m TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



you linifh planting it, which being made a little lower than 

 the alleys will retain the- water that you throw on it, and wilt 

 prevent the rain from running off: if the dry weather con- 

 tinue long, mulch the beds as before directed ♦ Obferve to 

 keep them free from weeds, watering them as occafion re- 

 quires, and trimming up the plants with only one item. In 

 this Hate they may remain two years, and, if any of the plants, 

 require it, ftake them to keep them flraight. At the end of 

 two years they will be fit for tranfplanting, and may be 

 planted out for good, if they are properly fenced off from 

 cattle ; but if they are to be placed in an open expofure, 

 they ought firft to be planted out in a piece of ground, 

 properly prepared for the pur pole, at the diftance of two. 

 feet from row to row, and one foot in the row* If they have 

 been planted in the Autumn (which I would always recom- 

 mend, except in wet ground, or when the feafon is wet) let 

 them remain till next Spring twelvemonth, and then head 

 them down to two eyes above ground, cutting as near as 

 may be to an eye, and Hoping to the North, that the ihoot 

 which is thrown out may cover the ftem in the firft feafon s 

 which, if the bufmefs be rightly performed, it will do, and 

 grow to the length of fix or feven feet, according to the 

 vigour of the ftem. If they are not headed down in this 

 manner, you will never have ftraight handfome trees. If the 

 ground be properly fenced off from cattle, thofe that are 

 planted out for good, at three years old, muft be treated 

 in the fame manner after the firft or fecond year. It may 3 , ; 

 however, be neceflary to obferve, that young trees muft 

 not be headed down immediately after tranfplanting ; they 

 ought to be well rooted before that operation is performed, 

 and it is alfo worthy of re mar k 2 that, the larger the ft ems 



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