OF GARDENING. 
20% 
- Feb. 
_ and. 
soe GT, ea 
or the PRUIT- GARDEN. 
POMONA, 
ET the Gardener look over thofe Stocks he 
has budded the preceding Summer. 
have cut off the Heads of them already, tet him 
fee that the Sap from: the Wound do not run 
upon 1 the Bud. 
Thofe which have not been cut off before, a” 
muft cut now; and as this is the principal 
Danger, let it be guarded againtt in the Man- 
ner of cutting. The proper Place is a full 
Hand’s Biesaeh above the Bud, and the Cut 
thould be made nepns Sic to prevent 
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gis the Gar dener 1 now go over ‘che Efpaliers he | 
repair'd according to’ our preceding Direétions, 
and fee whether every thing keep firm. Where- | 
ever a Bough is loofe, this is the Time to faften 
it, for after this Week the Buds will be coming 
forward, and ‘nothing can be done afterwards 
wislighe: injuring the ‘Trees. é 
Let great Care be taken of the Strawberry 
7 ek that are planted i in the Hot-bed for an early 
Crop; they will be now full of Bloom, and with- 
out due. Care this is all they will fhew. The great 
Danger’ of this Plant is at the Time of Aetting 
the Fruit, —~ : 
Every Day the Plants mutt be witerd “and 
about Noon, .when the Weather will any way 
permit, Air muft be freely let in to them. When 
the Days are lefs favourable, the Glaffes: fhould 
‘fill be raifed for a little Time, at the. beit Hours, 
a. Cloth hung down from them to 
cover the Opening: Cas ssovah it , Keeps. off 
If he | 
| from any Accident fail in one Place, 
| may be. had from the other. 
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the Force of the Cold, will yet admit {cone Ait, 
. Without a due Attention at this Time, all 
the former Care will be thrown away ; ; aie 
| fine Shew of Blofloms ‘not produce a Handful 
of Fruit. 
Take Care to open eS F ig-Trees, which have 
been fhelter’d according to our Direétions in the 
Middle. of every tolerable Day. They muft foon 
be left open entirely, and as they are made 
tender, by the Defence they have had during the | 
Winter, if they be not carefully hardened” now, 
they will be deftroy’d. 
Let a Piece of Ground be dug in a fecure 
and well defended Place, for the fowing the Stones 
of Plums and other hardy F ruit; for raifing 
Stocks. for the future ‘Service of Budding and 
Grafting : a Provifion of the famé Kind we have 
directed alfo to be made i in the Seminary ; ; and 
the. Fntent in fowing them in this. Place is to 
be fecure of fo needful an “Article” as a Sup- 
Py. i | 
_ They are liable to various Accidents 5 and e- 
ven. the Deftruction by Vermin, is alone a fuf- 
ficient Occafion for this Caution ; ; “that if they 
they 
They will take up little Room, wherever 
they are fowed, and they are no-Blemifh’ if feen : 5 
therefore, never let a Year pafs, without fowing 
a {mall Quantity of the proper Kinds ; for it is 
better to deftroy them T a Years, than ¥ want 
them one: 
AC SECTION 
CHLORIS, or be 
AG up a freth Piece of Ground for | 
Beans and another for Peafe. Thefe 
Sowings fhould be very frequent ; there is but a 
fhort Time for each of the Plants, from their 
beginning to bear for gathering, and their be- 
ing too old for Delicacy. 
*Tis therefore the careful Gardener thould re- 
peat thefe Sowings, that as one Crop goes off, 
_ another may-juft come into bearing. 
Let him proportion the Quantity to the 
Demand ; and there will be no Watfte either 
of Labour or its Products. 
-He knows what Piece of Ground he fhould 
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KITCHEN- GARDEN. 
fow for a Spring-Crop : and all we. dire& 18, 
that he would do it at feveral Times, not all 
at once. » 
Let him chufe alfo the” proper Kinds for 
thefe feveral Occafions. 
Peafe are the only Sorts to be trufted in the 
earlier Sowings, but the Windfor-Bean is the 
beft Kind for this and the laft; and the Morotta 
| and other large Peafe, 
Prepare a common Hot-bed for Kidney- 
Beans, and cover it well with Mould, three In- 
ches thicker than in the common Way; and 
when the Heat is moderate, plant the Dwarf 
ae white 
The fmaller Beans and - 
Feb. 
