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ther places, do not arrive at the nurfery till this 

 month. This is frequently the cafe with acorns, 

 horfe-chefnuts, Spanifh chefnuts, hazel nuts, horn- 

 beam feed, and walnuts. If thefe be now arrived, 

 they mould forthwith 'be fown. 



Sowing Elms. 



The Elm feeds, which were gathered in the 

 latter end of lad June, may now be fown. There 

 is, however, great danger in rifking the whole 

 elm feed at this early feafon, more efpecially as 

 there already exifls a quantity which were fown 

 lad June, and which are expected to rife this 

 fpring. It frequently happens that the early ve- 

 getating elms are cut oft by the fpring frofts. It 

 will therefore be fafer to fow, perhaps, the half 

 of the elm feeds faved, and to referve the other 

 half for April fowing. Thofe late fown, although 

 they will not be fo flrong plants by autumn as if 

 they had been fown earlier, and had efcaped the 

 froft, yet they will prove a fecurity againft a to- 

 tal want of the article, which many have experi- 

 enced by not attending to this precaution. 



The ground moft fit for fowing Elm feeds, is 

 fuch as is tender and rich. If it has been under 

 a light crop of vegetables lafl feafon with dung, 

 it will anfwer the better. The crops of vegetables 

 moft fit for preceding tree feeds of any kind, are 



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