a Se a te TE ee eS fe Si a 
OF GARDENING» 
July. be broke all about them, and carefully clofed at 
‘m—— the Bottoin of the Stem. and after this let them 
| have frequent Watetings. If thefe do not reftore 
ther to perfeét Vigour, let 2 little Dung be added 
to the Mould, and wafhed in by repeated and 
large Waterings: this I have known to fucceed 
at the prefent Time of the Year beyond Expecta- 
tion, but there is a great deal to be confidered 
in regard to the proper Method of ufing it. 
In the firft Place, the Kind is to be fuited to 
the Nature and Condition of the Tree; and then 
~ fuch a Method muft be found of applying it, as 
will give its Virtue to the Roots. Every one mutt 
be fenfible, that if Dung be only fpread upon the 
Surface of the Ground at fuch a Time of the 
Year as this, the Air, not the Soil, would receive — 
its volatile and active Parts: the Sun would raife 
them like the Fire of a Chymift, and only a dry 
chaffy Subftance would be left upon the Ground. 
Among the various Kinds of Dung we find 
very different Qualities ; and by thefe they are 
fuited to various Services : the Gardener who does 
not know how to feleét and apply them, is defi- 
cient in a very effential Article of his Bufinefs. 
~ Horfe-dung, which is the moft univerfal Ma- | 
nure, is hot and rank: it requires to lie a long 
Time before it is fit for Ufe about Fruit-Trees ; 
id even in the Kitchen-Ground it is often very 
hurtful, by being too frefh. : 
-- Coww-dung is very rich, and it has neither the 
Heat nor the Ranknefs of the other: it is fatty, 
and of long Continuance in the Ground. The 
Effect is not fo fudden as that of Horfe-dung, 
but it is more natural, and more lafting. » Os) 
In all Refpeéts therefore Cow-dung: is beft for 
Fruit-Trees, unlefs the extreme Coldnefs of: the 
Soil declare for the other, 
would have the Gardener early mend, by'digging 
in Sand and Afhes among the clayey Earth; but 
if that have been neglected, the Horfe-dung in 
this fingle Inftance is preferable to the other ; but 
even in that Cafe it muft not be frefh Horfe-dung 
that is ufed, but fuch as has lain a long Time to 
mellow, and to evaporate its Heat. 
Thefe are the two principal Dungs, but there 
are fome others very well deferve the Gardener’s 
Notice. 
Hogs Dung has many excellent Qualities : it 
is rich and not rank ; it takes Effect very quickly, 
and is therefore of all others the beft calculated 
to anfwer a prefent Exigence : it agrees with one 
kind of Soil as well as another; but if any con- 
tinued Effect be required from it, there muft be 
a frefh Quantity ufed every Fortnight. 
Nothing appears fo ftrange in the Management 
of Gardens, as that fo excellent a Manure, and 
fo fuited to the prefent Occafions of the Ground 
for many Purpofes, fhould have been fo thorough- 
ly overlooked : there is fcarce to be found a Gar- 
dener who ever ufed it, or a Book upon the Sub- 
ject in which it is once recommended. We hope 
This is a Fault we 
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to make our Pupils better acquainted with its July. 
Value; and can affure them with perfeét Truth, 
that nothing will be advatced here but on the un- 
erring Foundation of Experience. — nota 2 : 
Sheep’s Dung is rich and hot; the Effeét is 
{peedy, but ufually too violent. Its Nature qua- 
lifies it for the fame Ufe with Horfe-dung, in 
cold and heavy Grounds; and the beft Way of 
eter ema nee 
ufing it, is in a Mixture with the Urine of 
the Creatures, in a fandy Mould. The Method 
of obtaining this Manure, is delivered at large in 
the Compleat Body of Hufbandry , and it is excellent 
for Fruit-Trees in cold tough Soils. 
The Dung of Fowls is light, very rich and 
hot; and of all Kinds that of Pigeons is the 
hotteft. It may be very ufeful in ftarved, poor, 
and cold Soils, but requires great Difcretion in 
the Ufe. 
From among thefe Kinds of Dung the Gar- 
dener is to chufe for the prefent Occafion of a 
new-planted Tree which is decaying for want of 
Nourifhment ; and in the fame Manner for any 
other Service. Co | 
Of all the Dungs to be chofen for this Purpofe, 
the Preference is due to that of the Hog; but 
unlefs Care be taken in applying it, no Good can 
be expected. eae 
If the Gardener, on hearing that Hogs Dung 
was good for this Service, fhould fpread fome 
upon the Ground, ‘and fancy he had madé a Tryal, 
he would abufe his Inftru@or, and declare what 
he had read was falfe. This Dung foon lofes its 
Effect when ufed ever fo prudently ; but if fcat- 
tered to the Sun in fuch a Time as this, it would 
do nothing. ee a 
What I have found ferviceable is this : 
Mix equal Parts of Hogs Dung and Pond: 
Mud; fpread this upon the Ground about the 
young Fruit-Tree, and give a large Watering’. 
This done, fpread over the whole an inch Depth 
of frefh and fine Pafture Mould; and after two 
Days give fuch another Watering, At the fame 
Time fecure the Tree perfectly from rocking ; 
take off any decaying Leaves, and water the whole 
Head each Time. 
The Effect is very furprifing; two or three 
Days will reftore a Tree that was perifhing. 
A great Part of the Virtue of the Dung is 
wafhed in by the firft Watering ; it is after this 
covered by the frefh Mould, fo‘that the Sun 
Cannot evaporate it; and after it has lain thus 
mellowing with the frefh Earth and Mud, the 
joint Virtue of the Whole is carried in by the 
fucceeding Waterings. 
This would not be an advifeable Method for 
Trees whofe Fruit fhould be expected that Year, 
for the fudden Swelling upon fuch Waterings is 
wrong; and this is a Way in which the Dung 
would affect the Fruit, but for young Trees no- 
thing is like it. | 
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