l6S The PraSlce Part II. 



FoK Places near at haud^ Gardeners make ufe of Water- 

 Pots ^ but when the Water muft be carried fome Diftance 

 off, they fill fmall VciTels or Quarter-Casks^ and drive them 

 ' in Wheelbarrows to the Places required ^ each Tree fliould 

 have about two Watering-Pots, or two Pails full of Water, 

 as you find the Ground more or lefs thirfty, which you may 

 know by its cleaving afunder, and drinking up the Water 

 fpeedily^. You may make a hollow Circle, or little Bafon, 

 at the Foot of the Tree, to ferve as a Tunnel for the Water. 



You may alfo make ufe of long Wooden Troughs, or 

 Stone Gutters cemented together, to convey the Water from 

 a Bafon or Well, along a Walk, and have VefTels fet in the 

 Ground^ at proper Diftances, to receive the Water, from 

 whence it maybe taken as Need requires ^ but this is hard^ 

 ly allowable in a Garden, uniefs it be a Kitchen-Garden. 



A s for Palifades and Rows of young Trees in a Wood, 

 you muft give them as much Water as they need, hollowing 

 out before-hand a fmall Gutter the whole Lengthy to facili- 

 tate the Running of the Water. 



The third Care is to guide and prune the young Plants 

 well, which requires no great Skill, and confifts, for Ex- 

 ample, w^hen you fee a Tree that has five or fix Branches, in 

 knowing which ought to be left, to produce, in time^ the 

 handfomeft and the ftraiteft Tree. 



It may be heldfoi- a general Rule, that aForeft-Tree, to 

 be beautiful, fliould have no more than one upright leading 

 Shoot, which fhould be very high in the Stem, as from 20 

 to 30 Foot, without any forked Arms or Branches ^ after 

 which it may be left to form its Head at Pleafure. On the 

 contrary, when the Stem of a Tree is too low, the Forks of 

 it are very difagreeable to the Sight, as well as when the 

 suchmxU Tree has more than one upright Foot for then -it looks 

 norfs-cbdf lij^e an Apple-Tree^ or likea C^r//?/«^zx-Candlefticktwifted 



fiuts in the . ^ i^ i ^ 



^%rtdt Walk af into ieveral Branches. 



tkTuiiieries, If the Trees you would manage are headed Trees, you 

 Sf^Si/" pick them the firft Year, taking off with your Hand 



£fefea. all the little Buds along the Stem, that the Sap may rife and 

 reunite icfelf entirely above, to form the new Head. The^ 

 Xecond Year of their putting out, you Ihould choofc out of 



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