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Cones to a gentle Fire, orb/focikmg 

 them all Night in Water, which 

 will caufe their fquamofe Cells to 

 open, and readily emit their Seeds; 

 but this ought not to be done, until 

 you are ready to fowthem, which 

 is bed pertorm'd in the Beginning 

 of March. 



The manner of fowing them (if 

 for large Plantations) is as folio w- 

 ethi After your Ground hath been 

 ploughed to loofen the Earth, and 

 deftroy the Weeds (efpecially if the 

 Ground is fubjeft to Heath or Furze) 

 it muft be ploughed two or three 

 tkiies, and the Roots carefully 

 grubbed up, the more effectually 

 to deftroy thefe fpreading Plants, 

 which would otherwife foon over- 

 run and ipoil your young Plantation. 

 This being done, you may with a 

 Spade level the Earth in imall Spots 

 at about every fix Feet fquare : In 

 which Spots you may fow ten or 

 twelve Seeds, covering them about 

 a Quarter of an Inch thick with 

 fome of the fame Mould broken 

 fine, and the great Stones taken out 

 (but not fifted, for Reafons here- 

 after mentioned) ■■, when this is done, 

 it will be a good v/ay to lay upon 

 each of thefe Spots fome Peas- 

 Haulm, Furz,e, or any other light 

 Covering, to prevent the rapacious 

 Birds from deftroying your young 

 Plants, juft as they peep out of the 

 Ground ( they being very fond of 

 the Husk or Coatof the Seed, which 

 the young Plants bring up on their 

 Heads) j which Covering will alfo 

 prevent the drying Winds and Sun 

 from piercing the Ground, and de- 

 ftroying your Seed. This Covering 

 may remain fome time after the 

 Plants are come up, provided it is 

 not laid over- thick, nor too clofe, 

 which would thereby draw and 

 weaken the Plants by preventing 

 the Ingrefs of the Air. When this 



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Haulm or Covering is taken off, it 

 will be nccellary to draw a little 

 loofe Earth round the Stems of your 

 young Plants, to ftrengthen them, 

 as alfo to ftick fome Furze over 

 them, to prevent the Sun from 

 fcorching them, which is very 

 hurtful to thefe Plants while young. 

 In each of thefe Spots (if your Seed 

 was good) you may reafonably ex- 

 pect: 6 or 8 Plants to come up, 

 which may remain together until 

 the third Yearj but in the mean 

 time it will be a very good way to 

 preferve your young Plants, to lay 

 a little Litter, or fome Mulch upon 

 the Surface, and round the Stems 

 of the Plants, to guard againft fe- 

 ver e Froft in Winter, and extreme 

 Drought in Summer. This being 

 carefully performed, would lave the 

 Trouble of watering, and be more 

 ferviceable to your Plants. 



The third Year after fowing, you 

 may remove fome of thefe Plants 

 into another Plantation ( which 

 Ground ought to be prepared as 

 before directed ). The beft Seafon 

 for this Work is towards the latter 

 End of March, and Beginning of 

 April, the Weather mild, but not 

 when the Eafterly drying Winds 

 blow, which prefently dry the fmali 

 Fibres of thefe Plants when out of 

 the Ground. The Diftance thefe 

 Trees ought to be planted ( if for 

 a dole Plantation) may be about 

 eight Feet fquare, which Diftance 

 will be found fufficient j for if 

 they be planted at too great a 

 Diftance, they are liibjed: to 

 fhoot out many lateral Branches, 

 which will retard their upright 

 Growth. 



In removing thefe Plants, they 

 ■fhould be taken up with as much 

 Earth as poffible: but Care muft 

 be had not to hurt the Roots of 

 thofe Plants left in thefe fmall 

 Spots, 



