Feb.'] SOWTNG ACORNS. 247 



two inches thick; the nuts fhould lye two inches 

 apart. They feldom rife well, fo may be found 

 thin enough ultimately, though planted or fown 

 only at two inches apart. The land mod proper 

 for them, is a rich deep fpot in the Nurfery. They 

 fhould foe lifted the firft year after fowing. 



PROTECTING THE NEW SOWN SEEDS FROM 

 BEING DESTROYED BY VERMIN. 



New fown .feeds of many kinds are the prey of 

 various creatures. 



Acorns, Sweet Ghefnuts, Hazel-nuts, Walnuts 

 and Holly feeds, are greatly devoured by mice. 

 Means muft therefore be ufed to deftroy thefe 

 vermin, otherwife the crop may be very much in- 

 jured ; for it is not only what they eat on the fpot 

 that is loft, but they carry to their retreats great 

 numbers of the feeds they are moft fond of. The 

 cheapefl, and perhaps the moft effectual trap, is, 

 what is pretty generally known under the name of 

 the fourth figure. * 



The 



* Represented in Plate III. Fig. 5. This kind of trap 

 is well known to most nurserymen and gardeners ; yet, to 

 some, a description of it may be necessary, it being a use- 

 ful and easily procured means of destroying mice. It is 

 composed of three narrow pieces of wood, so formed, as 

 to represent pretty nearly the figure 4. 



1 The 



