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with mofs, which is always found in great plenty upon 

 thefpot. 



It is needlefs to obferve here, that planting very 

 young muft be preferred; and that clofe attention muft 

 be paid for a few years to the plants, till they get the 

 afcendancy of the native growth ; fpring planting is 

 alfo found to fucceed beft. 



Perhaps in this place it may be acceptable, ta relate 

 a circumftance relative to the application of lime on the 

 ftumps of oak-trees, immediately after being cut down. 



Since the year 1 794, the following pra&ice has been 

 invariably attended to with fuccefs, fo far as time has 

 proved the refult. I (hall only mention one fubjeft, 

 which may ferve for the reft. 



In fpring 1 794, a ftool, or group of oak, confiding 

 of five Items, all of which were fo far decayed, that 

 there was no chance of the bark ftripping, had they 

 been left uncut till fummer, at the ufual time of taking 

 off the bark, were cut quite clofe to the furface, 

 or fo near it as the old flock could bear the operation. 

 One gallon of lime, quite frefh (being a few minutes 

 before flacked), was ufed for the five trees; it was 

 fcattered over the furface of the ftumps, and a few 

 inches round their edges ; the whole was immediately 

 covered over with fods, keeping the fward part upper- 

 moft. 



The (hoots, which were produced the fummer fol- 

 lowing, were the moft vigorous I ever faw, even from 



Hocks 



