The PraBice Part II. 



at leaft, as pleafant to look upon aNnrfoy^ as it is to fee a 

 Kitchen-Garden, or an Orchard > but as Nurferies permit 

 no Alleys to be made in them for Walking, and that there 

 is no treading upon them without fpoiling the Tillage, 'tis 

 enough that they fatisfy the Sight only, and that being of 

 no Service for walking in^^ they are planted fo out of the 

 way. 



I n point of a Nurfeiy, you can never have too much of 

 it i that is, you fliould always have rather more than lefs 

 than you can have occafion for, one, two, or three Squares, 

 according to the Size of your Garden : If you have any 

 thing to fpare at laft, you may eafily find ways to difpofe 

 of it. 



The Place defign'd for a Nurfery being pitch'd upon^; 

 and traced out upon the Ground, you muft prepare it in 

 this manner : Firft, examine if the Earth be good, and if 

 it has the Depth required, according to what has been al- 

 ready treated of at large, in the fecond Chapter of the firft 

 Part, to which I refer you, to avoid Repetition. As 'tis 

 poffible the Earth may not be good, and yet that it may be 

 difficult to alter the Situation of the Nurfery, you muft do 

 all you can to mend it. If the Ground be exhaufted, you 

 muft have better brought in ; if it be too lean,, it muft be 

 dunged y and if it be ftony, you muft break it up, and have 

 the Stones taken out, paffing the Earth through the Screen. 

 Thefe Obfervations and Amendments ought never to be 

 omitted > for without them, all the Seed and young Plants 

 you fet in a Nurfery, will languifti, and never thrive fo as 

 to make tall and beautiful Trees, fit to fill up one day the 

 dead Places of your Garden. 



SuPFosiir^G then that the Ground be thus meliorated, 

 asfliall be found neceffary, you muft give it one Tillage tof 

 lay it eaven, and to prepare it to receive the Plants ^ then 

 mark out Rills at every two Foot diftance, ftraining the Line 

 from End to End, and opening the Rills a Spit deep^ that 

 is^ about half a Foot. 



Then fow your Seeds in thefe Rills^ and cover them 

 over with Earth, taking care not to tread upon them. If 

 you have Fruit,^ as Acorns^ Horfe-Chelhuts^ common Chef- 

 nuts^ 



