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Of the Care that Jhould be taken of 

 young Plants to raife them "welly mth 

 the Means of keeping them from the 

 Dijlempers and Infe&s that ufually 

 attack them. 



F you acre d'efirons, fp a little while,, to talce 

 Pleafure and Satisfailion in the Trees where- 

 with you have planted your Garden^ there is- 

 no better Way than ta beftow all neceffary 

 Care upon them, according, to* the differenr 

 Seafons of the Year : This indeed requires a great deal of 

 Attention, but then your Pain:s are very agreeably requited^ 

 by the Delight you have to fee your own Work advance a- 

 pace. Without this, you will have the Vexation to feempft 

 ©f the Trees in the Garden: die and pine away, befides the 

 eonfiderable Charge you muft be at to replant every Year^^ 

 without ever being able to enjoy any thing.. 



The Care that ought to be taken of young Plants, eon- 

 fifts in three Things ; in the Tillage, Waterings,, and Me- 

 thod of managing them during the firft two or three Years.. 



The moft neceffary of all thefe is the Tillage, whicb 

 muft be done four times a Year, two greater, and-^ two lef- 

 fer, which the French call Binages^ or Turnings up of the 

 Ground a fecond time.. The firft great Tillage is.perform'd^ 

 at the Entrance of the Winter, the fecond at the Beginning; 

 ©f Spring, The two leffer are done, one at Midfummer^^ 

 and the other ia the Month of Augu^o. 



