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THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



The seed must be gathered as soon as ripe, dried well, 

 and preserved in paper bags till the spring, or it may 

 be sown in the autumn. In either case the ground 

 must be fine and light. The seed must be sown in very 

 shallow drills, or over the whole surface of a fine bed, 

 thickly ; and some fine leaf -mould and sand strewn 

 thinly over the whole so as to barely cover the seed, 

 which is very fine. Or it may be sown in seed-pans and 

 treated as the Conifem (see pages 18 — 20). The grafting 



Fig. 6.— The Birch. 



is done as for the Elm, &c. Sometimes suckers may be 

 obtained, by which means the common Birch may be 

 multiplied. The Birch will bear cutting in to any extent, 

 but its beautiful character is only preserved by allow- 

 ing it to grow unpruned. 



The Lime-tree. 



The Lime-tree is a small genus of very useful trees. 

 It is capable of attaining to a very great size, which it 

 may retain in good health. The Lime grows freely in 

 a deep sandy loam. It will bear pruning to any extent ; 

 this qualifies it for almost any situation. It is a densely 



