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ing moll Sorts of Seeds ; becaufe, as 

 this will detain the Moifture in the 

 Spring and Winter, fo the Seeds of 

 mod tender Things, efpecially of 

 Flowers, will rot in the Ground, if 

 fown early. Therefore where Per- 

 fons are confined to fuch Land, there 

 mould be a good Quantity of Sand, 

 Allies, and other light Manures, 

 buried, in order to feparate the 

 Parts, and pulverize the Ground ; 

 and if it is thrown up in Ridges, to 

 receive the Froir. in Winter, it will 

 be of great Ufe to it; as will alfo 

 the frequent forking or ftirring of 

 the Ground, both before and after 

 it is planted. 



The many Advantages which at- 

 tend the having fuch a Nurfery, are 

 fo obvious to every Perfon who has 

 turnM his Thoughts in the lead to 

 this Subject, that it is needlefs for 

 Hie to mention them here: and there- 

 fore I lhail only beg Leave to repeat 

 here what I have fo frequently re- 

 commended; which is, the carefully 

 keeping the Ground always clean 

 from Weeds : for if thefe are per- 

 mitted to grow, they will rob the 

 young Trees of their Nourilhment. 

 Another principal Bufmefs is, to dig 

 the Ground between the young 

 Plants at leaft once every Year, to 

 3oofen it for the Roots to ftrike out: 

 but, if the Ground is ftiff, it will be 

 better to be repeated twice a Year ; 

 'viz. in OSiober and March ; which 

 will greatly promote the Growth df 

 the Plants, and prepare their Roots 

 for tranfplanting. 



But as there may befome Perfons 

 who may have the Curionty to raife 

 their own Fruit-trees, I mall next 

 treat of the proper Method to make 

 a Nurfery of thefe Trees. 



In the doing of which you muft 

 obferve the following Rules : 



i. That the Soil in which you 

 make the Nurfery be not better than 



that where the Trees are to be print- 

 ed out for good : the not obferving 

 this, is the Reafon that Trees arc 

 often at a Stand, or make but little 

 Progrefs for three or four Year.% af- 

 ter they come from the Nurfery ; a3 

 it commonly happens to fuch Trees 

 as are raifed sear London^ and car- 

 ried into the Northern Parts of Eng- 

 land '; where being planted in a 

 poor Soil, and a much colder Situa- 

 tion, the Trees feldom fucceed well: 

 therefore it is by far the better Me- 

 thod (when you have obtained the 

 Sorts you would propagate) to r2:fe - 

 a Nurfery of the feveral Sorts of 

 Stocks proper for the various Kinds 

 of Fruit, upon which you may bud 

 or graft them ; and thofe Trees 

 whicn are thus raifed upon the Soil, 

 and in the fame Degree of Warmth, 

 where they are to be planted, wiU 

 fucceed much better than thofe 

 brought from a greater Diilance, 

 and from a richer Soil. 



2. This Ground ought to be frefh, 

 and not fuch as has been already 

 worn out by Trees, or other large- 

 growing Plants ; for in fuch Soil 

 your Stocks will not make any Pro- 

 grefs. 



3 . It ought not to be too wet, nor 

 over-dry, but rather of a middling 

 Nature : though, of the two Ex- 

 tremes, dry is to be preferrVi ; be- 

 caufe in fuch Soils (though theTrees 

 do not make fo great a Progrefs as 

 in moilr, yet) they are generally 

 founder, and more difpofed to Fruit- 

 fulnefs. 



4. You mull alfo obferve to inclofe 

 it, that Cattle and Vermin may not 

 come in ; for thefe will make great 

 Havock with young Trees, efpeci- 

 ally in Winter, when the Ground is 

 cover'd with Snow, that they have 

 little other Food which they can. 

 come at. Some of the mo It mif- 

 chievous of thefe Animals are Hares 



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