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ScET.XVI.S.i.- 



OF 



SEEDS. 



461 



flones or fhells of 

 nature. 



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fince this is the procefs of 



But when the feeds brought originally from other climates are to be 



fown 



required to the circumft 



f feafon and of 



foil. Thofe, which will ripen their feeds in the fame year, are to be 



fowed in the early fp 



and covered lightly with earth to prefe 



them from birds and infe6l 



nd (hould be buried thus beneath the 



foil, foon after it has been ploughed or dug, as its interftices are th 



plete with atmofpheric air 



which may be ncceflary to ftim 



elevation the plume of the embryon plan 



the moifture of 



the earth is neceffary to Simulate the root into its elongation dow 



wards 



Thofe feeds nevcrthelefs, which will not perfe^ their veg 



the fame year, 



feeds vef^etate better, when placed but a little beneath the furface of 



muft be fown in the early autumn ; and though all 



the foil, as ( 



mofpheric air, which may 



h, becaufe they have then a better fupply of 



they 



flary for their firft growth, before 

 quired leaves above ground; yet as many foreign feeds 



winters, it may 



may not be fufficiently hardy to bear our inclement 



be 



ffary, as fome bel 



bury them 



ch and a half 



hes, deep in the foil, to prevent the frofts from doing them 



well as to preferve 



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from the depredation of bird 



y 



injury, as 



And the drill femination, or fowing all kinds of feeds in rows, is the 



moft convenient method for fowing them at a determined depth, and 

 alfo for the purpofe of keeping the young plants clear from weeds by 



the more eafy application of the h 



To fow many feed 



th 



is 



fually pradifed is much 



commended. There is a paper by Lord Qrford in Mr. Young's An 

 nals of Agriculture, Vol. IX. p. 385, who feems to have found con 

 liderable advantage by fowing barley fo early as- the feventh of Fe 



bruary, three and a half bu(h 



But as much moift 



with or without fublequent froft is more liable to deflroy th 



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