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hand, half an inch deep, a feed dropped 

 into each, and covered level with loofe 

 mould. A man may perform a great dea^ 

 of this work in a day, and there is not th 

 lead doubt of fuccefs,. 



THE propagation of trees to plant tq, 

 poor ground has never been made a dif- 

 ferent article from raifmg trees in general; 

 but it is very different, and very eafy. In 

 raifmg trees^ they are moved from the 

 feed-bed, the roo^s dreffed, and planted 

 in the nurfery, that the tap-root may be 

 <^eftroyed and made fit for moving, that 

 the roots may fpread horizontally, and not 

 go top deep into the ground; but in poor 

 land they are to be planted from the feed- 

 bed, and the tap-root is to be preferved, 

 (which feems a contradiction) for it is on 

 its length and ftrength that the chief part 

 depends ; for without it there will be little 

 hope of fuccefs in planting on poor gravel, 

 in heaths, commons, and rocky places, 



where there is little earth. 







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