April."] WHITE AMERICAN SPRUCE FIR. 325 



ic ; 'indeed, never, if it has rifen, as it general- 

 ly does, to a good fize the firft year. They 

 fhould be planted, to be nurfed two years : twelve 

 inches between the lines, and fix inches apart in 

 the lines, will anfwer well. The foil moft proper 

 lor them is a rich fandy earth, andjpretty dry. 



Black and Red , American Spruce. 



Thefe are much more delicate than the White. 

 It will, however, be feld-om prudent to .allow them 

 more than two years in the feed-bed ; and they 

 ihould never have lefs. After thefe have flood 

 two years in the feed-bed, they fhould be planted 

 out in beds, at fix inches apart, to (land for one 

 year ; at the end of which they will again re- 

 quire to be lifted, and treated as above advifed for 

 the "White American Spruce. The foil that is 

 moft proper for this fort is a damp fandy loam ; 

 and the fituation of the beds, for their firft tranf- 

 plantation, fhould be fuch as not to expofe them 

 to the mid- day fun. 



The Cedar of Lebanon 



Is raifed in boxes of light earth, or on a well pre- 

 pared and flickered border. When one year old, 

 It muft be lifted, and planted out in a piece of the 

 fined land, to ft and for two years only. It never 

 arrives at fo great a height, if planted into the 



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