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be very rich ; but fhould be well worked to a 

 good depth before lowing. The covering fhould 

 be three quarters of an inch thick Great care 

 mud be taken not to fow too thick, more efpe- 

 cially as many of them will probably lye dormant 

 till the following fpring ; confequently, thefe 

 would be loft if they were too thick, as they are 

 generally allowed two years in the feed-bed. 



Sawing Hornbeam. 



The fowirig of the Hornbeam is more properly 

 performed in October : In Scotland, as we have 

 the feeds to fetch from the South, we can feldom 

 get them fown before this month ; the confe- 

 quence is, that many of them lye in the ground 

 till the following fpring, before they rife. The 

 foil moft proper for them is light earth, not over 

 rich : the bed form will anfwer beft ; the co- 

 vering mould be half- an inch thick. They 

 mould not be fown too thick ; if the feeds are 

 good, they mould lye half an inch apart, after 

 fowing. 



Sowing Walnuts. 



Walnuts which have been kept in fand during 

 winter ihould now be fown in beds, or planted in 

 rows, in angular. made drills ; the covering Ihould 



be 



