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since even where the ground is too rertile, they thrive 

 not so well ; and if a mould be not proper for one 

 sort, it may be fit for another : Yet I would not (by 

 this) hinder any from the trial, what advance such 

 experiments will produce : In the mean time, for the 

 simple imbibition of some seeds and kernels, when 

 they prove extraordinary dry, as the season may 

 fall out, it might not be amiss to macerate them in 

 milk or water only, a little impregnated with cow- 

 dung, Gfc. during the space of twenty four hours, to 

 give them a spirit to sprout and chet the sooner ; 

 especially if you have been retarded in your sowing 

 without our former preparation : But concerning the 

 mould, soiling and preparations of the ground, I refer 

 you to my late Treatise of Earth, if what you meet 

 with in this do not abundantly encounter all those 

 difficulties. 



6. Being thus provided with seeds of all kinds, I 

 would advise to raise woods by sowing them apart, 

 in several places destin'd for their growth, where the 

 mould being prepar'd (as I shall shew hereafter) and 

 so qualified (if election be made) as best to suit with 

 the nature of the species, they may be sown promis- 

 cuously, which is the most natural and rural ; or in 

 streight and even lines, for hedge-rows, avenues, and 

 walks, which is the more ornamental : But, because 

 some may chuse rather to draw them out of nurseries ; 

 that the culture is not much different, nor the 

 hinderance considerable (provided they be early and 

 carefully removed) I will finish what I have to say 

 concerning these trees in the seminary, and shew how 

 they are there to be raised, transplanted, and govern'd 

 till they can shift for themselves. 



As to the air and water, they are certainly of 



