a I O Vire^ions for Raifwg Chap. 7 . 



try, and other Accidents that are apt to hap- 

 pen to thefe unfeen, and, as yet, unfprouted 

 Plants 3 whicli is done by flicking of Sticks 

 and Furze-Buflies by the Sides and a-crofs the 

 Beds. 

 avering Q^^ before this be done, if the Earth be 

 with Dung, p^^^^ ^^ J ^^^ covered, as above, it will be 

 of no fmall Advantage to the fprouting of the 

 Seed, as well as to its future Growth, that an 

 Inch of fine, clean, rotten Dung, from Maga- 

 zine N ^4. p. 106. and nearconfumed to Mould, 

 be laid on 5 but this ought not to be an addi- 

 tional Inch, but a part of that already defcri- 

 bed^ upon which let there be an Inch or two 

 of Mofs fpread neatly over, and then you 

 may flick on the Sticks as above direfted ^ 

 this Mofs will be of excellent Ufe in pre- 

 venting the Extremity of Cold, and will at 

 the fame time receive fuch a due Perfpiration 

 of Air, as is convenient for the Germination 

 of thefe tender Seedlings. 

 The Time. There are fome that prefer the Spring be- 

 f^'S" ^^^^ the Time I have been now advifing, but 

 this I am againft t, for the Seed thus early 

 committed to the Ground, is Hoc only, as it 

 were, directed by Nature for fowing in the 

 Dropping from the Trees, but alfo Experi- 

 ence and Reafon will farther inform us, that 

 Seed takes up fome time in fwelling, extend- 

 ing, and extricating itfelf out of thofe tefla- 

 ceous Shells and Prifons in which they are 

 by Nature inveloped. 



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