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devoured by birds. The young plants 

 alfo, for the firft year, are very fubjeft 

 to be thrown out of the ground by froft. 

 And, what is more material, they would 

 be (mothered by thole planted, if they 

 fhould meet with no mifchance. 



IN lowing, you may put fome acorns 

 amongft the planted beech, as they are 

 near of a growth. They will grow from 

 ieed where they will not thrive when 

 planted, and, penetrating into the cavities 

 with their young fibrous roots, will find 

 IlirRcient nouriihment where there is lit- 

 tle appearance of a tree's growing. In 

 natural woods we often fee fine oaks in 

 fuch iltuatidns, and there is no doubt fuch 

 trees were from feeds accidentally dropt. 



IT fliould be ob&rved, that all trees 

 thrive better in clumps than when mixed. 

 If mixed, they mould be with trees of an 

 equal growth, which is feldom confkler- 

 cd. It has been a common praclice to 



mix Scotch firs with oak and beech (the 



Scotch 



