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for tbe roots will run under the pales, and duw nourilh.

ment equally from the euth ahout !hero

but with walls

it is othtrw¡(e.

The trees need not be planted at agreater diflance than

fOllr or 6ve feet i and thofe that have flood feveo or

eight years againfl walls, may be removed to theCe foro

cing·frames without aoy danger: as to pruning theCe mes,

Ihe Came method is to be followed as recommended for

other trees in FebruarYi but the CeaCo,n for doing it is

IIOt the Came

for in the forcing frames our Cpring'begins

io November; but in the other cafe it does no[ begio till

the end of January, or begioniog of February.

The trees are to be pruned and oailed to pales about a

\IIeek before the forcing heat is applied, and all the glaf.

{es pUt up as foon as they are pruned.

The hot·dung iotended to be laid at the back of the

iales,lhould be tofft!d up in an heap Come daysb:foreitis

uCed, that it may yield an heap every where alike : wheo

is fit to be applied to the pales, lay it four feet wide at

Ihe baCe

and let it flope to two feet at the top, the

height io

a11

being at firfl within four inches of the top of

the pales, aod'in about fix weeks time il will fiok

four

feel, when you are to apply frefh dung. The bloITomiog

of the tree is very much helped by covering Ihem with

Ihe glaCs liglm in frofly wmher: bUI they fhould not be

deoied the rain, if the weather be lolerably mild, liIl

Ihe bads begin

nir; after that, the glaffes to remain

over tbem coonantly, till Ihe fuo begins

have Come

ower .

When tbe fun fhines warm, and Ihe wind is not

100

fharp, give Ihe air al Ihe fronl of your frame ; and if

Ibis does oot happen during a fortnight's Cpace, Ihen give

~ir

al tlle end, and pUt up mats or caovas

corretl the

\IIigds, and c;¡uCe Ihe air

circulate io the frames.

About Ihree changes of dung will be fuflicieol to briog

your cherries

ripeneCs in February, allowine each par·

~el

to remain a month al Ihe back of the

pale~:

but if

April proves cold, the forcing heat is

be continueñ till

May, for plumbs, p.eacbes, oetlarioes, and apricots.

KIT

H E

N·G

A R

E N,

HOT BEDS

for aCparagus fhould now be made; alfo

gende

hOI·~eds

Cor

the cucumbers anJ kidney·beaos Cowa

ih Otlober: cooti.nue. to fow radifhes, lettuce, creffes,

fpinach,

óc.

on a hOI·bed

and if yoor nurfery is with·

out raots, provide them from Come old planlations.

Sow peafe, aod beaDs of thehotfpur and Spanifh kinds,

in opeogrouod; and if tbe weather be fair, eanh up

IhoCe fO\VDio September. Earth up fellery, and tie up

endive plants for blanching: and Ihis is the befl time tO

cat down afpmgus haulm, when it is mrned yellow

mufl be CUt within two or tbree inches of the ground, and

the earth of the alleys B.ung up upon tbe beds; or if ,he

afparagus be worn, yotl are

give il a coyelÍng of rich

dung, not quite rottcn : and cover well yOU! artichokes

with long dung, to defend them

hom

froOs, otherwiCe

Ihey will be deflroyed in a fevere \Vinler. Houfe, and

cover with fand, carrots, parCoips,

Ó,.

aDd houCe·cab·

bages.

You mull DOW trenc'b your grouod, and lay it up io

ridges to mellow; and in a frofiy fearoo wheel

dun~

and other nMoures upon fuch places al wam to be ea.

riched.

Plants are to be guarded againfl frofls, and fheltered

againfl cold rains; and trees mufl be flaked, to defend

theOl againn violenrwiads, commoo iD this mootb.

D E

E M B E R,

FLOWER · GARDEN.

fhould. OOIV cover the beds of choice anemooies,

hyaciOlhs, and ranuoculus's

pick off dead aod rotten

leaves from all exotic pllnts; lay mu\ch about the rOOIl

of new.plamed trees aod fhrubs ; cover the pOIS of feed.

liog flowers

turo over the earth prepared for the OOlller

garden, !hat the fron may make il mellow; aod mix up

fome oe.wheaps, that there may be a fufficient quantilY

ready for ufe eight or tea :nonths before il is wanted.

You mufl nOI be too hally ,iD lVarming your green.

houCe with arti6cial heats, bUI let in as much

fun.as

poC.

úble, which being a natural heat, is the mon agreeable to

your leoder plaots. The chief bufineCs is

keep out

frons; to effeél which, tbe doors and windows of your

green·houCe mun be wdl matted, and guarded from tbe

pierciog air.

But as oo.plaot cao live without air, therefore to

~e.

cruit il in the houfe, and feed Ihe plant! therewitb wilh.

OUt pincbing tbem, it is advifeable, that at the eod of

your greeo·houCe there fllOuld be an antichámber, through

\Vbich you are

paCs to the houCe; which chamber wlII

have [refh air from abroad every time you go into il; aod

upoo opening !he door of it into tbe greeo.boufe, the air

\ViII there n¡Íx \Vith the other Ihat has been pent up, aad

impregnate it with oew parts, by whtch means, it will

contribute to the vegetatioa of plaDts, wi!houl

comin~

upotl'them too Cuddenly.

fRUIT · GA~DEN .

CONTINUE to prune vines; prune and oail wall·fruil

trees, alCo fuch flandards as are bardy; examioe orchard

trees, and take away Cuch brancltes as make confufion ;

coveriDg every conCKlerable waund with a mixture of

bees wax, rofio, aod tar, in equal quaotiries, aod of tal·

low about half the quantity of any of the others ; whicb

are

be melted together iD ao earthen veffe! well gla.

zed; aod, with a paintiRg brufh dipped into it, the woulld

is to be covered : denroy fnails in every part of youe

gardeo; and you may, if Ihe weather proves mild, re·

move or plant mon Cons of hardy trees tbat iD the

\Vio,

ter fheu !heir leaves.

KIT

H E

N· G A R

E N.

the feafon proves mild, you may eanh up thofe aro

tichokes which were in the former months negleéled ;

in doing which, if the ground is not very good, bury

fome rotten dung in it, which IVill gready promote the

grolVth of your artichokes io tbe Cpring following.

TowaIds the middJe of Ihe momh, U1ake a hot·bed for

aCparJgas,