9 6 ON PLANTING 



it will be more to the purchafer's advantage 

 to give ten Shillings a thoufand for trees 

 thus raifed, than to give one Shilling for 

 thofe that are fown and grow fo thick ; 

 there is more than that difference to the 

 nurferyman, as twenty will grow in the 

 thick feed-bed for one in thofe that are 

 properly managed. 



THERE are many thoufands of Scotch 

 Firs fold in and near London, and many 

 other places in the country, that are 

 brought many miles, and are fome months 

 out of the ground ; thefe are fown in the 

 leed-bed as thick as grafs. Befides the 

 other difadvantages they have in common 

 with other foreft- trees, as Oak, Beech, &c. 

 they are very fubject to be rotted in their 

 item even to the ground ; and although 

 they appear green at top, and the fmali 

 roots they have are frefh, they decay and 

 go off as foon as planted out and expofed 

 to the air. 



IF anyfuch trees arepurchafed, thebeft 

 5 m ethod 



