Feb.'] OF PLANTING, &C. 231 



preferred unimpaired ; and they can be better dif- 

 pofed than when they are dibbled. We .readily 

 acknowledge, that laying is a lefs fpeedy method 

 of planting ; but the advantage which the tree 

 receives by this merhod over the other, efpecially 

 in the cafe of very fibrous plants, much more 

 than counterbalances the excefs of labour. 



Such feed ling plants as are robbed of the rnoft 

 of their fibrous roots, by being pulled out from 

 among thpfe that are intended for two-year feed- 

 lings, may, and ought tp be dibbled in, together 

 with any fort, the roots of which are fimilar : but 

 it never can, in any cafe, be proper to huddle to- 

 gether the fine fibrous roots of a plant into a hole 

 probably not more than an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter* 



LAYING OF QUICKS OR THORNS. 



It is necelfary to notice here, that the land fit 

 for receiving the young plants, is fuch as is fri- 

 able, well parted, and rich. If they are planted 

 in hungry, hard land, they will neither make roots 

 nor tops any way defirable. Even although the 

 land be pretty rich, it would be proper to add a 

 light dreffing of fmall dung, in order the more 

 perfectly to enable it to produce flrong, vigorous 

 plants. 



Having provided all things to begin the opera- 

 tion 



