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all the winter, and remain in the earth two 

 years before they germinate; unless when 

 they have passed through the stomach of 

 fowls, when they vegetate the first year. We 

 have, therefore, only to give them a similar 

 fermentation by art, which nature gives them 

 in the body of birds, to enable us to raise 

 young plants in one year instead of two. 

 For this purpose, we are recommended to 

 take a bushel of bran, and to mix it with the 

 seeds in a tub or earthen vessel, and wet it 

 with soft water, and let it remain undisturbed 

 for ten days, when it will begin to ferment. 

 It must be sprinkled occasionally with warm 

 water to keep it moist, and in about thirty or 

 forty days the heat of the moistened bran 

 will put the berries into a state of vegetation 

 fit for sowing in about a week after the fer- 

 mentation has commenced. 



March is the best season for sowing this 

 seed, which may also be treated according to 

 the direction given for raising hawthorns. 

 September is the proper season for transplant- 

 ing young hollies ; but in cold or moist soils, 

 they may be planted safely in the spring. 



Mr. Evelyn says, he has raised hedges four 

 feet high in four years, from seedlings taken 

 out of the woods.. This should induce us to 

 make more frequent trials of raising fences of 



