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clean by hoeing in the summer. If weeds come up 

 in the beds, they should be carefully pulled out. — - 

 In November the leaves should be cut off with a 

 scythe, or reap-hook, and there should be a little 

 good mouldy manure scattered over them. — They 

 will last in this way for many years. When they 

 begin to fail, make new beds. Supposing you to 

 have five or six beds, you may make one new one 

 every year and thus keep your supply always ample. 



324. VINE.— See Grape. 



325. WALNUT.— The butter-nut, the black wal- 

 nut, the hickory or white walnut, are all inhabitants 

 of the American woods. The English and French 

 Walnut, called here the Madeira Nut, is too sensi- 

 ble of the frost to thrive much in this climate. 

 Two that I sent to Pennsylvania in 1800 are alive, 

 and throw out shoots every year ; but they have 

 got to no size, their shoots being generally cut down 

 in winter. — Walnuts are raised from seed. — To pre- 

 serve this seed, which is also the fruit, you must 

 treat it like that of the Filherd, which see. — It is 

 possible, that the Madeira Nut grafted upon the 

 black walnut, or upon either of the other two, 

 might thrive in this climate. 



CHAPTER VL 

 FLOWER^. 



OF FLOWERS, AND OF ORNAMENTAL GARDENING IN 

 GENERAL. 



326. My reason for making Flowers a part of my 

 subject, have been stated in Paragraphs 6 and 97. 

 However, if the American Farmer have no taste 



