■H FRUITS, FLOWERS AND SHRIIBS. 



STKIWBERIUES. 



Keep your slrawberrv hed^ clean from weeds ; co- 

 ver the beds with straw or grass to keep the fruit 

 clean ; frequently water the beds that are in bloom, 

 to swell the fruit. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS AXD EVERGREENS. 



Seeds of evergreen and flowering shrubs may be 

 sown early this month, in beds of light earth, cover- 

 ing them from half an inch to tivo inches deep, accord- 

 ing to their size. What has been sown before this 

 month, must be kept clear from weeds^ and lightly 

 watered : frequently in dry weather. 



Those that were sown last year, may be pricked 

 out into nursery rows, distant from six inches to thirty, 

 according to their growth. Hollies may be granted, 

 viz. tlie variegated kinds upon common holly stocks. 

 See mode of grafting in March. 



INARCHING. 



Shrubs are often grafted by inarching, which is 

 performed thus: — The stock upon which j-ou graft, 

 and the tree from which you take a graft, must be 

 so near each other, that the graft where it grows 

 can be brought to touch the stock; because the 

 graft is not to be cut from itg parent till some months 

 after the operation, neither is the head of the stock 

 to be cut off till that time. The shrubs being in this 

 situation, take the branch you wish to graft, bring it 

 to touch the body of the stock, where they are of an 

 equal thickness, pare away part of the bark and wood 

 of each, in such a manner that thoy will fit each 

 other, rind joining rind ; cut a thin tongue in the 

 branch upwards and a slit downwards in the stock to 

 receive the tongue tie the branch and stock together 

 with a soft bandage, and cover it w^ith clay to keep 

 mi air and sun; drive a stake firmly in the ground^ 



