NURSERV. [Oct. 



By choofingdry weather for gathering the cones, 

 you will have much lefs trouble in drying itj and 

 be furer of undamaged feeds. As foon as you 

 have gathered the cones, they are to be carried 

 to a loft floor, and fpread out thin. They are 

 afterwards to be frequently turned, and the feeds 

 will fall out in the acl: of turning. They are much 

 more ready to drop out, if the loft happen to be 

 placed above an apartment where a good fire is 

 kept. When all the feeds which will readily 

 come out by the above plan, have efcaped, and 

 are lying on the floor, gather them up into a bag 

 for fpring fowing* The cones are then to be 

 thraihed and fifted, as advifed for Fir cones. Al- 

 der feeds may, like thofe of Birch, be fown from 

 the tree ; but, like the Birch, the germinating 

 Alders are liable to be deftroyed by early frofts in 

 the fpring* 



GATHEkING BEECH-MASl'i 



Beech-mail is now ripe, and muft be gathered 

 without delay. It is found in abundance in many 

 places in Scotland ; but is flill more plentiful in 

 England, from whence great quantities are brought 

 by the Scots Nurferymen every year when it is to 

 be had. The feed very readily drops from the 

 trees when ripe. The capfule opens of its own 

 accord, and allows the feeds to fall out. A dry 



windy 



