’ has. yet received 
this Advantage. 
of the Air reached it. Let him give them Way 
by -turhing ‘the :whole Quiansicy 3 let him dig 
down the Ridges in’a mild Day, break all 
Lumps, and. fo -leave the,whole expofed with a 
flat Surface for three or four Days; then let him 
throw it up intooa Ridge again: and occa- 
fionally let him repeat the Operation. 3 | 
_ Thus.a careful Tillage will fupply the Place | 
of Manure, much better than it could have been 
done any other Way ; and the whole Quantity of 
Mould in Spring, will be light, hollow, crum- | 
bly, and rich; fit to receive any Thing. 
This done, let him look to thofe ses of the 
more tender Shrubs, which he has fet be to the 
Neck in the Ground. 
The Danger of Frofts now comes toward its 
Height, let him fee therefore whether this pro- 
tects them: If there appear Hazard, notwith- 
ftandine this Precaution, he muft bring in fome 
long dry Straw, and drawing it in carefully be- 
tween the Stems, cover the Surface of the 
Earth in the feveral Pots. This is a fufficient 
Guard for any Thing properly left i in this Part of 
the Ground. 
In fevere Weather let the Gardener go his 
Rour 4g' here; and fee no Accident has difturbed 
or rembved the Matter he has fpread for Protec- 
tion about the Roots of new planted Trees. . 
This is all that can be done if the Froft be 
hard; butif it be any Thing mild Weather, let 
‘the Ground be broke, and dug about the young 
‘Trees, and ~ frefh: Mould fcattered in a- 
mong it. 
The Frofts have not penetrated — 
the Tener Part; nor have the common Influences 
Barrows of Earth from under the Turf on a.dry 
Common; be fpread over the Ground where the 
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Trees are planted ; and with the three pronged » 
Fork which ‘we have dire€ted to be ufed for 
digging up Fruit-tree Borders, let it be turned 
a and well broken here. 
The beft of our Nurfery-men dig between the 
Rows of their young Trees with “he Spade; but 
Good by breaking the Ground. 
- This Method by the Fork wounds no principal 
Root; but at the fame Time it breaks off many 
ming a Root for new Planting ; and there is all 
the Encouragement for their frefh Shooting. 
This taking off the extreme Fibres of Roots, 
| they do more Hurt by cutting the Roots, than _ 
of the extreme Fibres, which anfwers the fame _ 
Purpofe, with the Gardener’s Method of trim- 
when the Earth is at the fame Time new broken | 
about them, is of the greateft Service for promo- 
ting the Growth; inthe Place of every one thus 
broke off there fhoot out Numbers; and the 
new Soil gives them free Room to fpread, and 
furnifhes them abundant Nourifhment. 
This is no where more evidently feen than in — 
the Nurfery and Fruit-Garden: 
‘Dreffing, the broken Ends: of the Roots are 
cherifhed by a light free Soil, and they gradually 
_ throw out new Ones; thefe are flowly: {preading 
every Way, till the Warmth of Spring puthes 
them more vigoroufly ; and then having this 
firtt Eftablifhment in the Ground, sd fotead 
out ina furprifing Manner, and the Trees fhoot 
in Proportion. 
Let the Gardener however be careful, that in 
procuring this Benefit for them, he do not run 
them into new Danger. 
The frefh breaking of the Earth will make it 
more liable than before to the Penetration of 
Frofts; therefore if the Place be expofed, let 
after this kind of — 
there be fome Haulm of Peafe, or other fuch dry _ 
Subftance, {cattered moderately thick over the 
new dug Ground, and kept down by Pegs or 
Stones. 
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