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of this month, be transplanted, if necessary, into open nursery-rows, 

 to advance in growth and to have occasional training for the purposes 

 intended. 



SOWING HAW AND HOLLY BERRIES, ETC. 



In the southern States you may any time in this or the three en- 

 suing months, if the ground is open, sow haw, holly, yew, and meze- 

 reon berries, ash, hornbeam, and any other kind of seeds that require 

 a year's previous preparation ; but in the middle States, I would re- 

 commend to defer the sowing of these till the latter end of February, 

 or very early in March, and in the eastern States, as soon in the 

 latter month as possible. Indeed it would not be wrong to defer the 

 sowing of them, even in the southern States, till January or Febru- 

 ary, according to the respective climates, always endeavoring to sow 

 them before they begin to vegetate. 



Observe that each kind has undergone a full year's preparation, 

 previous to sowing, as directed in the Nursery for February and 

 March, where you will find ample instructions for the cultivation of 

 these and many other kinds of trees and shrubs, and which I would 

 particularly recommend to your perusal at this time. 



SOWING OAK ACORNS, CHESTNUTS, WALNUTS, HICKORY-NUTS, ETC. 



The best season in the year for sowing the acorns of every kind 

 of oak, is immediately after they fall from the trees ; for when kept 

 up much longer, especially in a dry state, they lose their vegetative 

 power. 



The only evils they have to encounter by sowing them at this 

 season are, the depredations of mice, rats, and squirrels, &c. ; if these 

 animals can be caught, poisoned, or kept off by any means that may 

 be devised, the seeds should be sown immediately j but if not, it will 

 be better to preserve them till the early spring months, in sand or 

 earth, or in moss, and although they will soon sprout, their progress 

 in vegetation before the opening of spring will not be such as to-do 

 them any material injury, provided they are placed immediately in 

 the coldest place possible till winter, and further, that you do not 

 break the small radicles when planting them in spring. 



The acorns, if sown or planted at this time, should be laid within 

 one inch of one another in drills about two feet apart, and covered 

 about an inch deep ; here they may remain till they shall have had 

 two years' growth, when they must be taken up and planted into 

 nursery-rows at proper distances, there to acquire a sufficient growth 

 and strength for a final transplanting, which will generally be the 

 case in about two or three years. 



Chestnuts of every kind, walnuts, and hickory-nuts may be planted 

 now, or immediately after being ripe ; they have the same enemies to 

 encounter as the acorns ; but all these kinds will keep well till spring 

 in dry sand, or even in bags or boxes, and if planted early in that 

 season will vegetate freely. 



But if you find it more convenient to plant the nuts in autumn, 



