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Spring advances, they mould be 

 inured to bear the open Air by de- 

 grees ; and in May they muft be 

 taken out of the Hot-bed, and placed 

 in a fheltered Situation, where they 

 jnay enjoy the morning Sun, being 

 careful to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, as alfo to water them duly 

 in dry Weather. The following 

 Winter it will be proper to remove 

 the Tubs near a South Wall or Pale ; 

 for the Plants being very young, are 

 fomewhat tenderer than they will 

 be afterward. Toward the Latter- 

 end of March, or the Beginning of 

 April, juft before the Plants begin 

 to moot, they jhould be carefully 

 taken up out of the Boxes ; and 

 liaving prepared a Bed or two, ac- 

 cording to the Quantity of Plants 

 raifed, of frem Earth, in a warm 

 Situation, the Plants mould be 

 planted therein in Rows about eigh- 

 teen Inches afunder, and about a 

 foot Diftance Plant from Plant in 

 the Rows : this Work mould be 

 done in cloudy Weather, when there 

 5s Rain ; for in dry Weather, when 

 Eafterly Winds commonly blow at 

 this Seafon, it will be very danger- 

 ous to tranfplant thefe Plants ; fo 

 that it had better be deferred a Fort- 

 night longer, till there is an Altera- 

 tion of Weather, than hazard the 

 Plants. When the Plants are planted, 

 they mould be watered to fettle the 

 Earth to their Roots ; and then the 

 Surface of the Ground mould be co- 

 vered with Mulch, to prevent the 

 Sun and Wind from penetrating to 

 the Roots of the Plants ; for nothing 

 is more injurious to thefe Plants, 

 than to have their Fibres dried when 

 they are tranfplanted ; therefore the 

 Plants mould not be taken out of 

 the Tubs, till you are ready to place 

 them in the Ground; for they will 

 not bear to lie out of tae Ground 

 any time without great Danger. 



When thefe Plants are tranf- 

 planted, they mould be put each 

 into a fmall Pot filled with loamy 

 Earth; and if thele Pots are placed 

 upon a moderate Hot-bed, arched 

 over with Hoops, and covered with 

 Mats, until the Plants have taken 

 good Root, there will be much lefs 

 Danger of their fucceeding, than if 

 they are planted in the full Ground; 

 and there will be no Danger of their 

 growing, when they are planted out 

 of the Pots again, becauie they may 

 be fnaken out of the Pots witn the 

 whole Ball of Earth to their Roots. 



During the Summer the Pots may 

 remain plunged in the fame Bed, 

 which will prevent the Earth from 

 drying too fait, which it would do, 

 if the Pots were fet on the Surface 

 of the Ground : the Plants will re- 

 quire conftantly to be watered in dry 

 Weather, other wife they are very apt 

 to die in Summer ; for thefe Plants 

 grow upon moift Soils, and in low 

 fwampy Places, in Ncrtb America ; 

 fo will not grow upon dry Ground; 

 but the Cold never injures thefe 

 Trees : fo that where thefe are cul- 

 tivated, they muft not be planted 

 upon a dry Soil ; for they will cer- 

 tainly die in Summer, for want of 

 Moifture. Thefe Trees are, with 

 Difficulty, removed after they have 

 been growing any confiderable time 

 in a Place ; therefore it is much the 

 belt Method to keep them in Pots, 

 until they are fit to put out for 

 good. 



The Branches of this Tree are 

 garnifhed with flat ever-green Leaves, 

 relembling thofe of the Arbor Vita ; 

 and the Cones are no larger than the 

 Berries of the Juniper, from which 

 they are not eafily diftinguiflied at a 

 little Diflance ; but upon clolely 

 viewing they are perfect Cones, have- 

 ing many Cells, like thofe of the 

 common Cyprefs : if thefe Trees are 



