346- FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



boundaries of her woods to any confiderable cir- 

 cuit, what count lefs numbers of feeds has me not 

 thrown away ? Depending upon accident, and a 

 foil unmeliorated, her progrefs is neceffarily un- 

 equal and flow. 



Under the article Nursery for this month, we 

 have mown that confiderable preparation and care 

 are neceifary to procure a crop of Firs or Larches 

 with certainty. 



From a view of thefe circumftances, it will ap- 

 pear that the rearing of a foreft of Firs or Larches, 

 by fowing the feeds, although greatly to be de- 

 fired, will be attended with confiderable rifk and 

 care. 



On a craggy brae, or on rocky or hilly ground, 

 the pits mould be dug, as directed for Foreft Plan- 

 tations in May, at three and a half, or four feet 

 diftance from one another ; and the pits mould 

 be made at lead twelve months before the fowing 

 take place^ or perhaps two years, according to the 

 nature of the foil. During the period between the 

 firft digging of the pits and the fowing of the feeds, 

 they will require frequent flirrings and hoeings in 

 order to meliorate the foil more completely. In 

 very rocky ground, where pitting would be difficult, 

 if at all pofftble, the ground may be prepared by the 

 mattock ; paring off the fward by the broad end 9 

 and flirring the foil to a good depth by the final! 

 ? as adviied for Foreft Plantations in January^ 



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