H OF THE NURSERY. 



and have many layers ; fo that they mould 

 have room to be laid, and allb to let the 

 air pafs freely between them : if they are 

 planted in rows, which is belt, they 

 fhould not be nearer than eight feet 

 fquare. 



As to the quantity of ground neceflary 

 for a nurfery, that depends on the planta- 

 tion which is intended. The trees that 

 are to be planted in poor gravel, bare, 

 ftony, and cold poor land, will take up a 

 great deal more of ground in the feed- 

 beds than if they were fown in the com- 

 mon old method ; but as they are to be 

 taken from the feed-bed, and planted out 

 for good, there will be lefs ground necef- 

 . fary for them than if they were to . be 

 tranfplanted from the feed-bed into the 

 nurfery, to remain for four or five years. 



IT fhould be confidered what fort of 



ground, and what quantity of each fort 



is to be planted ; that mufl determine the 



fize of the nurfery. It would be much to 



c the 



