Scdi. 3. ' of Foreft Trees. 0. 1 5 



and cut a new Trench, and fo proceed 'till 

 you have fiird the whole Bed : After which, 

 take a round Stick about two Inches diame- 

 ter, and tread it down between every Row ^ 

 and this will faften the Earth yet more to the 

 Roots, which is of no fmall Confequence. 



Being thus planted, you may mulfh or lay Muifljwg 

 fome Straw over the Roots, in the Trenches ^^^^' 

 or Furrows made by that Stick, which will 

 keep the Ground moift : And one ought of- 

 ten to examine and prefs the Mould down 

 either with the Hand or with the aforefaid 

 Stick 5 elfe the Worms will throw out the 

 young Plants, as will alfo the natural Heaving 

 of the Ground. 



It will be of the greateft fervice to thefe coverh^ 

 Plants, if you make low Arbours over tht^^f[^%y 

 Beds, in order to throw Mats over them to are new- 

 fecure them from the Heat of the fcorching^^"^'^' 

 Sun, which are apt to be fatal to thefe and 

 all other tender Seedlings, and that the Seed- 

 lings be refrefli'd three or four times a Week, 

 in the Heat of Summer, vi^ith a fine fmall Wa- 

 ter-pot 5 it fhould be in the Mornings in the 

 Months of Aprils May^ and Augiifi^ but in 

 the Evenings in June and July. 



-Here let them remain (watering and clean- 

 fing them of Weeds as you (hall fee occafion) 

 Itill the beginning of Axiguft come Twelve- 

 month after they are fowM, if not to the 

 Spring following, according as you fee them 

 either weaker or ftronger^ during which 

 time, you ought once in a Month or two to 



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