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The Bufinefs (ig ae SEMINARY, for this Week. 
ET a Piece of Ground be. es an pre- | 
pared for planting Evergreens ; 
Weeds remain in it to rob them of the proper 
Portion of Nourifhment. 
It is fit the Ground where dioy: are rais’d fhould | 
be poor, that they may thrive in the Places where 
they are afterwards to be planted: but then what- 
ever Nourifhment there is in a Piece of Ground 
thus proper to receive them, they fhould have it 
entire, not be rob’d of it by other Plants. 
Therefore when a proper-Part of the Seminary. 
is fix’d upon for this Purpofe, let fome freth 
Earth from a barren Pafture be fprinkled over | 
then, let it be. dug up to a 
~ good Depth; this new, Mould work’d in, and 
it an Inch deep: 
every Root of a Weed taken out. 
This is the more needful to be done now, be- 
caufe it is almoft impoffible to clear the Ground. 
of thefe Plants when the proper ones are in. 
When it is well broke, let it be thrown up i in 
Ridges till it is level’d for planting.. 
If there be mild ‘Weather this Week, let the 
Gardener get all the hardy Kinds of Trees and 
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ps, Week fhould. be finifh’d - leit drefing’ 
of Efpalier Hedges. All the Branches that’ 
“have been properly train’d for them, mutt. now * 
be ty’d down in the due Places ; 
be done with Care not to hurt the Courfe of. 
and this muft 
their Sap by... the Tightnefs, nor to. fuffer them. 
to rock with the Wind; for in that cafe they. 
will rub . -againft the. Wood-work, and - ‘wound 
themfelves. soe ees 
Fruit Trees of every kind may be Seiad, 
now; and in Places where the Ground has‘a 
Clay Bottom, or for any other Caufe fuffers the 
Wet to lodge, this is a fecurer Seafon than Au- 
. tumn: for as the Roots are during Winter nearly 
in a State_of Reft, the Wet lodging about them 
will deftroy hon 
This Week let the careful Gardener, if the 
Seafon be mild, graft his Pears, ~~ 
The Stock a this Purpofe is an Article of 
great Confequence, and not enough either regard- 
ed or underftood, 
N°? 24. 
a very good 
Seafon for that being now approaching, . 
Care’ muft be taken that the Earth in which | 
they are planted be not too rich, and that no 
Shrubs, hich he saseitey to plant, into the 
Ground : clofing the Earth well about them; and 
covering. it with Pea Straw about the Roots. 
If Currant and Goofeberry Bufhes are wanted ; 
and the planting of Cuttings have been omitted in 
Autumn, or have not fucceeded, this Week will 
be a very proper Time for it. 
- Let the Piece of Ground elected for them be 
in a fhaded Part of the Seminary ; and let them — 
clofing the Earth well about | 
them; and watering them from time to time till — 
_the Spring Rains come on. 
be carefully fet, 
They will root ‘freely enough; and in twa 
‘Years will be fit to A ee out it where they are to 
remain. ; | 
In the Time of ere Growth in this Place, 
. the Gardener fhopld-trim them up for the Pur- 
pofes they are intended to»anfwer. . 3 
If they are to be planted free in Borders, it will 
be beft to deftroy the lower Shoots, that they 
may rife with a Head, and a naked Stem : ‘and 
if they be intended for planting againft Walls or. 
Pales, they muft be train’d flat; encouraging the 
Side Shoots, - ane fopping * thofe which grow for- 
wards. - 
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or ‘the FRUIT-GARDEN. 
There are three Kinds of Trees commonly : 
raifed for Stocks for grafting of Pears : thefe are, 
the oo. see, the Quince, and the common 
kids uf one. or dies of thefe indifferently ¥i 
thes prefer for all Purpofes one particular Kind: 
but thefe general Maxims are both wrong. 
Let our Gardener underftand the Nature and 
‘Properties of all the Kinds, and then ufe which. 
faits his Purpofe. 
The Pear Stock is the freeft Grower of them. 
all, the Quince next, and the Hawthorn floweft 
of all. | 
From this is derived the firft general. Direétion, 
which is, that where- other Circumftances are 
equal, the Pear Stock is fit for a Standard Or- 
chard T'ree, the Quince for a Wall Pear; and 
the white Thorn for a Dwarf. 
But after this Confideration of their Manner. 
of Growth, we are to enquire what Effect they 
have upon the Fruit. 
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