Feb.'] SOWING SEEDS. 243 



ground fliould be friable and rich. They fhould be 

 fown in beds, as recommended for haws, and a- 

 bout the fame thicknefs. The covering mould 

 riot be more than half an inch thick. It is e- 

 fpecially neceffary not to fow Hollies too thick ; 

 becaufe, if the feeds have been only one year rotted, 

 many of them will rife only the following fpring j 

 but if they come up very thick the first year, thofe 

 thatare to rife thefecond will not eafiiy get through, 



Sowing Mountain- Ash. 



If any roan-berries remain in the rot heap, 

 they mould be forthwith fown. The foil mod 

 proper for Mountain- Am, is fuch as is fine and 

 pretty rich. The bed form is the beft. The co- 

 vering mould be only a quarter of an inch. 

 Great care mould be taken not to fow too thick ; 

 the feeds of this kind are generally very good, fo 

 that they often come up double the thicknefs that 

 will allow good flout plants to rife, 



Sowing Yews. 



Yews, like all the other feeds in the rot heap, 

 mould rather be fown in September ; but if they 

 have remained unfown, the prefent feafon will 

 anfwer pretty well. The fituation for Yews is 

 fuch as we have above recommended for the 



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