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THE NURSERY. 



distributed in the ground, while it makes the sur- 

 face uneven, and thus creates an extra degree of la- 

 bour afterwards. It is also proper to remark, that 

 potatoes should never be chosen as a green crop, in 

 preparing land for a nursery. There is scarcely a 

 possibility of getting them clean out of the ground ; 

 and those that remain prove the most destructive of 

 all weeds. The turnips should be removed by the 

 end of November, and the ground thrown up in 

 ridges, to be the better exposed to the action of the 

 frost. 



When the spot pitched upon happens to be al- 

 ready perfectly free from perennial weeds, a great 

 part of the process now detailed will be unneces- 

 sary. Ridging up in autumn to a good depth, and 

 gathering out the stones, will be all the preparation 

 required till the time of sowing. 



The above remarks embrace all that occurs to me 

 as necessary to be said with respect to making choice 

 of a situation for a nursery, and preparing the ground 

 for that purpose. I shall now give some directions 

 for its management afterwards, arranging them, for 

 the sake of perspicuity, under the heads of Manuring, 

 Rotation of Crops, Sowing, Transplanting, Propa- 

 gation by Cuttings and Layers, Weeding and Prun- 

 ing- 



