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10th and 20th of May, The seed sown immediately 

 before a refreshing rain, came up well ; while that 

 sown two days after, followed by dry weather, gen- 

 erally failed. Like the apple tree, the locust, while 

 young, is subject to be eaten by the field mice. 



The locust seed is easy to collect in the pods. It 

 is in shape and taste like a bean. The time of sowing 

 must be directed by the climate, to be secure against 

 frosts. Whenever, in the spring, it will be safe to 

 plant the common beans of our country, the locust 

 seed may be sown with assurance of success. It 

 should be sown in rows far enough apart to admit the 

 hoe in cultivating the plants in the seed beds. 

 I am, dear sir, very truly yours. 



Timothy Pickering. 



Mr. Kirk has recently communicated his method 

 of raising locust trees from seed ; — it is as follows : 



" The method is to immerse the seed in water, hot enough to 

 scald a hog ; to let them remain in the water till it cools, then to 

 sow them in drills, eighteen inches or two feet apart, that they may- 

 be the more readily kept clear from weeds, as the plant is very ten- 

 der when young, and will be entirely lost if the weeds are suffered 

 to grow up with them. — They should be sown in the spring, in 

 common gardening time, and they will grow very soon, and if kept 

 clean in the fore part of summer, they will be out of danger. — !f 

 they are not too thick in the rows, they will stand so till they are 



two years old, when they will be fit to plant out." 



J. Mease. 



