THE NURSERY. [ApriL 



commended the lifting and fhoughing the latter ; 

 but no more of the Evergreens mufl be lifted at 

 once from the feed-bed, than can be planted out 

 in the fame day ; excepting in the cafe of bring- 

 ing them from a diftant nurfery, from which, as 

 foon as they arrive, they mould be fhoughed thin, 

 as advifed for the Deciduous feedlings in Febru- 

 ary. In lifting Evergreen feedlings, they mould 

 be as little fhaken as poflible, in order to retain a 

 good portion of the mould in which they grew, 

 adhering to their roots. Indeed, the more they 

 carry with them to their new fituation, the better 

 is their future progrefs fecured. 



LAYING OUT SCOTS FIRS. 



Thofe that are fit for laying out, are fuch as 

 have flood for two or three years in the feed-bed ; 

 if Scots Firs are allowed to fland a third year in 

 the feed-bed, they are good for nothing. In lift- 

 ing two-year feedling Scots Firs, they mould be 

 carefully eafed, as directed for two-year feedlings 

 in February ; to which we beg leave to refer the 

 reader, (p. 229.) 



The diftances at which they mould be laid, 

 or planted, is twelve inches between the lines, and 

 three inches apart in the lines. Scots Firs mould 

 never ftand longer in the lines than one year after 

 planting, unlefs they are to be planted in very fine 

 i ground. 



