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NUR tterally known, that all persons tnay be rendered vigilant in the se- lection of those who are appointed to attend the sick. It is not, how- ever, our intention to insinuate, that all nurses are thus depraved. There may, doubtless, be found persons whose humanity and at- tention to the diseased, render them ■'orthy of the greatest commenda- tion ; but the safely and welfare of society seems to require, that proper measures be taken, to prevent the repetition of such enormities for the future : and we trust, that considerable benefit would result ifom an institution, the obje6t of which should be the appointment of proper nurses 3 so that none be permitted to perform that import- ant otiice, unless provided with a certificate, signed by three or more inedicai praditioners. NURSERY, in horticulture, a piece of land selected for raising or propagating plants and trees, with a view to supply both gardens and plantations. As v/e state, under distin£t heads, the mode of cultivation to be adopted in the rearing of plants, both when in the nursery, and slso after their removal to the spot where they are intended to remain, we shall at present communicate a few general hints and dire&ions. I. A nursery ought to bfe situat- ed contiguously to tl.e dwelling- bouse, that it may be conveniently inspefled in every season : it should likewise be in the viciriity of a brook, or rivulet, in order that there may be a constant supply of Water, during the hot days of sum- mer. il. If it be intended for timber- irees. Miller advises the nursery to be formed on the ground which is designed for the lutufe plaata- WO, XI, — VOL. III. NUR [273 tlon, so that a sufficient number may be suffered to stand, when the others have been removed, , III, The ground appropriated to fioiuers, ought to be exposed to the south, but at the same time shel- tered from strong winds, either by means of trees, or of buildings. —The soil should be light and dry, especially for bulbous-rooted plants. IV. With respect to fruit-trees : 1. The soil ought to be fresh, ra- ther dry than moist, and not richer than that into which they are final- ly to be transplanted. 2. It should be carefully inclosed, to exclude hares, rabbits, and all other ani- mals that infest young planta- tions ; after which the ground must be diligently cleared frorii all weeds, and trenched to the depth of about two feet, in the month of August, so that the nursery may be ready for the reception of the young stocks, in 06tober. 3'. On the at)proach of the planting sea- son, the trenches must be filled up^ the soil be laid as level as possible, and divided into equal quarters, which ought likewise to be sub- divided into beds, wherein njay be sown the seeds or stones of the fruit intended to be reared.— -Last- ly, when a sufficient number of stocJis is obtained, they must be remove<i into such soils, and ex- posed to such situations, as the nature of each fruit may require. NURSERY, in domestic lif"e, denotes an apartment devoted ex- clusively to the rearing and accom- modation of children. The room designed for this pur- pose ought to be lofty, perfectly dry, and in the attic story of the house, or at least above the ground- floor. Another requisite to nur- series is, tlrat they be spacious and T air//