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THE reafon of their growing to the 

 third leaf 1 before they are thinned, is that 

 they may be of ufe, and by (landing a year 

 in the beds they are planted in, will be as 

 Mt for planting in poor land as thofe in the 

 feed-beds. It may be imagined that a 

 that age they will be too fmall and tetider, 

 and will not bear tranfplanting ; but they 

 will, and grow very well, if carefully 

 planted. 



IF there is occaiion for more trees thaii 

 can ftand in the feed-beds, they mould be 

 planted ; and there is this advantage, that 

 as they muft ftand another year in the beds 

 they are planted in, before they will be fit 

 to remove into the commons where they 

 are to remain for good, fo that there will be 

 a proviuon of trees for two years, equally 

 good, from the fame fowing ; but if they 

 are not planted, they mud be pulled out of 

 the feed- bed, for there they muft not ftand 

 clofer than three inches. 



IF the young -plants, thinned frotti 



amongft 



