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two TncKes alunder, covering them 

 ibout two Inches thick, with the 

 fame frefli Earth, obferving to leave 

 none ot them uncover 'd to entice 

 the Vermin, which may, in a ihort 

 Time, deftrov all the Seeds. 



In the Spring, when the Plants 

 begin to appear, you muft care- 

 fully clear them from WeeJs, and 

 if the Scafbn proves dry, you fliould 

 refrefh them now and then with a 

 little Water, which will greatly 

 promote their Growth. In thele 

 Beds the Plants fhould remain until 

 the following Spring, (obierving 

 conftantly to keep them clear h-om 

 Weeds) at which Time you fTiould 

 prepare a Spot of good frefh Earth, 

 (in Size proportionable to the Quan- 

 tity of Plants) which fhould &e well 

 trenched and levelled j then toward 

 the Middle or latter End of March, 

 you fhould carefully take up the 

 Plants, fo as not to injure their 

 Roots, and plant them out in Rows 

 three Feet afunder, and eighteen 

 Inches Diflance Plant from Plant, 

 obferving never to fuffer the Plants 

 to abide long out of the Ground, 

 tccaufc their Roots would dry and 

 vscndangcr the Growth of the Plants. 



When they are planted, you fliould 

 lay a little Mulch upon the Surface 

 of the Ground, near their Roots, 

 to prevent the Earth from drying 

 too fall j and if the Seafon be very 

 dry, you ftiould give them a little 

 Water to fettle the Earth to their 

 Roots. 



If thefe Things arc carefully ob- 

 ferved, there will not Co many of 

 the Plants mifcarry, as do generally 

 ia the common Method : For few 

 Pcrfbns conilder either the proper 

 Method or Seaibn for removing 

 thefe Trees i mod People imagin- 

 ing it may be perform'd with 

 equal Succefs, any time after the 

 i.eaycs begin to decay : but this is 



i very wrong Opinion ; foi-, frotif 

 feveral Experiments v/hich I have 

 made, in tranlplanting of thefe 

 Trees in various Seafbns, I find they 

 always fiicceed belt when they are 

 tran {planted jufl before they i^egin 

 to fhoot i at wliich Seaibn" there <viil 

 very few fail, provided they are 

 removed with Care. 



When the Plants have taken Root 

 in this Nurfery, they will icquire 

 little more Care than to keep 'cm 

 clear frowi' Weeds, and dig the 

 Ground between the Rows every 

 Spring J in doing of which yoi* 

 fhould cut off fuch Roots as txrtnd 

 very far from the Tiunk of the 

 Trees, which will lendcr them 

 better for tranlplanting agam: You 

 fliould alfo prune off liich Side- 

 Branches as do extend themfclves 

 very far, and would retard the 

 upright Shoot, bur you fI»odd by 

 no means cut off all the ffnall la- 

 teral Branches, fbme of which are 

 abiblutely neccffary to be kft on, 

 to detain the Sap for the Augmen- 

 tation of the Trunk i for I have 

 often obferved, where Trees have 

 been thus clofely pruned, that their 

 Heads have over-grown their Bodies, 

 fo that they have bent downward, 

 and become crooked. 



When thefe Trees have remain'd 

 in the Nurfery three or four Years, 

 they will then be large enough to 

 tranfplant to the Places where they 

 are to remain; for it is not proper 

 to let them grow very large before 

 they are planted out, becaufe thefe 

 are very nazardous Trees to remove 

 when old, or after they have taken 

 deep Root. 



The SeUbn for this Work is (as 

 I faid) jufl before they begin to 

 fhoot in the Spring, at which Time, 

 if they are carefully taken up, there 

 will be little Danger of their fuc* 

 ceeding. When they are planted, 



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