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and others ; only whenever it is at all in the 

 power of the nurferyman, he fhould adapt his 

 plants to his foils. We by no means propofe 

 that there ought to be in a nurfery a particular 

 foil for every particular kind of plant ; but if, for 

 inflance, there be a dry fandy fpot pretty rich, 

 there fhould the Sycamore be placed. The Moun- 

 tain-am, the Beech, and the Am, may occupy 

 fuch as are a degree iefs fandy ; the Oak any fpot 

 confifting of a flrong clayey loam : while the 

 Birch and the Alder fhould be placed in any moffy 

 damp quarter ; and the Willows and Poplars in 

 fuch as are damp and loamy, 



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We have above noticed, that many plants 

 ought to be planted in the nurfery by the dibble. 

 The thinning of fuch as are intended for two- 

 year feedlings, are moft proper to be planted by 

 the dibble. In order to planting in this manner, 

 the land fhould be recently dug, fo as not to be 

 dry on the top before being planted. It fhould 

 be well broken in the digging ; and if the plants 

 are very fmall, it may be advifeable to give it a 

 drefling with the rake. Having prepared the 

 ground according to circumflances, ftretch the 

 line where it is intended the firft row of trees 

 mould ftand j and, with an iron-mod dibble, make 



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