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The Bufine/ of the SEMINARY, for this Week, 
HIS is the Time for a very ufeful Aftticle 
in the Seminary, the raifing Chefnut- 
Trees. ‘ie Aut 
It is to be done from Seed; and, with tolerable 
Punctuality in obferving, the Directions we fhall 
give, the Gardener may depend upon Succefs. 
We have obferv’d on many Occafions, that 
the beft Method of raifing Plants from Seed, is 
to obtain it from the Places where. that Species 
fucceeds beft: the fame Caution fhould be ob- 
ferv’d in the prefent Cafe.. 
Chefnuts ripen’d in England will grow freely 
fuch as have been produc’d in Spain, : 
A great Quantity of thefe are brought over 
annually for the Service of our Tables ; and from | ~ 
fome frefh Parcel a Number fufficient to the in- 
tended Plantation fhould be fele&ted. 
- Let the faireft and foundeft be pick’d out for 
this Purpofe ; and let a Piece of Ground in fome 
frefh Part of the Seminary be dug hg a: 2 full 
Spade Depth for their Reception, | 
Draw. Lines along this Piece at ten Inches Di- | 
ftance ; and then with a Trowel let in the Chef: 
“nuts. i 
Firtt throw them into a Tub of Water, fad 
Then at fix Inches Diftance along every Line, 
open a Hole with a Trowel, break the Bottom 
with the Point of the Trowel: and place the 
Chefnut with the Eye upwards; throw in. the 
Mould, and cover it two Inches. . 
In this Manner fet the whole Parcel, and the 
Searcé one in a hun- 
dred, when fet with this Regularity, ¢ ever mif- 
_carrying. 
The only Care the young Trees require, is to 
be kept clear from Weeds; and they will thrive 
very well three Years in this Seed-Bed, after 
which they fhould be planted out to a greater 
Diftance; and after four Years more they will 
be of good Size to plant out where they are in- 
tended to remain. 
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POMONA, 
| HE great Article of planting Fruit-Trees 
- is a Work of this Seafon, and fo much 
depends upon the doing it well, that no Care is 
too great in the Operation. 
In many Kinds of Soil the Autumnal Planta- 
tion is beft; but where the Ground is apt to 
lodge Wet, from a firm clayey Bottom, this 
Week is a more proper Seafon. 
This makes it an A€t of Prudence to defer 
the Plantation to the prefent Time; and in many 
other Cafes it is an Act of Neceffity. If the Au- 
tumnal Plantation have been omitted; if the 
Poffeffor of the Garden is but yuft come to it; or 
if any of thofe planted at that Seafon fail: in all 
thefe Cafes the prefent Week is the Time of Plan- 
tation ; and let it be done in this Manner : 
jury to their Roots. 
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or the FRUIT-GARDEN. 
Earth well, if the Hole Lie beeti openi’d before, 
according to our Directions ; and if not, let him 
now dig it large and deep, throwing the Earth 
out in a Ridge, and breaking the Bottom the 
Depth of a Pick-axe. 
Once in the Week let it be well broke, arid 
turn’d up again; and at the latter End of the 
Week let him bring in the Trees. 
Thefe fhould be taken up carefully without In- 
The common Way is to 
chop thefe off with a Spade ; but let our Gar- 
dener take them off; wherever he can, with a 
fharp Knife; and wherever the Spade has bruis’d 
them let him trim them even. , 
The Cut is always to be made floping downwards. 
This done, the Head is to be leffen’d, 
{kim off fuch as fwim, for they are of no Value, 
Trouble will be very well recompens’d ; for in 
/ about nine Weeks there will be feen the Shoot of 
enough ; but the fineft Trees are thofe rais’d from | a Tree from every Hole. 
In the Beginning of this Week, let the Gar- | in the Manner we have before direéted ; for 
dener, wigeesct he: defigns to plant, break the | the Roots cannot fupply the ufual Quantity of 
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