New Principles of Gardening. 
Thorn, &c. which fhould be kept the firft Year in Saad, or 
Mould, to prevent their being deftroyed by Vermine, Sc. The 
beft Land tor raifing all Trees from Seed, is a light frefh San- 
dy Loam, which fhould be trenched two Spit deep, levelled, 
raked, and divided into Beds of four Foot, and their Alleys be- 
tween them about two Foot wide. 
The beft Seafon for fowing Seed of Trees, is as foon as 
they are ripe in Oéfober, in which obferve to fow fuch Seed 
as are of a quick Growth, as 4b, Lime, Maple, &c. thinner, 
than thofe of a flow Growth, fuch as Holly, Yew, Horubeam, 
Beach, &c. : 
After you have fown your Seed, tread all your Beds over, 
‘to fix the Seed into the Earth, and cover it over with good fine 
Mould about three or four Inches thick. . 
When Frofty Weather approaches, ’tis neceflary to cover your: 
Beds with Horfe-Dung to keep out the Froft, which take away 
at the Change of Weather; and be fure that Traps are fet to 
deftroy Mice, &c. 
N. B. That fuch large Seed as Chefnuts, Acrons, &c. are 
beft to be planted with a Dzbéer, as Beans, or fow’d in Drills, 
like Peafe: But ’tis beft to plant Chefnuts at fix or feven Inches 
Square ; and the Acrons to be dropp’d in the Drills, at about. 
five or fix Inches Diftance. j 
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The better your Land is, and thecleaner’tis kept, the more - 
your Oaks and Chefnuts will thrive, and indeed all other Seeds 
in general. | 
When the Weather in the Spring and Summer prove very 
dry, you muft not forget to water your Seed-Beds, and to take 
fpecial Care that the Force of the Water, in watering, do not 
hurt or break the tender Shoots. 
At Michaelmas fitt amongft the young Plants, fome rich 
Mould, fuch as old decayed Hot-Beds, Sc. which the Wintefs 
Rains will wafhin, and greatly ftrengthen their Fibrous Roots. 
In February following, take our of your Seed-Beds all the 
the largeft and ftrong Plants, leaving fuch as are weak till the 
next dutumn or Spring, and plant them out in Beds in Lines 
about four or fivéInches apart, and the like Diftance in the Rows, 
always obferving to clofe the Earth very firm to their Roots, 
and that the Land be good mellow holding Land, free from 
Stones, Weeds, &c. NW. B. I advife that they be planted in a 
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