SHRUBS AND TREES. I75 



The above being the principal fpecies of 

 frees and fhrubs that are occ«fionally raiTed 

 from feed, many oiheis are '4K0 fonietimes 

 raifed by the fame means when the feeas can 

 be obtained, as fome, both in tlie above lill, 

 and others do not ripen in this cjuntry, 

 whereby the feeds cannot always be eafily 

 procured ; however, many of thern may alfo 

 be propagated by cuttings, layers, luckers, 

 grafting, budding, ^c. but fhall firil mention 

 the general method of railing them from the 

 feeds of the diiferent refpettive (orts. 



The tree and ihrub feeds confiii: of feveral 

 different forts in the different genera and 

 fpecies, &c. as nuts, acorns, malt, keys, 

 ftones, cones, kernels, and fmall feeds, and 

 of which many forts may be procured in Au- 

 tumn, others piincipally in the Spring ; and 

 may be fowed in the Spring, in February, 

 March, and beginning of April ; or many of 

 the hardier deciduous tree and ihrub feeds 

 particularly may be fowcd in Autumn, in 

 September', October, and November; though 

 for mofl of the evergreens, the Spring is more 

 eligible ; fuch as pines, firs, cedar-, cyprefs, 

 arbutus, &c. and in general the Spring is a 

 fuccefsful feaion for fowing moit forts of. tree 

 and Ihrub feed ; and for which feafon of fow- 

 ing, it is proper in moll of the nut kinds, 

 acorns, and fiones, in order to preferve them 

 perfedly good and found till that time, to 

 lay them, in dry fand, or keep them very dry 

 and clofe from the air, wet, and froA, as 

 '*:iaetime5 when fowed ia the Autumn, many 



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