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gently between them, that their 

 Roots may with greater Eafe ftrike 

 into it ; after which Time they 

 (hoald be traniplanted, either into 

 a Nurferyj at the Diitance of three 

 Feet Row from Row, and eighteen 

 Inches afunder in the Rows, or 

 into the Places where they are to 

 remain for good. The beft Seafon 

 to tranfplant them (as I before ob- 

 ferv'd) is in the Beginning o^A^ril i 

 when you fhould take 'em up care- 

 fully, to preferve a Ball of Earth to 

 their Roots ; and when planted, 

 their Roots Ihould be mulch'd : 

 All which, if carefully attended to, 

 as alfo obferving to reh-efh 'em 

 with Water in very dry Weather, 

 until they have taken new Root, 

 will preferve them from the 

 Danger of growing 5 and they 

 being extreme hardy, in refped tc 

 Cold, will defy the fevereft of our 

 Winters to injure them, provided 

 they are not planted in a moift or 

 rich Soil. 



In order to have thefe Trees 

 afpire in Height, their under 

 Branches fhould be taken off, elpe- 

 cially where they are inclined to 

 grow out ftrong; but they rauft 

 not be kept too clofely -pruned, 

 which would retard their Gr^iWth, 

 for all theie Ever green Trees do 

 more or lefs abound with a refi- 

 nous Juice, which in hot Weather 

 is very apt to flow out ^ :m fuch 

 Places as are wounded: ic :hat it 

 will not be advifeable to take off 

 too many Branches at once, which 

 would mike fo many Wounds from 

 which their Sap in hot Weather 

 would flow in fuch Plenty, as to 

 render the Trees v/eak and un- 

 healthy. 



The three Sorts of Virginia Ce- 

 dars grow to a much greater Height 

 than the former, and in their Na- 



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tive Country afford excellent Tim- 

 ber for many Ufes j but with us 

 there are very few which are above 

 twenty or twenty-five Feet high, 

 though there is no doubt of their 

 growing larger, for they thrive very 

 faft after the three firft Years, and 

 relift the iharpeft: Frofts of our Cli- 

 mate exceedmg well, and are very 

 apt to grow ftrait and regular, J 

 provided they are not fuffered to \ 

 fhoot out too much at bottom . 



Thefe Plants are alfo propagated 

 by Seeds, which muft be procured 

 from Virginia or Carolina, (for they 

 rarely produce ripe Seeds in Englancl) 

 and fown as was directed tor the 

 other funipersy but as this Seed 

 can't be procur'd in England till 

 Spring, fo when fown at that Sea- 

 fon, it remains in the Ground un- 

 til the fucceeding Spring before the 

 Plants appear, therefore you mufl: 

 obferve to keep the Beds clear from 

 Weeds, and not fuffer the Seeds to 

 be difturbed, which is often the 

 Fault of fome impatient People^ 

 who think, becaufe the Plants do 

 not life the firft Year, that they 

 will never come up, and fo dig up 

 the Ground again, whereby their 

 Seeds are buried ; but if they are 

 let remain, they feldom fail to grow: 

 When the Plants are come up, they 

 muft be carefully weeded, and in 

 dry Weather fhould be refrefhed 

 with Water, which will greatly 

 forward their Growth, and the 

 Spring following they fhould be 

 tranfplanted into Beds, (as was di- 

 red^ed for the common Junipery 

 in April, obferving to preferve a 

 Ball of Earth to their Roots, and 

 after they are planted, if the Seafon 

 be dry, they muft be carefully wa- 

 tered, and the Surface of the Ground 

 cover'd with Mulch, to prevent 

 the Sun and Wind from entring 



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