2 1 2 DireUions for Kaifmg Chap. 7. 



to this Account, for that they make good 

 Hedges, lie in the Ground a whole Year and 

 never fprout, which may make fome unwari- 

 ly fuppofe that they are either rotten or 

 dead. 

 felvfrnif ^^^ Prafticein that Cafe is to pot or box 

 rfrtTrei^-^them up for the firft Year in fine Sand or 

 Btnks all Mould ^ whilft Others, after a more carelefs 

 Tcar?^^ manner, dig a deep Hole in fome neglefted 

 Corner of their Gardens, and bury them, 

 taking them up the Michaelmas following, at 

 which Time they begin to germinate and 

 fprout 5 and indeed I have feen this laft fuc- 

 ceed as well as the firft 5 but Care ihould be 

 taken to bury them at leaft four Foot deep. 



What I would recommend more as to the 

 fowing thefe Foreft Seeds, is, the covering 

 thofe you fow, either in Drills or Beds, with 

 Coal-afhes that have lain fome time, (or Pid- 

 geons Dung is very good) provided they 

 don't touch the Seed^ thefe Coverings will 

 fend down fuch vaft Quantities of Salt, as will 

 wonderfully impregnate the Seed, and fet the 

 Ground into a very quick and proper Fer- 

 ment 5 and any of the Seedlings will, I durft 

 fay from Experience, ihoot as large again as 

 if there had been nothing laid over them, and 

 is indeed much better than common Dung, 

 elfe where recommended. 

 nt carz The next thing we are to inform ourfelves 

 tft.Xn^ about, is the Care that is to be taken the firft^ 

 the fir!} Year. In the Winter they are apt to be in- 

 r,ar after fefted with Mice and other Vermin, and. 

 ^'^'"^- therefore 



