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Let the Gardener divide it into ag many Beds , 
and let 
Alleys between; and as long as will fit them for 
receiving the Seeds. 
Let the Earth in each Bed be we away half 
a Spade’s Depth ; and when this is retftavedl let 
the Bottom be very well broke up with a Pick- 
axe, and raked fmooth, drawing off all large 
Stones and Clods. Then mark the firft Bed by 
a number’d Stick fixed down firmly, and bring 
in the Compoft for the Plant intended there to 
be raifed. Let this rife two Inches above the 
Level of the Alley, and rake it {mooth. 
In this Manner make up every Bed ; the marked 
Stake ferving for a Notice of the Plant. 
When all. the Beds are made up, let them lie 
~ five Days to fettle; then draw off as much from 
the Surface as will ferve afterwards to cover the 
Seeds a Quarter of an Inch, and fcatter them 
on: fift over them the Mould referved for that 
Purpofe ; and lay a Piece of a Whitethorn Bufh 
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upon each to. keep off Mifchief. 
After this let them all be shdedbed in, the 
fame Manner. 
at any Time the Mould be too dry% and when 
the young Plants appear, let them be kept clear 
from Weeds, and at Times alfo water’d. 
So far the general Praétice is the fame; what 
relates to each in particular we have directed, and 
fhall farther under the particular Heads. _ 
Here it will be proper to add one general 
Caution more, which is, that the Gardener fow a 
‘Yarge Quantity of each Kind. A Bed of ten 
Foot long is as eafily manag’d as one of five; 
and from the Quantity of Plants, he is to ex- 
pect the great Advantages of ene and new 
| Flowers. 
All that will be farther required in the Serni- 
nary at this Seafon, is good weeding; and when 
neceflary, Waterings: thefe are fatiguing, but if 
withheld when thoroughly wankeds all the former 
Care is : loft. 
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HIS Week it. will be very proper for the 
Gardener to ftir the Surface of the Mould 
about his Fruit Trees with the three-prong’d 
Fork. | 
We would not advife him to dig to any 
Depth, but only to break the emo fo far as 
will ferve to deftroy all Shoots of Weeds, and 
prepare the Mould for the Reception of Rains 
and Dews. 
The Weeds a be fi off as foon as this 
is done; and unlefs the Seafon be very dry, no- 
thing more will be required. 
The Care of decoying, and looking after the 
larger and fmaller Infeéts muft be continued ; 
and‘ if in the Progrefs of this Attendance any 
Branch be again found out of its Place, it mutt 
‘be brought rigat ‘and nailed down again; and 
if any of the ripening Fruit be left too defence- 
lefs, they muft be fhelter’d by Leaves from fome 
other Tree. 
This Week it will be proper in the fame Man- 
ner once more to go over the Vines ;- both thofe 
againft Walls, and fuch as are in the open 
Ground: there will be yet fome ufelefs and 
trailing Branches produced, and thefe muft now 
be removed. | 
After this let all fuch as are loofe , the 
Wall or Stakes be faften’d; and when the whole 
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or the FRUIT-GARDEWN. 
is reduced thus far to order, let the Gardener look 
attentively over the Condition of the Fruit. He 
knows what Sun, and what Degree of Shelter 
each Bunch requires ; and let him now take Care, 
by removing Leaves where there are too many, 
and bringing in others from more diftant Places 
where there are wanting, to give to every Part 
this due Shade and Sun. 
When the Trees themfelves: are thus put in 
order, let the Ground be dug up about and 
between them: it will have been trampled in 
going among them for drefling; and Weeds — 
will have begun to {pring up among them, and 
about them upon the Borders. | 
This is a Seafon at which the Fruit requires 
moft Nourifhment ; and it would be ill Manage- 
ment to leave the Trees in a Spot exhaufted by 
Weeds, or hardened by Treadings. They want 
all the Nourifhment the Ground can afford; and 
we have fhewn on various Occafions, that it is — 
a great deal lefs that will be fupplied by the 
fame Quantity when the Surface is hard; than 
when it is kept foft and broke by Culture. The 
-Effeéts of Sun and Air fertilize it, and Dews and 
Rains are received more freely, and detained bet- 
ter upon it when broke; as alfo thofe Waterings 
which exceffive Drought may render neceffary. 
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