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the fruit is well fet, when they fliould be taken down to 
admit the dew and rain to the leaves and branches' of the 
trees; and, where the wall is long, and expofed to cur¬ 
rents of wind, if, at the diftance of forty feet from each 
other, fome crofs reed-hedges'be fixed, to project about 
ten feet from the wall, thelc will break the force of the 
wind, and prevent its deftroying the blofloms ; and thefe 
may be removed as foon as the danger is over. Thefe 
things have been pradtifed with great fuccefs ; and, as 
there will be little trouble in covering and uncovering by 
this method, after they are fixed up, there is let's danger 
of neglect than where the trouble is great, or to be of- 
,ten repeated. 
When yonr fruit is fet, and grown to the bignefs of a 
fmall nut, you thould look over the trees and thin them, 
deaving the fruit at leaft five or fix inches afunder; the 
fooner this is done, the better it will be for the remaining 
fruit ; and, if it fliould feme-times happen, that a part of 
thofe left fhould bedeflroyed, yet the remaining ones will 
be much the larger or better tafted for it, and the trees 
will gain more fhength ; the fruit, when but few, will 
be much larger, better tafted, and the trees in a condition 
to bear well the fucceeding year; whereas, when they are 
overcharged with fruit, it is always fmall, ill -tafted, and 
the trees are generally fo much weakened, as not to be in 
a condition for bearing well for two or three years after. 
The quantity of fruit to be left on large full-grown trees, 
fliould never be greater than five dozen upon each ; but on 
middling trees, three or four dozen will be enough. 
If the fealbn fliould prove hot and dry, it will be pro¬ 
per to draw up the earth round the. ftem of each tree, to 
-form a hollow bafon of about fix feet diameter, and cover 
the furface of the ground in this bafon with mulch ; and, 
once in a week Or fortnight, according to the heat and 
drought of the feafon, pour down eight or ten gallons of 
water to the root of each tree ; or, where there is an en¬ 
gine which will difperfe the water in gentle eafy drops 
like rain, if the fame or a larger quantity of water be 
fprinkled all over the branches of the trees ; this, (baking 
.down to the roots will keep the fruit conftantly growing, 
which will prevent its falling off the trees, as it generally 
.does where this method is not practifed ; and the fruit, 
being thus conftantly nouriftied, will be much better tafted, 
and hereby the trees will be maintained in vigour; fo that 
it is what we can from long experience recommend, as one 
.of the rnoft neccftary things to be praftifed by all lovers 
of good fruit. But this fliould not be continued longer 
than while the fruit is growing, for afterwards it will be 
hurtful to the trees and fruit, for a dry autumn ripens 
both wood and fruit better than a moift later feafon. 
When the peach-trees are carefully managed in the 
fpring of the year, according to the rules laid down, all 
the nourifhment which the roots can fupply will be ufe- 
fully employed in the fupport of fuch fhoots only as are 
to be continued, as aifo the quantity of fruit which is pro¬ 
per for each tree, therefore both muft of confequence be 
rendered better; for where there is not this care, the trees 
foon grow ragged, and are not furnifhed properly with 
branches; and thofe fhoots which are produced, are fome 
of them very weak, and others very luxuriant, whereby 
the trees are rendered very unfiglitly, as alfo unhealthy, 
and never continue many years fruitful; and by thus train¬ 
ing the branches to the wall as they are produced, the 
fruit will be always expofed to the fun and air; which, 
in the common method of managing thefe trees, by letting 
their branches grow long all the fpring, they are deprived 
of; and, by the timely rubbing oft’ all luxuriant (hoots, it 
will fave much trouble, and prevent the life of the knife 
in fummer, w hich is-very hurtful to thefe trees, for there 
will be no need to ihorten any of the (hoots in fummer. 
The culture of the nectarine differs in nothing from that 
of the peach : only the buds fliould be taken from bearing 
trees, and not from young nurfery trees, as is too often 
praflifed. 
The common and dwarf almonds are propagated by 
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inoculating a bud of thefe trees- into a plumb, almond, or 
peach, flock, in the momh of July. The next fpring, 
when the buds (hoot, you may train them up either for 
ftandards, or fuffer them to grow for half-flandards, ac¬ 
cording to your own fancy ; though the ufual method is 
to bud them to the .height the items are intended to be; 
and, the lecotid year after budding, they may be removed 
to the places w here they are to remain. This is the only 
method by which the fort can be continued with certainty : 
but, if a variety of fruit be wanted, or (locks for budding, 
they muft be raifed from the fruit. In order to which, 
having procured a quantity of well-ripened almonds, either 
fow them in October or November, or preferve them in 
(and till February or March. The feminary fliould be in 
a good light foil, and the (tones (liotild be put in two inches 
deep, in rows a foot diftant from each other. When they 
are two years old, plant them out in the nurfery, in rows 
three feet wide, and eighteen inches afunder in the rows. 
Train them with (ingle (terns, from five to eight feet in 
height, by pruning oh all the fide (hoots ; then top them 
with your knife at the proper height, to fpree out a fet of 
branches, in order to give the head its firft regular form, 
letting them afterwards branch out in their oWn way ; but, 
if they be intended as (locks for budding, they mud not be 
headed, but trained ftraight up till after the budding is 
performed. The beft feafon for tranfplanting thefe trees, 
if for dry ground, is in October, as foon as the leaves be¬ 
gin to decay ; but, for a wet foil, February is much pre¬ 
ferable : and obferve always to bud. upon plumb hoiks 
for wet ground, and upon thofe of almonds and peaches 
for dry. 
Amygdalus -Tithiopica. See Bp.abeium. 
Amygdalus Indicus. See Termina lia. 
AMY'LACEOUS, f. [from amylum, Lat. (larch.] A 
term applied to the fine flour of farinaceous (eeds, in 
which conlifts their nutritive parts. 
A'MYMONE, one of the fifty, Danaides; die married 
Enceladus, and killed him the firft night of their nuptials, 
in piirfuance of her father’s order: but, feeling a remorle 
of confcience, fine retired into a wood ; where, intending to 
(hoot a deer, (he wounded a fatyr, who purfued her and 
even offered her violence ; but (he, imploring the help of 
Neptune, was delivered by him, but fuftered from him 
what (lie only apprehended from the fatyr, and brought 
forth Nauplis. 
AMY'NTA,/. in literary hiftory, a beautiful paftoral 
comedy, compofed by Taflb; tite model of all dramatic 
pieces wherein (liepherds are actors. The Pajlor Fido, and 
Filli di Sciro , are only copies of this excellent piece. 
AMYN'TOR f. \_ay.vvru^, formed of the verb a//w«, 
I defend , or avenge. ] properly denotes a perfon who defends 
or vindicates a caufe. In this fenfe, Mr. Toland intitles 
his defence of Milton’s life, Amyntvr, as being a vindica¬ 
tion of that work agar nil Mr. Blackball and others, who 
had charged him with quell: toning the authority of fome of 
the books of the New Teftament. 
Amyntor, king of the Dolopes, a people of Epirus, 
who was killed by Flercttles for refilling him a pafiage 
through his country. A fon of Egpytus, who was killed 
by his wife Damone the firft night of his nuptials. 
AM'YON, f. [from a. priv. and a mufcle.] A 
limb fo emaciated that the nnifcles fcarcely appear. 
AM'YOT (James), bilhop of Auxerre and great al¬ 
moner of France, was born of an obfeure family at Meittn, 
the 30th of OCtober, 1514, and (ludied phylofophy, at 
Paris, in the college of cardinal Le Moine. Fie vtas na¬ 
turally dull and heavy ; but, diligence and application 
made amends for thefe natural defeats. He left Paris at 
the age of twenty-three ; and went to Berri with theSieur 
Colin, who had the abbey of St. Ambrofe in’that city. 
At the recommendation of this abbot, a fecrerary of (late 
took Amyot into his houfe to be tutor to his children. The 
caufe of his advancement at court is (aid to be as follows : 
As Henry II. was making a progrefs through his king¬ 
dom, he flopped at a fmall inn in B.erri to flip. After 
flipper, 
