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unequal furface is moft likely to contain the va- 

 rious foils above mentioned. A nurfery fhould 

 therefore, in general, rife from a level to a pretty 

 fmart acclivity ; yet no part of it mould be too 

 fteep, becaufe it is in that cafe very troublefome 

 to labour. 



The nurfery ground may be fufficiently fenced 

 by a flone-wall, or even a hedge, fix feet high ; 

 and if it be of fmall fize, an acre, or thereabout, 

 it will require no other ihelter ; but if it extend to 

 four or five acres, it mud have dividing hedges 

 properly fituated to afford fhelter over -all the 

 fpace. The fence, whether of thorns or (tone, 

 should be made proof againft the admiffion of 

 hares or rabbits. Both hares and rabbits are mod 

 deftruHve to many kinds of young foreft trees, 

 particularly laburnums ; indeed, they are fo vo- 

 racioufly mifchievous, that they often bite over 

 every fort which comes in their way. 



The nurfery ground mould never be encumber- 

 ed with large trees in the quarters ; as apples, 

 pears, or the like ; becaufe, being already efta- 

 blifhed in the ground, they never fail to rob the 

 young trees of their food, and to caufe them to 

 be poor and flunted, unworthy of being planted 

 in the foreft. 



It is of the very firft importance that the foil 

 be completely drained of flagnant water, and freed 

 @f spouts, or places from which water oozes our, 



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