♦ iciuhcd ; aiul very jusily leprobiitos the raising of Cum, &o. 

 atiiong- the young' phmlations — For sowing he merely directs 

 Acorns, Beoch Mast, SiC. •' to bo sown proniisruoualy, at atlis- 

 cretionary thickness, not too thicit or thin" — the Drill and 

 Dibble forluuatcly are now so "generally adopted in this practice, 

 that wo need not reprobate this absurd mode of broadcast sow- 

 iiii;-. — When the seed is covered in ho reconinionds on light soils 

 a thin covering of woll rotted compost — and on heavy soils a 

 top dressing of slacked Lime — lie here also mentions as the 

 j)roper mode of planting that which, in very late days has been 

 considered an ingenious and certainly rational discovery " the 

 sots should have bills about them like Hop hills that tho Roots 

 may be well covered without planting too deep" — his direc- 

 tions about hoeing, &c. are too cursory. — The Addenda which 

 concludes his consideration of Woods and Coppices, commences 

 with an eulugium upon them as superior to trees planted in 

 !( ws, tortured into Espaliers, c*v;c. — lie tlien proceeds to re- 

 commond in the making of Hedges White Thorn, Holly, &;c. to 

 be eniployod when grown to tho height, even of 5 or G feet in 

 preference to planting small seedlings- It is certain such 

 practice is most desirable and may, where there is opportunity 

 to employ proper care, ho successfully fuUowed — but Nursery 

 -men wili not allow plantations of Quick to attain such growth 

 that consequently requires so much room in their spaces, and 

 unless the Plants bo had from such situations, where the Roots 

 by frequent transplantings have been kept together, the trouble 

 and consequent expcnce is great and the success uncertain. 

 He cont hides by an appeal to country gentlemen in favour of 

 planting, shewing by conclusive arguments the pleasure and 

 prolit it affords to themselves and Llieir pi;sterity ; — as well as 

 its importance to the country ; pleas which must influence all 

 iiiankiiul as incliuling the seliish, the parents of families, and 

 tho patriot — Chap. 9 Contains a consideration of Springs, 

 and Water Works, commencing with a consideration of the 

 origin of Springs, crude and unphilosophical, and the rest 



