396 FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



any cafe, the making of the pits deeper than the 

 natural foil, however little that may be. If the 

 fward contain the whole good foil, it mould be 

 turned upon its green fide, and wrought by the 

 hoe, or other means, for two years, if one is not 

 fufficient to qualify it for the reception of the 

 feeds. 



PITTING FOR SOWING TREE SEEDS IN GENERAL. 



Pitting for Walnuts and Chefnuts may be done 

 as above advifed for acorns ; becaufe thefe feeds 

 require to be buried to a good depth, and will do 

 better in foil lefs meliorated than any of the fir 

 tribes. Beech-maft, although it needs to be pret- 

 ty deeply covered, requires to have the foil better 

 made ; fuch as its tender feeds may pufh through 

 with eafe. Elms are, in point of tendernefs, 

 nearly allied to the Firs. The pits, for either the 

 Oak or the Sycamore, fhould not have much crude 

 earth mixed with them ; and the Birch and 

 Alder fhould not have any. Without attending 

 to thefe precautions, it will be difficult, if not im- 

 poflible, to fucceed in railing forefts or mattes 

 of thefe kinds from feeds. 



GENERAL 



