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the fccond of Mmh befare Ihey are lO be m nrl'lanlcd
¡.HO pOIS. AboUI Ihc.miJtlJe of April yOll m~y prur.e,
and pUl e3rth abollt lhe rools of fueh old myrtl,·.trees
as are in abad n,.le, ami cut Ihe hrdnehes off their
heads wilhin tltree Or four ioehes of ¡he fl~m.
',fke meliantbus is a plant proragmd wirh cafe from
Oi,~ t~ken about the rOOls aoy time oetween this mon¡h
and Au~url, .planted io a fandy foil, and frequentl.y wa·
lcred.
l'he pyracanlha is raifed from euuiegs, planted io May
or June, in pOIS of Gne carto, and wmred frequently,
heping Ihem from Ihe fun lill the following winrer,
when a warm expofltr~ will be fervice. ble lO them. This
tree !)lay alfo be raifed from layers and fecds, and thrives
btJ~"i3 a dry grlYeJly foil, unmixed with dung or any
Pthf¡ rich manure.
Th~ olcander plant has many varielies j the mon
cornmon of whieh is lhe fcar:el oleander, which being of
a hardy nature, may .bekept abroad aJl lh~ winler under
a fqu\h waJl ; bOl the fweel·fcenled oleander is more
tender, ánd OlOuld be houfcd wilh lhe orange·tree. Thefe
{h,ul)! .te..Taif~d b.y. la;'ors io lhis momh or lhe neXI, in
a medÍ;!m loi!, 2nd wilh moderale wmring, and wiJllake
rool 10 mnfplanl Ihe Augull foUowing.
Orange.aod lemon mes maythis nlOmh be removed and
tranfplaOlod Iyilhout daoger, as weJl as broughl OUI Gf the
eoofervatory: upon bringing OUt your eXOIics, and OIher
plants, brulb and cleanfe lhcm from lhe dun theyhave con·
maed in the hou[e. gil'e lhemfrelb earrh on lhe of
their pots,and ~valer lhem wdl, when lhey are plaeed ioIhe
order Ihey are lO nand. Wheo you tranfplant or remove
oraoge·trces, you are to do it carefull)', wilhout injuring
their bodies j lel lhe cafes for your trees be GUed Wilh a
eOnlpoGtion of IWO pans in fandy loam, one part roucn
dung, and one pan while j and when your oraoge·
lrees are Jo removed, give.lhem freguenl walerings, but
wilhout weuing e;lhcr Ihe nem or lhe leaves j ¡el Ihem
in I~e (hade fur a fonnighl, and let lhem have the fun by
<legrees j as, when il is 1(10 hot wpoo Ihem, il turn6 lheir
I.aves yellow.
FRUIT·GARD EN.
l~ the be¡:inning of lhis monlh, look carefully over
yoor wall aod efpalier Irees. and lake off al! fore.right
' ~~OlS, and fueh as are and ill.plaeed; and lrain
f~~h k.iodly branehes as you would preferve regularly to
lhe wall or efpalier, which wdl prevenl your IrelS from
growiog ioto eonfllfion.
f ruit·¡rees mar be mnfplanred in lhe fummer r.1omhs,
f.·om.M"YlO Augun, ~ren wh~n lhe mes are in blolTom:
lhe melhod of uan(pl,nling lhem is, by preparing holes
t'or Ibembefore yO\l begintO take Ihemupj and rhe earth
llken out of Ihe holes you are tO make rery fine, and
r.,:xwilh waler in large Illbs 10 Ihe confiflenee of Ihin
h2ncr, wilb \lhich eaeh hole is to be Jilled (ur Ihe Iree
tObe planled io, before Ihe eanhy pam have lime to
fcule or fal! lO Ihe bonor.1 . A me, lhus plamed io
.balier, r,as ils rools immediately clofed, and guarded
from lhe air; and as Ihe feafon nowdifpofes every part
of lhe Jet fpr erowth aod fhoeling, it lofes very linle of
N N G
¡IS vigour if yOll are eareful uf irs root!, obferring lO
wound ~Ul (,w of Ihem at Ihe la~';ng rhe me OUI of
lhe grtlund, and nol lel rhem dry in Ihe palfage from one
place 10 anu!hcr. Though lhis p' p is o( lile in fummer·
plaotalions, yel in lhe ul~al wioler-plantalions it is pero
nicious, as il will lhen d,il! and rOl Ih~ root of you r
trces.
As lhe cuning aod wOllodiAg fome roots of a Iree, and
among Ihemof Ihe capilal ones, eannut be avoidcd, a
mixlure of gil111 has been cOl1trivcd 10 plaitler over Ihe
wOllndcd pans of the greal rOOIS, and preven! Ihe a,r
ac d wet pcr.etraling 100 mueh imo Ihe vefi'cls of lhe rOOIS ;
and i( Ihe root be very large, you may at Ihe "me rime
ma,k ils correfponding limb Or braneh in lhe head. to be
eur off aboul a fonnighl aflerwards in rhe faOle propor·
lion, and Ihen to be plarnered in lhc fame manner as lhe
root was dooe be(ore.
In lhe remoyal of !rees, eare mun be taken lhat il be
fudden ; for if the rOOIS are permiued lO grow lhe leal!
dry, we may prefendy difcero a failure . in the 10p'
branchcs. which will requi,e time 10 redrefs j for \Vhieh
re,fon. il has becn lhought inrpollible to remove a large
tree 10 anyeonfiderable diflanee.
There is one convenienee in lhis lan way of plaoting,
whieh is nOI io the eommon way; and thal is, lhat lhe
tree mal' be taken up WilhoUI any emh aboul Ihe rOOIS,
whieh makes the traofp0rl3rion more eafy; and by Ihis
melhod, and the anínance of prepared gums, pea('h mes,
neélarines, pear·trees, plumb.trees, and eherry.mes,
wirh fruit upon lhem, eilher greeo or ripe, may be re·
moved, lhough ,he mes a,e fi)( or feveo )'ears old ;
an¿ trees of all fons may be Ihus Iranfplanled io tbe
fummer.
K ' TCHEN · GARDEN.
'Yo u may now give your melons air in the middle of
the day, and look to your melon.ridges, weeding Ihem,
and earefully pruning off Ihe IVater-branches, which are
kno\Vo by their Halnefs and eXlraQrdinary breadlh; il's
alfo neeeITary to pioeh off lhe 10pS of Ihe runners lh,l
hare fruit upon them, having lhree Or four above
Ihe fruil, and laking care Ihal the fruit be well Ibehered
Wilh leaves from Ihe power of lhe fuo, otherwife Iheir
grolVrh IVill be fpoiled j bUI when lhegrolVlh is pe,feéled,
you eannot expofe lhem100 mueh lO the fun for ripen·
ing. I( Ihe feafon be dry, rather Hoallhe alleys belIVeen
lhe melon·ridges, Ihan pour water upoo lhe planl, or
oear Ihe nems.
AboUl Ihe beginning of lhis monlh, folV eueumbers in
Ihe nalural ground, bOlh for fallad and pickling: in fo.··
ing Ihofe for fallads, pUl aboul nvdve feeds in each hole;
bUI leave only four or five ",hen Ihey come up j ItI Ihe
eanh be frdh, and well worked wilh a . ralhu
lighllhao í1iff; and a plantalioo oflh¡s kind lIill produce
mice as much fruil as one of Ihe fame quantilY of ground
foreed wilh dung.
To raife eucumbers (or pickling, fow rhem in a drill,_
as you do peafe or Freneh be,ns ; and pUl a row of
buO,)' nieks on ,"ch fide of lhem: lhe rows mun be four
or 6\ e fm afunde, i aod if fOWld in tbe J(,Udl bordcr,
wh ,e