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will toucli on the most hardy of the (lillereiit ueiiera and leave 

 the varieties for another time. 



Maples, Magnolia, Horse-chestnut, Mulberry, Alders, Plane- 

 tree, Birches, Amor-cork, Hornbeam, Oak, Hickory-nut, 

 Plums, Chestnut, Willow, Catalpas, Viburnums, Redbud, Picea 

 (Spruce), Yellow-wood, Abies (Firs), Hawthorn, Pines, 

 Beech, Aralias, Ash, Barberries, Holly, Siberian Pea-tree, 

 Tulip-tree, Cornus, Clematis, Bladdernuts, Euonymus, Snow- 

 berry, Hibiscus, Hypericum, Ligustrum, Pyrus, Kerria, Koses. 



SOIL AND SITUATION. 



In selecting a place for the seed-beds the soil should be a 

 deej) rich mellow loam, avoiding gravelly soils or heavy chu's. 

 The soil should be well manured with good rotten manure a 

 year old, then ploughed or trenched twelve to fifteen inches 

 deep and well pulverized. All coarse stones and rubbish should 

 1)6 cleaned off so as to have the land in the best possible condi- 

 tion. If the land is full of weeds it would be well to manure 

 heavy and plant one year with crops that would be well culti- 

 vated. Nothing tries one's patience more than trying to grow 

 seedlings in a soil that is already full of weed seed. If {)()ssible, 

 the land should be sheltered from the north and west by fence 

 or hedge. If the seed is to be sown broadcast I should lay out 

 the beds five feet apart with a pathway two and a half feet 

 between the beds. This will give ample room to weed the beds 

 from each side. If sown broadcast, rake the beds smooth and 

 sow the seed thinly and evenly over the surface. li the seed 

 is fine, raking them in with a coarse rake and rolling them 

 lightly will be sufficient. If the seed is large, it should be 

 covered about its own diameter. For myself I prefer to sow in 

 rows eight inches apart, across the bed, especially if there is a 

 large number of varieties and only a few of each wanted, or in 

 long nursery rows, eighteen inches apart, if to be worked by 

 hand, or from two to three feet if to be cultivated by horse- 

 power. One reason I prefer the rows to broadcast is because 

 they are much easier to cultivate. 



Seed should never be sown when the ground is wet. The 

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