SEEDLING BIRCHES ANB ALBERS. 283 



What is above faid of the Birch, applies equal- 

 ly to the Alder, the fame foil and treatment be- 

 ing requiiite. 



The di fiance at which Birches and Aiders mould 

 be planted, muft, as in the cafe of other feed 

 lings, be regulated by the age and fize of the 

 plants, and the time which it is intended they 

 fhould be nurfed. Two-year feedlings of good 

 growth, which are to be nurfed one year, fhould 

 ftand fifteen inches between the lines, and five or 

 fix inches apart in the lines. One-year feedlings, 

 to be nurfed one year, fhould be twelve inches 

 between the lines, and fo.ur inches apart in the 

 lines. But if intended to be nurfed two years, 

 the fame diftance is required as is affigned above 

 for the two-year feedlings. 



A natural Birch or Alder foil does not require 

 fo much manure to enable it to nourifh thefe 

 plants, as is neceflary in mod cafes for other foils* 

 Neverthelefs, it is very improper to commit young 

 Birch or Alder plants to a foil which, though ap.- 

 parently congenial, has been previouily exhau(le4 

 fey a heavy crop of trees, without a good dreffing 

 of well made ftable dung : This mould be well 

 intermixed with the foil in the ad of digging, 



SOWING SEEDS,. 



It often happens, particularly in Scotland, that 

 tree-feeds, ordered from London and o 



ther 



