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weather; which will be of great service to all kinds of seedling 
plants. 
Shade will also prove very beneficial in the middle of hot sunny 
days, to many of the choice kinds of seedling-trees and shrubs, about 
the time of their first appearing, and for some time after. 
These young plants may be shaded from the sun occasionally, 
by fixing hoops across the beds; then let mats, canvas, or the like, 
be drawn over the hoops as often as occasion requires. 
Where there are boxes, pots, or tubs of seedling plants, let them 
be placed in a shady situation, about the middle, or towards the 
latter end of this month, where they may have the morning and af- 
ternoon sun only; carefully protecting them from its mid-day in- 
fluence. 
All beds of seedling trees and shrubs whatever, must be kept 
perfectly clean from weeds. This should be carefully attended to* 
for the weeds are of much quicker growth than the young seedling 
plants, and would soon get the start of them, if permitted to stand. 
Therefore, let such, as soon as they appear in the beds, be pricked 
out, before they get to any great head, performing it by a very care- 
ful hand-weeding. 
Hoeing and Weeding. 
Hoe and destroy weeds between the rows of young trees; they 
will now rise abundantly from seeds; but by applying the hoe to 
them while young, they may be very expeditiously destroyed. 
Choose dry weather, let the hoe be sharp, take advantage of the 
weeds while they are small, and cut them up clean within the 
ground. 
There is nothing like destroying weeds in due time; for when 
they are suffered to grow large, they are extremely hurtful to all 
young trees and shrubs, and in particular to those plants which are 
not far advanced in their growth; besides, if suffered to ripen and 
shed their seeds, these lay the foundation of a world of trouble af- 
terwards, which might be avoided, by timely exertions and care. 
Grafting Hollies, Sfc. 
Graft hollies, with cuttings of the variegated kinds. The first 
fortnight in this month, is the proper time to perform that work, in 
the middle states. 
The common green holly is the proper stock to graft the varie- 
gated kinds upon: and the stocks for this purpose must not be less 
than three or four year's growth from the seed; but those of five 
or six answer perfectly well. 
Get some cuttings, or grafts, of the best variegated kinds; they 
must be shoots of the last summer's growth. Let them be grafted 
with exactness, according to the general method of whip-grafting. 
See page 253. 
Likewise, graft any other curious varieties of trees, on stocks of 
their own kinds. 
