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into the Earth, it will prevent the 

 Earth in the Pots from- drying too 

 faft in Summer, and alfo keep 

 out the Froft in Winter : which, if 

 the Pots flood on the Surface of the 

 Ground, would penetrate thro' the 

 Sides to the Roots of the Plants, and 

 injure them greatly ; thefe Plants 

 may remain three or four Years in 

 Pots ; by which time they will have 

 acquired fufhcient Sirength to be 

 planted where they are dehgned to 

 remain, which may be performed at 

 almolt any time of the Year ; be- 

 caufe they mult be fhaken out of the 

 Pots with the whole Bali of Earth ; 

 fo will not feel their Removal : but 

 if it can be done in April* juft be- 

 fore the Plants begin to flioot, they 

 will then have the whole Summer to 

 get rooting in their new Quarters ; 

 fo will be in lefs Danger of fuffer- 

 ing the following Winter by the 

 Cold : altho' there is Trouble in the 

 Management of the Plants in this 

 Method, yet I am certain there is no 

 other way of propagating or trans- 

 planting them with Safety ; there- 

 fore it is that I would recommend 

 this to every Perfon, who is defirous 

 to have thefe Trees in their Gardens 

 or Plantations. 



ThePinafterhath been long cultiva- 

 ted vriEngland : but of lateYears hath 

 been in lefs Eiieem than formerly ; 

 becaufe as they grow large, their 

 Branches are ragged, and bare of 

 Leaves ; fo that they have but an 

 indifferent Appearance ; tho' while 

 they are young, the Plants make 

 great Progrefs, and have an hand- 

 fome Appearance j which has 

 tempted many Perfons to propagate 

 thefe Trees ; but as they have ad- 

 vanced in Stature, they have decli- 

 ned in Beauty; and theirWood being 

 of little Value, has in a great mea- 

 fure brought them into Difrepute. 

 The Scotch Pine, which isgeneraj- 



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ly called the Scotch Fir, is the moft 

 profitable of all the Sorts, to culti- 

 vate in large Plantations ; and will 

 grow in almoit any Soil or Situa- 

 tion ; for in the moil barren Sand, 

 where little elfe but Fern and Pleath 

 would grow, I have feen Planta-* 

 tions of thefeTrees thrive much be- 

 yond Expectation ; and upon chalky 

 Hills, where there have been fcarce 

 three Inches of Earth, there are 

 many noble Plantations of this Sort. 

 I have alfo obferved, where they 

 have been planted in a ftrong Clay, 

 and alio in a moid peaty Soil, that 

 they have grown to Admiration ; 

 fo that there is no Part of E»gland x 

 in which thefe Trees mignt not be 

 propagated to confiderable Advan- 

 tage. 



But where thefe Trees are de- 

 fign'dto be planted in large Quan- 

 tities, it will be much the better 

 way to make a Nurfery on the Spot 

 where the Seeds fhould be fown, 

 and the Plants raifed until they 

 are three Years old, which is 

 a proper Age to plant them out 

 for good ; for the younger they are 

 planted, the better they will thrive, 

 provided they are kept clear from 

 Weeds : and if the Situation where 

 they are intended to Hand is much 

 expofed to Winds, the Plants fhould 

 be planted clofer together, that they 

 may be a Shelter to each other, and 

 draw themlelves upward : and as 

 the Trees advance, they may be 

 thinned by degrees ; and the Thin- 

 nings of thefe Plantations have, in 

 many Places, paid the Expence of 

 planting for ; thefe are very fervice- 

 able for Scaffolding, and many 

 other ufeful BufmeiTes. 



It is the Wood of thisTree which 

 is the red or yellow Deals, and is 

 more valuable than that of any 

 other Sort of Pine or Fir : this is a 

 Native of Denmark, Sweden, and 



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