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leedling plants from being hove out of the 

 ground on poor land in winter ; fo it would 

 be better, to let the Firs, Pines, and 

 Larches be two years old before they are 

 planted, but they muft not be moved from 

 the feed-bed, but thinned as before di- 

 re dted. 



THEIR roots are frnall and tufty, and 

 eafily managed, and may be fpread about 

 when planted without cutting any of 

 them, which will caufe them to get good 

 hold of the ground, and be in no danger 

 of being thrown out of the ground by 

 froft. 



ALL the deciduous trees, but the Oak 

 and Larch (which are much better to plant 

 in fpring) may be planted from the decay 

 of the leaf, in any of the winter months 

 when the weather is mild, to the latter 

 end of February, after which it \vill not 

 be proper to plant in poor land and in 

 hard dry ground; for if the fpring mould 

 prove dry, which it often does, thofe 

 F 3 planted 



