20 SYLVA FLORIFERA. 



the morning sun only comes on it, as the 

 plants do not prosper so well where the sun 

 lies much on them. The young plants may 

 be pricked out into other beds in the autumn 

 as soon as their leaves have fallen off, and the 

 distance of six inches each way is the space 

 recommended between them. In two years 

 they will be ready to plant where they are in- 

 tended to stand. 



When the young trees are planted out for 

 good, they need not be more than eight or 

 ten feet distant from each other ; but they 

 must be planted closer on exposed situations : 

 and it is recommended not to dig the ground 

 between young larches ; therefore the weeds 

 should be drawn by the hand, or cut down by 

 the hoe, whilst the plantation is young. 



Plants which are intended for exposed 

 situations should not be taken from warm 

 sheltered beds, which naturally cause them 

 to be more tender. It has been proved that 

 those larches planted in the worst soil, and in 

 bleak places, have thriven the best ; for where 

 trees of equal size have been planted in good 

 earth at the same time, the others on cold 

 stiff land have in twelve years been twice the 

 height of those planted in good ground. The 

 Bishop of Llandaff informs us, that from 

 many experiments made by himself, and col- 



