March."] WOODS AND COPSES. 307 





PREPARING THE .GROUND AMONG LAST AND 

 FORMER YEAR'S SOWN COPSES, FOR GREEK 

 CROPS. 



The laft year's fown Copfes which were crop- 

 ped with potatoes, may now receive a furrow to 

 prepare the land for the reception of Lettuce 

 feeds, or for fuch plants as are intended for the 

 crop. The ploughing mould not come quite clofe 

 to the patches, for fear of disturbing their roots, 

 or expofing them to too much drought during the 

 enfuing fummer. 



The land may be prepared among young woods 

 of the above defcription by the plough, till the 

 plants rife to the height of eighteen inches, when 

 ploughing mould be difcontiriued. Afterwards, 

 the land mufl be prepared by the fpade 5 or, per- 

 haps, it may better be fown down with grafs feeds, 

 as recommended above, for young foreft planta- 

 tions this month ; which fee. Indeed, digging 

 among young Copfe woods after this time, will 

 be of little advantage to them, feeing that they 

 are now well eftablifhed ; and crops of clover 

 and grafs will be lefs hurtful than if the grounds 

 were left to chance for a crop, and they will be 

 much more ufeful. 



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