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the # Managemen of the SE M I N AR Y, for this Ww. Heck. 
“00K tO nae Biennial and. a ete ‘Flower- 
Roots, rais’d from Seed.the laft Seafon; and 
now, according ‘to our Direction, tranfplanted | 
-ply’d with Nourifhment ; 
_. into feparate Beds. If the Weather be not fhowery, 
_. they will now require frequent. ‘Waterings. - 
. will be requir’d is to keep the Ground clear from 
Weeds between them; and they’ wall —— 
_ themfelves for Flowering. — 
-iog JThis. Week..is. the. -beit Tite: in the ioe 
ier for propagating the Scarlet Lychnis’s by Cut- 
tings. The double Kind: is no’ Way fo well 
-yais'd as this, and: the young F lower-ftalks are 
the proper Part to ufe. a iQ 
Let a fhady Piece of the Geomnd be duéhen : = 
‘the Mould very well dug up ; and ‘thefe Cuttings 
planted with Care. 
have a airs Watering, icon _ sae ioe ire 
freely. | | : 
. Many of the Eiichi cs shen ‘othisé Pererinial 
Flowering Plants, fuceeed very well this Way, 
and not only fave a great deal of Trouble, but 
_ afford ftouter Stalks. | 
» Look with Care over the Trees hat were bud-— 
ded the laft Seafon : the great Point is, that the 
Shoot be not defrauded of Nourifhment, nor left 
in the Way of Mifchief from Infeéts. In the firft 
7 Article, the Whole depends upon fuffering no | 
thefe muft be rub’d off | | 
‘as foon as they appear, and by that Means’ the | | 
Nouirifhment will-all get to-the Bud." etvetad re or to lofe all the Profit of former Care and Pains. 
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an HIS Week let the Gardener repeat his Care 
of thinning his Fruit upon the ‘Trees, - He 
will by this Time feé which of thofe he left before 
likely to ripen beft, and he fhould now difplace 
the others. | 
In this Thinning there mutt be no where two 
left together. One good one is preferable to two 
are indifferent; and it is certain thofe which crow 
Clofe hurt one another. 
“No Matter whether the Quantity upon the 
Tree be {mall or large: if there be ever fo few, 
let not thofe which ftand thus, be preferv’d for that 
Reafon. The right Praétice is to be content with 
the few that will ripen well, and wait a better 
After | 
they are-thus fet in for a free Growth, all that | 
curl up. ‘As foon as this is feen, let thofe which 
Every other Day let them ™ 
We have obferv’d, that wherever there i is Weak- 
nefs in the Tree, Infects are apt to come: in thefe 
Cafes, the Bud frequently is but moderately fup- 
and, in Confequence, 
there will be Danger of. this Mifchief. The firlt 7 
Notice of it will be by the Leaves beginning to 
are worft be pick’d off, and the reft muft be 
| wafh’d every Evening with fome Water in which 
there has been fteep’d Wood-Soot and To- 
bacco- Stalks. I have feen many Buds thar were , 
in a very declining Way, perfectly reftor’d by 
this Management. 
at ‘ook to the Beds of Seedling Trees tod 
Shrubs: they muft be water’d at Times, and 
“carefully fhaded ‘from’ the full Noon - -day Sun. 
The drying Winds will alfo prove injurious to 
them, unlefs’they be carefully defended by a Reed- 
Hedge. 
All this Time the Mould fhould be kept per- 
feétly free from Weeds between them, and now 
and then broke carefully with be a 
No Part of the Gardener’ 5: Ground requires 
Moifture fo much as the Nurfery. “Let him exa- 
‘mine from Time to Time the Condition of the 
Mould about the new-planted as well as Seedling 
‘Trees and Shrubs; and wherever he: finds Narure 
has not given Moifture enough, let him fupply it 
by Labour. Waterings in fader Grounds are very 
“fatiguing, but the Choice is to do this properly, 
ae sh ace ts senegnunadannes SWoRTAREMARRE 
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or the PRUIT-GARDEN. 
Produce next Seafon.. This is the Rule in unfavour- 
able Seafons; but when the Quantity is large, this 
Thinning is fo much the more neceflary.. Not 
only the pa & Crop is to be confidered, but the 
good Condition of the Tree for fucceeding Years. 
Often a favourable Spring will fet more Fruit than 
it is poffible for the Root to feed. Thefe Things 
are naturally liable to Accidents ; and more Bloom 
is allow’d by Nature than is expected for that: 
Reafon. 
When no Accident happens to prevent a con- 
fiderable Part from Setting, the Hand of the 
Gardener muft fupply the Place, by taking of 
the fuperabundant Number. If this be series the 
Fruit 
