422 THE NURSERY. {June. 



from abundantly procreating their fpecies. In- 

 deed, in gardening, we always find that retrench- 

 ing the roots of very healthful young plants, is 

 the fureft method to throw them into fruit ; 

 though fuch retrenchment evidently makes the 

 plant lefs healthy than it previoufly was. 



Every day's gathering of elm feed, even when 

 it is fully ripe, requires to be fpread out thin up- 

 on a dry loft floor ; and afterward to be every 

 day- turned over till it is dry enough to be kept 

 in lefs room, or in facks, mats, or the like, till 

 the fowing time arrive. We need hardly obferve, 

 that plenty of elm feed can be had wherever trees 

 of that kind are growing. 



