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the first year. That the berries may be as 

 equally mixed with the soil as possible, turn 

 over the heaps once in two months, blending 

 the covering with the seeds, and at every 

 turning give them a fresh covering, in tlie 

 winter months. They should be sown the 

 first dry weather in February, or the begin- 

 ning of March. Separate them from the 

 loose soil in which they were mixed, with a 

 wire sieve. The ground should be good, dry, 

 fresh land, well prepared; and the seeds beat 

 down with the back of a spade, and then 

 covered about half an inch thick with mould; 

 or they may be dropped in drills about eight 

 inches apart." 



The yellow-berried hawthorn, which was 

 originally brought from Virginia, has a double 

 recommendation to the shrubbery, as it 



" Smiles in the bud, and glistens in the flower;" 



for its buds are of a fine yellow in the spring, 

 and its fruit, which is the colour of pure gold, 

 or Seville oranges, hang on the branches 

 nearly the whole winter, giving great gaiety to 

 the plantation ; and it is generally very pro- 

 ductive of haws. 



Evergreens should never be planted with- 

 out a few of these shrubs being intermixed, to 

 enliven them in the winter months. The 



