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cannot be had, the next beft preparation is a crop 

 of two-year feedling larch preceding. The land 

 fhould be dunged in the fame proportion as pre- 

 vioufly recommended for the Scots fir. The fame 

 finenefs of foil, and method of fowing, will an- 

 fwer ; but the covering for the larch feeds mould 

 be only a quarter of an inch thick, as recom- 

 mended for haws, and referred to in the laft ar- 

 ticle for the Scots fir. Larch feed mould alfo be 

 rolled in, previous to cuffing. The larch mould 

 rife about the fame thicknefs in the bed as the Scots 

 fir. The manure for larch feeds muft not be new 

 dung from the ftable or cow-houfe; either of thefe 

 proves highly pernicious to the young plant, and 

 would be the caufe of many of them dying. Old 

 dung from a hotbed will anfwer well ; only fuch 

 mud be laid on very thick, becaufe it has been 

 greatly exhaufted in the work in which it has 

 been employed during the preceding furnmer. 



Sowing Spruce- Fir Seeds. 



The Spruce-fir feeds require the fame quality of 

 ground, in the fame heart, and, upon the whole, 

 the fame treatment as above recommended for the 

 Scots firs, 



Sottfng 



