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windy day, in the beginning of this month, will 

 fometimes make the feed rain down from trees 

 plentifully loaded with mads. When the trees 

 ftand in fliort grafs, the mod expeditious method 

 of colle&ing the feed, is by fweeping it together 

 by birch befoms. It ought next to be fifted, and 

 the chips of (licks, leaves, &c. to be picked out 

 from among it. It is then to be laid in a loft, in 

 a dratum five or fix inches thick, and to be turn- 

 ed over once a week, till it be perfe&ly dry ; 

 when it may be laid eighteen inches thick, to lye 

 till April, for fo wing. Beech feed fhould never 

 t>e kept in facks during the winter. 



GATHERING LABURNUM SEED, 



Laburnum being one of our hardied trees, and 

 which produces feeds very freely, this is an arti- 

 cle very eafy to be had. 



As already dated, there are two varieties of 

 the Laburnum ; one of which is called the Tree 

 Laburnum, (fometimes the Scots Laburnum); and 

 the other, which is mod common, is called the 

 Shrubby. The Tree Laburnum is the only one 

 worth propagating for timber. It is eafily didin- 

 guidied from the other, by its fhining light green 

 leaves, which are of a larger fize than thofe of 

 the other ; the bark is more glofly, and the buds 

 are larger and bolder than the buds of the other ; 

 the bunches of flowers are alfo longer ; and, lad- 

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