0£l.] The Gr EE N-Hous ^. 491 



So'w Beech'MaJiy ^c. 



This is the time to fovv beech-maft, and alfo the only 

 proper time to fow maple- feed ; let a bed be dug for 

 each of thefe feeds, the earth well broken, and the fur- 

 face laid even. 



Then fow the feeds or maft pretty thick, and cover 

 them near an inch thick with earth. 



Seeds ofnjarious hardy Trees ^ ^c. 



The feeds, ftones, nuts, berries, &c. of mofl: other 

 hardy trees and ihrubs, may alfo be fowed the end of 

 this month ; fee the method in February. 



The Green-House. 



Orange-Trees. 



REMOVE the orange-trees, and all other green* 

 houfe exotics, into the green-houfe the beginning 

 of this month, provided it was not done at the end of 

 -September. 



Beforethey are carried in, let the heads be well cleaned, 

 the decayed leaves picked off, and the earth ilirred a lit- 

 tle in the top of the tubs or pots. 



About the middle or towards the. latter end of the 

 month, it will be time to take in the myrtles, geraniunxs, 

 and all other green-houfe plants. 



Obferve, as faid of the oranges, to clean the heads, 

 and take off the dead leaves : llir the earth on the furface 

 of the pots ; and, to fuch plants as appear any way fickly, 

 let fome of the old earth be taken out of the pot or tub, 

 and fill it up with frefh compoll. 



In placing the plants in the green-houfe, take great 

 care to arrange them in regular order, the taller plants 

 behind, and the others according to their height in re- 

 gular gradation down to the loweft in front; bein^ alfo 

 careful to difpofe the different forts in fuch order, as the 

 foliage may efrev^l a llriking contraft and varietv, by in- 

 termixing the broad and narrow-leaved, the firnple and 

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