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two Feet Diftance i but for a fmall 

 Parcel, they muft be fbwn in Rows 

 on a Bed much nearer. 



The Ground on which thefc 

 Seeds are fown, Ihould be well 

 dug and cleanfed trom the Roots 

 of all noxious Weeds, ^c. and le- 

 vell'd even, and the great Clods 

 broken, then draw the Rills with 

 a Hoe in a ftrait Line (as is pra- 

 £lis'd in the fowing of Kulney- 

 beans) about two Inches deep, lay- 

 ing the Acorns therein two or 

 three Inches afunder, then draw 

 the Earth over them with the 

 Head of a Rake, obferving that 

 none of them are left uncovered, 

 which would intice the Vermin 

 to attack your Acorns, efpecially 

 the Mice, whereby your Seminary 

 will be greatly injured, if not whol- 

 ly deftroy'd. 



In the middle of A^ril the 

 young Plants will appear above 

 Ground, you muft then ckar the 

 Ground from Weeds, which would 

 foon overfpread and deftroy the 

 Plants, which muft conftantiy be 

 obferv'd, efpecially while they are 

 young. The firft Year from Seed 

 they will make but fmall Pro- 

 grefs, but afterwards they will 

 make amends by their quick Growth 

 (efpecially if they agree with the 

 Soil) in Mfirch following you muft 

 gently dig up the Ground between 

 the Rows of Plants, in order to de- 

 ftroy the Weeds, and to render it 

 light for the Roots to ftrike out 

 on each Side, which will greatly 

 promote the Growth of the Plants j 

 but in doing of this you fhould be 

 very careful not to dilturb the 

 Roots of the Plants, which would 

 greatly injure them : In this Place 

 they may remain until the fecond 

 Spring after fowmg, when, in the 

 Beginning of Airily you fhould 

 take up the Plants where they are 



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too clofc, and tranfplant them 

 where they are defign'd to re- 

 main ; But as thefe Trees are fub- 

 je<ft to have Tap-Roots, fo they 

 are very difficult to be remov'di 

 you muft therefore obferve to take 

 them up with a good Ball of Earth 

 to their Roots, and carry them 

 immediately to the Places where 

 they are to be planted, placing 

 them into Holes which fhould be 

 well prepared before, and if the 

 Weather be dry, you ihould pour 

 a good Quantity of Water into the 

 Holes, making the Earth like Pap, 

 then placing the Plants therein, 

 you ftiould Bll up the Holes about 

 their Roots with the like pappv 

 Earth, and then lay fbme Mulch 

 upon the Surface of the Ground 

 round their Roots, and give them 

 ibme Water to fettle the Earth to 

 their Roots, and if the Seafon 

 fliould continue dry, you muft re- 

 peat watering them once a Week, 

 which Water fhould be poured all 

 over the Heads of the Plants, but 

 by no means give them too much, 

 which, as 1 have already faid, de- 

 ftroys more new planted Trees 

 than any other Accident what- 

 ever. 



But in taking up thefe Plants 

 from the Seminary, you fhould be 

 careful not to injure the Roots of 

 thofe left remaining, nor muft the 

 Ground about their Roots remain 

 long open, but (o foon as you 

 have taken up thofe that are to be 

 tranfplanted, the whole Ground 

 fhould be flightly dug and levell'd 

 even: The Diftance thefe Plants 

 fhould be left in the Rows where 

 they were fbwn, ought to be two 

 Feet, which will allow them Room 

 enough to grow three or four 

 Years longer, at which Time they 

 muft be tranfplanted (efpecially all 

 fuch as are not defign'd to remain 



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