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 (hould prove very dry, they fhould have a lit- 

 tle v^ater once a v^eek, and be guarded againft 

 birds, mice, moles, hares, rabbets, and other 

 vermin, which if expofed to, may in a fiiort time 

 be entirely deftroyed. And if the nights fhould 

 prove frofty, all the beds in which the young 

 feedling plants are come up Ihouid be carefully 

 covered, otherwife the froft will nip off the 

 plants which are juft peeping out of the ground; 

 or by loofening the earth, their roots will be 

 turned out of the ground : at this time the 

 Common and Swedifh Juniper, Holly, Yew, 

 Virginia and Carolina Cedars, American Dog- 

 wood, Saffafras, and other hard feeded plants, 

 which were fown the laft year, will begin to 

 appear i therefore they (hould be diligently 

 looked after, to prevent their being injured by 

 frofts, or fharp eaftwardly winds. Such of thefe 

 as were fown in pots, may be now placed on a 

 moderate hot-bed, which will forward theic 

 coming up, and by being pufhed a little in the 

 fpring, the piants Vv'ill get ftrong by the au- 

 tumn, fo will be better able to ftand through 

 the following winter. And fuch of thefe 

 plants as came up the laft year, and require to 

 be tranfplanted, fiiould at this feafon be fepa- 

 rated and each planted in a fmall pot, placing 

 them on a moderate hot-bed which if it is 

 H 2 arched 



