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sown in Autumn, in a light earth ; and it will be 

 necessary to cover the beds all over with slates, 

 flat stones or bricks, to prevent the mice from 

 eating the Nuts or carrying them off in Winter. 



When at the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, 1 once 

 sowed several quarts of large Barcelona Nuts, in 

 Pots, in two frames at a considerable distance 

 from each other ; the Nuts were all carried off 

 by the mice in one night. On searching round 

 the lining of a frame where we kept green-house 

 plants in Winter, I found above a quart of the 

 Nuts in one hoard, which I again sowed immedi- 

 ately, covering them over with slates j from these 

 Nuts I raised some very fine plants. 



The Barcelona Nut-tree is rather scarce in 

 England, but it is well worth cultivating ; it is a 

 distinct species, and grows to a fine timber tree. 

 The Nuts that I sowed, as mentioned above, 

 were produced from a fine tree in the Botanic 

 Gardens at Chelsea.* 



Those who are not in possession of plants may 

 procure them from Nuts fresh imported from 

 Spain, by sowing them as before directed. Great 

 quantities are imported annually under the name 

 of Barcelona, or great Spanish nuts. 



When in the Nursery, Nut-trees should be 

 trained with single straight stems, to form fine 

 heads from three to six feet high ; cut off the 



* This tree, at two feet and a half from the ground, 

 measures about four feet m circumference. 



