466 THE NU'RSEiir. [Sept, 



ous kinds in February under this article, to which 

 \ve beg leave to refer the reader (p. 239, &c.) Many 

 people- few their Elm-feed at this feafon. We have 

 already dated our reafons for deferring this work 

 til! April. Indeed, if there have been any ga- 

 thered and fown, as directed in the early part of 

 June* thefe will be fu<ikient to hazard for early 

 rifing Elms ; for a hazard it certainly is, inaf- 

 rnuch as, if once they be froft-bit, though they 

 be not killed, they never make fo vigorous feed- 

 lings. 



Birch feeds may alfo be fown at this thr*e with 

 propriety. We have known sutumn-fown Birch 

 feeds rife much clofer than thofe fown in fpring. 

 Sometimes, however, the autumn fowing, vege- 

 tating early, fuSers by the froft in fpring. 



GATHERING BIRCH SEED. 



The firft of this month the Birch feed will re- 

 quire to be gathered. " It is to be got in perfec- 

 tion wherever Birch trees grow. It occurs in. 

 fmall pendulous cones, which are eafily fhaken., 

 when ripe, even by light winds ; fo that, by the 

 end of this month, it has generally all difappear- 

 ed, or, at leaft, the beft and firft ripened .has been 

 fhed. It is therefore necelfary to embrace the 

 earlieft opportunity of collecting it after it is ripe. 

 The ripenefs is eafily afcertained by the loofenefs 



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