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OF PLANTING. 



SECT. VIII. 



5. The SEASON for planting is a matter of confe- 

 quence, though fome perfons are apt to neglect it, who 

 ihould, and do, know better. The proper rule is, to 

 plant as early in the feafon as can be; fo that if the 

 ground is ready, trees had belt be put in when the leaves 

 begin to fall, i. e. in October ; yet fome good planters 

 have recommended even an earlier time than this; and 

 fcruple not to plant all the latter half of Sepetember % 

 though the leaves be full on. Some trees will form 

 fresh roots in the winter ; and thofe which do not, yet 

 get fo united with the earth, and prepared for ftarting 

 in the fpring, that they are ready to anfwer a fupply of 

 juices much more freely than when late planted; and 

 confequently the new {hoots viuji be ftronger. Let 

 nothing but necefhty put ofT planting in autumn, ex- 

 cept indeed the foil be a cold one, and then the work 

 done early in fpring is proper. 



The feafon for planting in a dry foil may be all winter 

 for deciduous trees, i. e. thofe that lofe their leaves; 

 but all evergreens, (except the Scotch fir, which may be 

 planted at any time) mould be moved early in autumn, 

 or late in fpring, and rather the latter, as they are fome- 

 what uncertain in taking kindly to the ground, efpeci- 

 ally if the weather is unfavourable at the time of plant- 

 ing. The oak and larch (though deciduous) are re- 

 moved fafeft in the fpring. In fpring-planting give a 

 found watering at the time, and if late in the fpring, 

 repeat it once a week or ten days, in dry weather. 



Let even the meanefl trees and fhrubs, as currants, 

 geojeberries and rafpberries, have the like attention paid 

 to them as to their fuperiors ; for their fruit will prove 

 the finer, and the argument is cogent for an Oclober 

 planting of thefe, as they are expecled to bear the next 

 ieafon. Let them be taken up, and planted with care ; 

 tor the he/l way of doing every thing ought to be the 

 rule of praftice inallxafes, and a gardener ihould follow 

 it above all perfons. 



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