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too thick with Earth, (a quarter of 

 an Inch will be futHcient) nor 

 fhould you water the Ground until 

 the Plants come up, which will be 

 in about fix Weeks after fowing, 

 tor too much Moifture rots the 

 Seeds. During the Summer-time 

 you mud diligently clear the young 

 Plants from Weeds, which, if fuf- 

 ter'd to remain, would in a Ihort 

 Time over-run and deftroy the 

 Plants. In this Place the Plants 

 fhould remain until the March fol- 

 lowing j at which Time you fhould 

 prepare a frefli Spot of Ground, in 

 proportion to the Quantity of Plants 

 you have to tranfplant : The Ground 

 being well dug and level'd, you 

 fhould mark out the Rows ftrait 

 by a Line at three Feet Diftance 

 from each other: Then take up 

 your Plants, being careful not to 

 break their Roots, which would 

 be very injurious to them, and fet 

 them a Foot aiunder in the Rows, 

 doling the Earth to them with 

 your Feet 5 and if the Weather 

 Ihould be very dry, you may give 

 them a little Water, laying on a 

 little Mulch fir ft upon the Surface 

 of the Ground near their Stems : 

 This watering may be repeated 

 once a Week, if the Seafon fhould 

 prove dry, until they have taken 

 frefh Root, which will be by the 

 Beginning of May, after which 

 Time they will be in no Danger of 

 mifcarrying : You muft obferve 

 alfo to keep the Ground clear from 

 Weeds; and in February or Marchy 

 you fhould dig up the Ground be- 

 tween the Rows to ioofen the 

 Earth, that tlic Roots of the Plants 

 may the eafier infinuate themfelvcs 

 and fprcad on each Side, othervvife 

 they will be fubjecff to have down- 

 rignt Tap-roots, which will render 

 them very difficult to tranrplant. 

 Jij this Nuriciy the Plants may rc- 



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main two Years, by which Time 

 they will be full large enough to 

 be remov'd to the Places where 

 they are defignM to remain for 

 Flowering : Nor fhould they be 

 fiiffer'd to continue above three 

 Years at mofl in the Nurfcry, for 

 after that Time it will be very 

 dangerous to remove them, they 

 being fome of the worft to tran^ 

 plant, when grown large, that I 

 know amongll all the Variety of 

 Flowering Trees. The beft Time 

 for tranfplanting them is, as I faid 

 before, towards the latter End of 

 Marchy obferving to do it in a per- 

 fcd: mild Seafon, and when the 

 Wind is South, or Wefterly ; for if 

 the Wind blows from the North 

 or Eaft at this Scaforr, it either 

 brings frofty Nights or cold drying 

 Winds, both of which are equally 

 hurtful to thefe Plants when firflr 

 remov'd. You fhould obferve to 

 lay fome Mulch round their Stems, 

 to prevent the Sun and Wind from 

 penetrating the Earth and drying 

 their Fibres j as alfo to water them 

 in dry Weather, as \\ras before di- 

 redled, until they have taken Root, 

 after which Time they will be in 

 no Danger. 



This, although a Native of S^airiy 

 and the warm Parts of Europty 

 yet is become fo hardy as to refift 

 the Cold of our Climate in the 

 open Air, and will grow to the 

 Height of twelve or fourteen Feer, 

 and produce annually large Quan- 

 tities of fweet yellow Flowers, and 

 perfect its Seeds; which if fufFer'd 

 to fall to the Ground, will remain,, 

 and come up the fucceeding Spring, 

 whereby you may be eafily furnifii'd 

 with young Plants without much 

 Trouble, provided the Ground be 

 not dug, and the Seeds bury'd too 



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