The Conclu t [ton. $6$ 
cafions, wifii for fnow 5 which tho* it be very 
cold, yet it not only defends the root from 
being frozen, but alfo fereens the Corn 
from thefe drying winds, and keeps ic in a 
moift, florid, fupple ftate. 
Ic feems therefore to be a very reafonable 
direction which is given by fome of the 
Authors who write on Agriculture and Gar- 
dening, viz. during thefe cold drying winds, 
when little dew falls, to water the trees in 
dry foils, in the bloflbming feafon, and while 
the young fet fruit is tender 5 and provided 
there is no immediate danger of a froft, or 
in cafe of continued froft, to take care to 
cover the trees well, and at the fame time 
to fprinkle them with water, which is imi- 
tating nature’s method of watering every part: 
But if the fuccefs of this pra&ice in cold 
weather may be thought a little doubtful; 
yet the fprinkling the bodies and leaves of 
trees, in a very hot and dry fummer feafon, 
feems mo ft reafonable, for by Exper. 42, 
they will imbibe much moifture. 
As to Hoping fhelters over Wall-trees, I 
have often found, that when they are fo 
broad as to prevent any rain or dew com- 
ing at the trees, they do more harm than 
good, in thefe long eafterly drying winds; 
becaufe they prevent the rain and dews 
B b fall- 
