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A 
SHORT TREATISE 
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
~ SHRUBS, AND PLANTS. ; 
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Tae proprietors, mn supplying orders for Trees, 
&c. from the different and most remote parts of the 
Union, also from various parts of Europe, have fre- 
quent applications for directions as to their manage- 
ment to accompany them ; they conclude the follow- 
ing short Treatise will be found very acceptable. 
When the Trees, &c. are received, if they have 
been a considerable time out of the earth, let the 
roots be plentifuily watered, or soaked in rain wa- 
ter for several hours; and if not conyenient to plant 
them within a few days, let a trench be dug in soft 
ground, the bundles unpacked, and aiter the roots 
are well wet, let them be covered up with earth 
made fine, and not with hard lumps, so as to keep 
the roots partly dry; the Trees, &c. can then be 
planted as soon as convenient, and without injury. 
In planting, the Trees ought to be set two or three 
inches deeper than before; and in filling in the 
earth around the roots, let some old well rotted 
stable manure be incorporated: with the earth, ac- 
cording to the size of the Tree, from one to three 
shovels full, leaving a hollow or basin around each 
Tree or Shrub to catch the rain, and conyey it te 
the roots. ae | 
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