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fiance, and an Inch deep, into 

 which you iV.ould drop the Seeds 

 about two Inches afunder, then 

 cover them with Earth; and if 

 the Seafon fhould prove very dry, 

 you muft often refrefli them with 

 Water, In about two Months 

 Time the young Plants will ap- 

 pear above-ground, when you muft 

 carefully clear them from Weeds j 

 and in dry Weather if you refrefh 

 them with Water, it will greatly 

 promote their Growth: In thele 

 Beds they {hould continue two 

 Years, by which Time they will 

 be large enough to traniplant ; you 

 muft therefore make Choice ot a 

 %varm dry Spot of Ground, which 

 (hould be well dug and clcans'd 

 from Weeds and Roots of Trees, 

 ^c. and laid evenj then mark out 

 the Lines three Feet diftant from 

 each others and having taken up 

 the plants carefully witli a Ball of 

 Earth to their Roots, you muft 

 plant them cxadly ftrait in the 

 Rows, at eighteen Indies afunder, 

 obferving to water them well, as 

 alio to lay fome Mulch upon the 

 Surface of the Ground, near the 

 Stems, to prefervc the Ground 

 from drying too faft. The bcft 

 Seaibn for removing thefe Trees is 

 in April, juft before they begin to 

 fhoot. 



During the Time thele Plants 

 remain m the Nurfcry, you muft 

 obferve to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, digging the Ground be- 

 tween the Rows every Spring j as 

 alfo to fiften the Shoots of the 

 Plants to ftrait Stakes, to prevent 

 their growing crooked and un- 

 iif';htly ■■, and alfo oblerve to prune 

 off the Under-fiioots, to make them 

 ;idvaitce in Height : Bat I can by 

 no Means recommend the llieering 

 of thefe Plants into conical or py- 

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Pra(£lice) for the fame Reafon as I 

 gave for the Laurel, viz. that the 

 Leaves being large, are cut in Pie- 

 ces, whereby the Plants are ren- 

 der'd very unfightly; but rather, 

 that they fhould be improved, fo 

 as to make large Trees, to which 

 they are naturally difpos'd to grow, 

 could we prevent the Sheers from 

 perpetually gnawing them. 



Thefe Trees are very proper to 

 plant upon the warm Sides of dry 

 Hills, where they may be protect- 

 ed from the fevere Blafts of the 

 North and Eaft Winds i in which 

 Situations I have feen fbme of 

 thefe Trees upward of thirty Feet 

 in Height, which is a plain Indi- 

 cation of their large Growth. 



But 1 know it will be objedfed, 

 that thefe Trees are often deftroy'd 

 by hard Winters, and fo are im- 

 proper to make large Plantations of 

 in England. That they have been 

 fometimes kill'd by fevere Winters, 

 I can't deny: but if they are 

 brought up thus hardily, as has 

 been directed, and not fheer'd, I 

 dare affirm they will relift the fe- 

 vereft Cold of our Climate, when 

 grown to a moderate Age, provi- 

 ded they are planted in a dry Soil, 

 in which tho' their Leaves ftiould 

 be entirely flirivell'd by extreme 

 Cold, yet, if permitted to remain 

 undifturb'd, they will fhoot again 

 in the fucceeding Summer, as I 

 have more than once experienc'd. 

 And in the hard Winter, Anno 

 1728, when moft of the Bay- 

 Trees leem'd to be deftroy'd which 

 grew abroad, and many People 

 v/ere fo inconfiderate as to dig 

 them up and throw them away, 

 it was obfervable, that all thofe 

 v/hich were permitted to ftand, 

 did riioot out again in the fucceed- 

 ing Summer, and recover'd their 

 ufual Verdure. Which lliould cau- 



