a3 OF RAISING WOOD 



ALL kinds of pines and firs fliould be 

 planted early in autumn or in die fpring ; 

 the latter is preferable, as early in autumn 

 the ground is generally too dry, and after 

 the rains have fallen, it will be too late, 

 as the frofls may be expected fbon ; and 

 fliould they be very fevere, it will throw 

 the young trees out of the ground. 



TH E Scotch firs are an exception to 

 the general rule, for they may be planted 

 with (afety from September to April; but 

 in poor land that is hard and dry, it would 

 be of great fervice to put fome grafs, ftub- 

 ble, or any light (luff round them, to keep 

 out the froft, as they are fubjeft to be 

 thrown out of the ground as the other 

 kinds. 



IT fliould be obferved, that firs ought 

 never to be planted in fuch dry ground, 

 as here treated of, when very dry ; nei- 

 ther fliould they be planted when the 

 ground is very wet. Two days after 

 rain, it will be in good condition, that is, 



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