SECT. XVIII. OF FLOWER*. *9i 



fmaller feeds from half to a fuJi inch ; kernels, nuts, &c. 

 from two to three inches, according to their fize. Any 

 fort that it is doubted will ftand the winter in feed-beds, 

 may be fown in pots, or boxes, fet in a garden frame or 

 houfed in fevere fro ft s. If in fpring, (as it is a good 

 rule to fow a little at both feafons, and fome tender forts 

 require the latter] the feed mull be carefully kept from 

 damp and vermin, and put into the ground towards the 

 end of February or early in March. The feeds of fome 

 of the more delicate forts will require to be [own, at 

 this fee (on, on a flight hot-bed ; and if a few of mofl. of 

 the forts were thus treated, it would be a good method, 

 to infure their germination, and to forward them. Let 

 fpring fown feeds be watered occafionally, according to 

 the weather, to keep them moift. The earth they are 

 fown in fhould be. moderately light, dry, and rich, 

 and formed into beds of four-feet wide, either in drills 

 or at hroad-caft, firft drawing earth off into the alleys, 

 to cover with. See p. 69, 7 1 . 



America?; trees and fhrubs do very well in this cli- 

 mate, but the young plants are generally tender, and 

 fhould have fome protection, one, two, or three years, 

 till they get woody, and inured to the climate. 



Tor grafting and budding, (as fome fhrubs are propa- 

 gated this way) fee the feclion On Grafting ; and for 

 the propagation by fuckers, cuttings, layers, 8cc. fee 

 fe&ion 5 ; about fuckers, fee pages 64, 111. Thofe 

 trees, or fhrubs, from which cuttings of (he fame yearns 

 growth may be had in June, or July, may be greatly 

 helped to firike root, by covering them chfe with a 

 hand-glafs ; (as directed for the arbutus, lift 5, feci. 19) 

 and it a glafs were put over layers, that are difficult to 

 firike, it would help them. 



This mode of propagation is particularly adapted to 

 fome forts of evergreen fhrubs, which emit fibres more 

 fceeiy from the youngejl wood. If year old wood is 

 ireated thus, the cuttings may be fet early in fpring; 

 or glades may be put over thofe put out in autumn, 



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