OF A NURSERY, 



SECT. VI. 



The railing of forest trees is rather befide the 

 purpofe of this book. They have been mentioned as 

 to the time oi f Giving, and their treatment is in a great 

 meafure the fame as for raifing flocks for fruit trees ; 

 fo that to thofe who would do only a little in this way, 

 much more need not be faid. 



. Forejl trees are often left to grow thick on the feed 

 bed, and only thinned a little in the autumn following, 

 and fo from time to time as they get bigger ; but a 

 little thinning fhould take place in the fummer, by draw* 

 irig, when the ground is moift. If the foil that feed- 

 ling trees are to be planted in be poor, let them be 

 raifed in earth fomewhat fandy, and at any rate not in 

 a rich dunged foil. 



When young men take to gardening and planting, k 

 is an happy circumftance, and they fhould lofe no time 

 in the bufinefs ; for it is a thing that perfons advanced 

 in years have often repented of. It produces confider- 

 able fatisfaftion, and a peculiar pleafure in the evening 

 of life, when a man can point at good trees, and fay, 

 44 Thefe are of my own planting VI — but it were a 

 fuperior thing to add, 44 And of my own raifing too." 

 Young planters would wifely refolve, therefore, to raife 

 their own trees, efpecially of the forejl kind. 44 There 

 is no better, or cheaper way of raifing woods and 

 plantations, than by fowing the mails or nuts of timber 

 trees, where they are always to remain, and this is 

 beft done in fpring" 



It is to be obferved, that the wild fervice, haivihorn, 

 holly, and ajh keys come up the fecond year ; but moll 

 other feeds of trees the firft. Ajh keys, however, (and 

 probably the others,) if they are buried in a pit with 

 coal allies fifted fine, or in a fandy earth for a year s 

 will cerae up the firft year they are fown. 



To have good feed of the various kinds, is a thing 

 too little attended to ; but on which evidently depends 

 much. It fhould be well-ripened, and the produce of 

 fine healthy trees from the top, or outfide branches ; 



withal r 



