shCI. XVIII. vr FLOWERS. 



fmaller feeds from half to a full inch ; kernels, nuts, &c« 

 from two to three inches, according to their fize. Any 

 fort that it is doubted will ftand the winter in feed-beds, 

 may be fown in pots, or boxes, fet in a garden frame or 

 houfed in fevere frofls. If in fpring, (as it is a good 

 rule to fow a little at both feafons, and fome tender forts 

 require the latter) the feed mull be carefully kept front 

 damp and vermin, and put into the ground towards the 

 end February, or early in March. \The feeds of fome 

 of the more delicate forts will require to be fown, at 

 this feafon, on a flight hot-bed ; and if a few of mojl of 

 the forts were thus treated, it would be a good method, 

 to infure their germination, and to forward them. Let 

 fpring fown feeds be watered occafionally, according to 

 the weather, to keep them moilh The earth they are 

 fown in* fhould be moderately light, dry, and rich, 

 and formed into beds of four feet wide, either in drills 

 or at broad-cojt, firft drawing earth off into the alleys, 

 to cover with. See p. 69, 7 1 . 



American trees and ihrubs do very well in this'clu 

 mate, but the young plants are generally tender, and 

 ihould have fome protection, one, two, or three years, 

 till they get woody, and inured to the climate. 



I 'or graffin g and budding, (as fome ihrubs are propa- 

 gated this way) fee the fection On G raffing; and iof 

 the propagation by fuckers, cuttings, layers, &c. fee 

 feci ion 5 ; about fuckers, fee pages 64, 111, Thofe 

 trees, or flirubs, from which cuttings of the fame year's 

 growth may be had in June, or July, may be greatly 

 helped to ftrike root, by covering them clofe with a 

 hamUglafs ; (as directed for the arbutus, lift 5, feet, 19} 

 and if a glafs were put over layers, that are difficult to 

 ftrike, it would help them, 



This mode of propagation is particularly adapted to 

 fome forts of evergreen fhrubs, which emit fibres more 

 freely from the ymngefl wood. If year old wood it 

 treated thus, the cuttings may -be fet early in fpring; 

 or glaffes" may be put over thofe put out in auiimm* 



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