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grounds, and the proper feafon for plant- 

 ing them is the laft week in March or the 

 mil week in April. 



THE trees taken from the hard dry 

 ground, their roots will he rhort, tufty, 

 and fmall, none of which mould be cut, 

 but planted again as foon as poffible, and 

 it would be right to plant them^a foot 

 higher than the level of the ground, if it is 

 very wet ; they will ftrike root and grow 

 immediately, and will have good hold be- 

 fore winter, and then the wet will not 

 hurt them. As the trees are large that are 

 planted in the marfhy and mofly ground, 

 they may be planted at twelve feet diftance 

 at firfr, fo they will require no further 

 trouble. 



SILVER Fir is a beautiful tree and grows 

 to a great magnitude, but muft have better 

 ground than the Spruce. If it is planted 

 in a light black foil, after the third year 

 from the feed, it will grow very faft ; it 

 will thrive in light loam, and will grow 

 K 4 in 



