THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND 

 PLANTER. 



BOOK I. 



TIMBER, PARK, AND ORNAMENTAL- 

 FOLIAGED TREES. 



The Oak. 



The Oak is multiplied by seed for ordinary timber, 

 and for some rare kinds it is grafted on the common 

 sorts. The acorns should be gathered as soon as ripe, 

 and sown at once either in beds or drills ; but if a large 

 quantity should be required, it is best to sow the acorns 

 in four-feet beds. Choose a nice, kind bit of ground, 

 of a breify nature, with a small proportion of sand in 

 it. This ground should be of a moderately moist 

 nature, and pretty deep. It should be dug fifteen or 

 eighteen inches deep, and well broken ; when the whole 

 bed is so prepared, turn four or five inches of the sur- 

 face clean out on each side of the bed, leaving a level 

 surface, on which sow the acorns as thick as they will 

 lie in one layer, all over the bed, and then turn the 

 soil that was dug out on to the seed, first breaking it 

 moderately fine. 



When the acorns are sown in drills, the ground must 

 first be dug and made fine ; the drills must be drawn 

 not less than five inches deep with a heavy hoe. The 

 acorns may be sown as thick as marrowfat peas are, 

 and covered up in the same manner. 



If it should be inconvenient to sow the acorns at 

 once, they must be preserved from drought by keeping- 



B 



