Se£l'. p. of Foreft Trees, 231 



DireHions for Planting in Open Nurferies^ 



FIRST fence in fuch a Quantity of Ground ^o»' ^opre- 

 ;as (hall be thought neceffary for this Puv^lt^N^t 

 pofe, be it 2, §, or 4 Acres, more or lefs 5 

 6 or 8 Acres is fufficient for the greateft Plan- 

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This done, make fuch direi^ and crofs /(ow ^0 ^z- 

 Walks as may a little add to the Beauty, as^JI^V/'^ 

 well as be for the Conveniency of Carting in 

 and out- all that is wanting, as Dung, &c. 

 Then trench the Quarters at leaft one Foot 

 and a half deep 5 and if the Ground be ^ooY^nprepars 

 lay at the bottom of your Trenches what^^- 

 Dung, Earth, and Compoft you can get, fuch 

 as is mix'd up in Magazine, No. 3. p. 105, for I 

 cfteem Earth and Dung well mix d and incor- 

 porated together, much preferable to the 

 fame Quantity of Earth or Dung alone, as be- 

 fore. 



The Ground being thus trenched or dug, After Pre^ 

 and the Stones, Stumps, Roots, and other In- i'^^^^'<'«- 

 cumbrances pick'd out, it fliould be divided 

 into Lands or Quarters about twenty Foot 

 wide, and the Length more or lefs, as the 

 Natural Divifions of the Ground will al- 

 low. 



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