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SCIENCE OF GABDEEmG. 



9. — Planting. 



It has prev:o-.-?lT cern suzrested that tMs operation 

 sliould be perfi.LiT;". :i: ' j :v showery weather. It 

 must never re : : : ::eL, in planting, that a plant is a 

 living ihiiL^^ F:. le =:n it should not be kept out 

 of the gr : I. : - : : :^ e. lowed to dry, or these last be 

 much cripple:!, T :e :_e ■ earth should also be placed 

 about the roors ~:_ e: : care and gentleness, and not 

 pressed upon them : . : "i : lently. October and November 

 are the best mo'-::li= planting trees and shrubs, 

 because :lir" i r -Le:: : : .nparatiTely at rest, and the 

 weather is . 1-7 11-1 : _ ! : uiet. Where little check is 

 required to be ^: ee : er : th to the roots must be 



obtained, if p o ^ = : 1 - - e ? e not crashed or preyed 



against too rudelv in ; _ _: ;::e^', 



Some recommend :_e :i :e^= :: : iddling, which con- 

 sists in mixing up soil an:l ~ "e: into a kmd of thin 

 paste, and dipping the roots : 1 ^ _ l:.nts in this ; or, in 

 the cases of larger things, plan:ing liiem in a hole thus 

 prepared. As ordinaiily pureued, however, the plants 

 might 5..S vrell be placed in moi'tar or cement; for, as 

 soon 8 - mud dries ^ :: einies a hard cake, wMch 

 neither T7B.:er nor air C3.n -.neroughly penetrate, and 

 which will partly or altogether prevent tiie roots freni 

 extendiDg. If adopted at all, it shonld only be in 

 gome mo dined manner, ::r such things as cabbages or 

 broccoli. 



10. — Pruning. 

 Pruning is for the purpose of preventing extra Inxuri- 

 ance, of throwing plen: ? in: : ? n jwering or jfruit-bearing 

 state, or of preserTlng^ ^:nie kinds from d^eneracy. 

 Very strong and Teiy — e ilv shoots alike require most 

 pruning; for the on^ :1 nnll be too vigorous, and the 

 other too feeble, to be pre :ln:T:--e, But the sickly 

 shoots of X-*^3-^ts should be r: ._t 1 back much closer 

 than the luxuriant ones : for tne object is to produce 

 entirely new ones in the former case, while only shorter 

 branches are desired in the latter, and hard pruning 

 would merely tend to develop such as were sumlarly 

 strong. 



