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Some fecdling-beds of Scotch fir grew uncommonly 

 thick and luxuriant the firft feafon. It was judged 

 that, if let to remain tv. r o feafons in the feed-bed, 

 which is the ufual time, they would be of little or no 

 value. The great luxuriance was caufed by a large 

 portion of turf -afhes being ufed in the comport, a hint 

 which has been fmce improved upon, and found of 

 infinite fervice for many kinds of feedlings. 



A number of beds were prepared to receive the 

 plants, which were intended to be thinned out. The 

 plants were raifed by a fmall three-pronged fork, ca- 

 pable of raifing only as many plants as occupied about 

 two fquare inches, perhaps from twenty to forty plants. 

 la fhort, about half the plants were taken up in this 

 manner, and the void fpaces immediately filled with 

 good mould. Inftead of bedding out the plants, thus 

 raifed, individually, they were planted out in fmaller 

 clutters, from four to eight in number, more or lefs. 

 Thefe clufters were placed at about nine inches apart, 

 fome promifcuoufly, and fome in lines } the latter I re- 

 commend, unlefs the foil be extremely clean. 



The plan propofed was, that the plants bedded out 

 fhould be lined out, and formed into a regular nurfery 

 the year following; but behold, when that was at- 

 tempted to be put in practice, the fcheme failed, for 

 the roots were found to be fo matted and interwoven 

 together, that any attempt to feparate them was found 

 impracticable, without injuring the whole. Of courfe 



they 



