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TIe Ceed wiJl come up in aJout three WCt~l; anJ in
the J~ly fo:IJwing the young plJotl wdl be blg eOJugh tO
crao[plant into b<Js, wher. lhey mufl be let about tcn
iaches JIU,nt frum une anot:m, aad Ih,J.J frum lh. fUD
withmm for abuut three wttks,
You may Gnu m,ay vaiieties from the ftedling plaots
in me fecond year ; anJ whmver rarities appear, lhey
mufi be bid dowo as foon as polr.blt, by cuttiog half
through a join.t, aad fpl~tting the iottrnude upwards, half
way to lhe omer joint aboye it ; then lhe wuund«1part
mull be buried intbe eartb, and f.flcneJ Jown tUI it take!
root, which, provided lhe mm is hght, will be io about
I\VO mQotbs.
T be mofi proper Ceafon fQr laying down lbe layen of
che feedJings tS ia July; aad wben pl.nted tbey mu(l be
nrefully guarded, both from the inteofe heat i.o fUOlrner,
aOO tbe chilliog fro(ls in winter.
Tbe Oower {!ems will begia lOput fonh about April,
'Nbea eacb fiower rnull be [up?orted by in bting
'yed to a flick. about rour feet long i aod as [000 as Ibe
llower-buds appear, leave onIy ooe or IWO of the largeR
"Opoa each .so"ller !lem, 10 blQlfom; ud about ten d,ys
before me fio~'m opeo, ilie rouod poded kiods wiJl be.
gia 10 crack their bWks 00 ooe fide, whea you Ihould
fplil or opta tbe hWk oa lbe OppOfile fide tO the calural
fr2aioQ wilb a fi oe aeedle; and t1H<e or four days before
tbe complele opening of tbe flower, you muOCUI off lbe
poinl! 01) lbe 10p of lbe flower.poJ, aod fup?ly lhe va–
ca~cies 00 eacb fide of lhe hu!k Wilh IIVO fmall pieces of
nllum, which mal' be eafily Jlipped bellVetu lbe flower–
Jeaves a~d Ihe iofide of lbe huP~, by which means lhe
llower will roake an equa! diCplay' of ilS pam, aod lile
forro of il, coof~queody, be eotilely reglllar.
Wheo Ihe blolfom begins IQ Ihew il$ colour. you Ihould
Iix a piece of nat board upeo lbe Hieks, lO Iheltec il from
che fun's exmme heat.
Tbe feeds of Ihe maalioo mufl be galhered lowards
che eod of Seplember, in dry wealher, and be expo[ed
for a monlh or lWO, Ihrough a gl,!;, wi\hoUl openiog lhe
huJks tilllhe lime of fawiog Ihe [eeds comes round again,
Tbe feeds of Ihe columbioe are [OIVO in Ihe llyrCe,y
Ihis month, from wh:nte )'OU ro'y remove lhe choice
planls 10 lhe garden, Bod oeXl )'tar lhey will yield 00"'·
eU : Ihe roolS of Ihis Sower will h~ld good fur Ihree .or
four years, ",heo you muO haye afupply of frelh ones,
The feed of lhe Ceariel bean is aonually Cown in good
grouod, well expoC,d 10 .he fuo; aod lIiek, Ihould be
fixed in lhe grouod, round ",hich lhey will lwine, and
make avery agreeable Ihew.
The amarao.husis nn annual, [OIVOon a hOl-becl: aoq
Ihe Cecds beiog fOIVn io Ihis or Ihe prmding mOOlh, io
Ihe hOllen pm of your ga.Jen, are 10 be "iled undtr
glalfes.
The Mric¡Q n¡¡¡ygolJ is alCo 30 aooual, raifed 00 a
hOI'ueJ.
FRU I T-GA R DEN .
You fllOulu no\\' carcfuJly lI'eed your bcds of nra",·
berries, aod l~ke clf lliei, rUllom; amI if lhe1~.COIl is
E N N G.
d,y, it \ViII be proper to water them, for they produce
bUl lietl. ir~il when lhis i, oeglcéted.
b y lhe branch.s of lhe p<.ch·tr-ee horizontally, and
kecplbem frt~ frolll gr~:il \/Iood, aod perpeodlcular GIOOIS
io lhe middle, that lheIdp mal' be ca"itu in Cueh due pro–
portioo 's is oecefiJry ; anJ It Ihould be ever obferved,
that toO much vigour is <ti peroicious as tOj) liltle, Wilb
reCpecr to the lrce beariog a [ullicieol quaotilYof frui~.
Wheo a peal' 01' apple' lrce is uogovcroabJe, and will
oot DW froit, ¡¡ripoff lb. barl¡ of lheIEroogdEbraochet
half au ioch, 01' aD ioch, aceorQin~ to lhe b'goe[s of lhe
me, alld tak. il ealirely away 10 me wood.
Tbcfe ~ranches w~1 cOOliou~ 10 bear fruit for ftveral
years; alld wheo Ihey die, lhere are a1ways ia a pear-tree
a fullieient oumoer of ' 0 fucmd \ber¡¡, efpeciall y
io lbe middlc of lhe Iree; which, if uogoxeroabJe, ougbt·
lO uodergo the [.me kiad of Mcipli·oe.
Tbis VlOI k, "(bicb Ihould b.e praai[ed ooly' 00 lo'/{
dwarfs, 01' w,U·trees, is bell done io March or April.
Cherr)'crtfs, HOt io a lbrivlog eooditioo: Ihould DOW
be Oit perpeodiculatly dowo l'Iiln lhe poiot of a hife,
ju(l euttriog lhe bark of lhe fiem of lhe Irte, 10 preveol
beiog hide-bouod; afler I'(hich operalioo lbey ....iUlhrive
aod profpcr wonderfui!y, when, for ",aOl of it, Ibey. ... ill
eonlioue almofl barren (or leo 01 6fteen yem.
al lhi, tim~ you lbould 100)( carefuUy 10 y,0ur young
fruit·trm which were plaoted ia Ihe fp.riog. obfelving tG
waler lbeu) io dry wealher; aod if you obferve lbe leaves
b~giooiog 10 cudup, you Ihould water lbem geotly aU ove,
Ibeir bcanches; which may al:o bo praaif.:J 10 great ad.
V¡Olage on old trm; b'\l il mufi ~Ol be dooe io the hea!
of Ihe day, le!l lhe f"Dilio.uld f.;orcl\ Ihe;r leaves, OOi'
100 lale iD lhe eveoiog, efpecially if lhe nigh\! are cold.
Where you obfcl V~ lhe fruiH lees 1(\ be gt~atly ioeefied
Wilh iofea" yotl Ihotlld walb In. h13ocbe~ Wilh waler, il)
wbien a greal quandlyof10Umo·fialks bave be~o fieeped1
whieh. if carefully done, will infallibly deOroy lhe in,
Cecrs, aod 001 do aoy aoy injury 10 lbe treu¡ or if ,he
leave' whien are ~urleJ are lakeo off, ~nd fome 10baCeo,
dufi thrOWD00 lhe hraoct,es, il wiJl denrol' lhoiofeé\!,
and may, in a day or 1",0, be walbed off again,
Towards lbe eod of lhi, mon.h, )'OU mun loe~ oyer
your e[yalim anu lI"al13of f, ui,-trtel, training io lhe re.
guiar klndlyIhootl in Iheir proper filualian, and difplacing
al! fore·right Ind luxurianl Olles,
In the middle of lhis moolh uneover .hofe fig·trm
which were fcreeoeJ from lhe [1"011 iD the wiOler I bUl dI)
i. with camion, as .he yuuog frui., whirh no~' heglal 10
appear, Ola)' be greatly hun by beiog expoflJ tO Ihe air
I~O [uddenly.
KIT C HE N· GARDBN .
TH B midtllc of lhis 1\1001h i, Ihe propel' time 10 planl
(l1Il Iilrl¡,O', \1hich are 10 u. I,,[ed uod" pal,er I In nld'
~ior. th& ridrrs, if Ihe groulld i, dly, lhe dung Ib,luld
be hllt • halfa f"". hir,héJ" lhao Ihefllrf"t of Ihe ground.
alld .he emh Ihould he at Itall a filO. alld ahalf thiek·
upon lhe UUllg, Ih,1I the 1 m_y hal'e drpth ,nough
ta rON i Iboy will requll e no walering! aflér Ihey are
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