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beautiful e this Sort is not fo nardy 

 »b the others j therefore requires to 

 have a warm Situation, and mould 

 be defended from fevere Froih while 

 the Plants are young. 



There are fome other Species of 

 thefe Trees, which are Natives of 

 America ; but thofe here mentioned 

 are what I have met with in the E ng- 

 lijh Gardens ; nor can I learn how the 

 other Sorts differ from thefe, altho' 

 fome of the Inhabitants diltinguiih 

 them by Names of their own adopt- 

 ing : there are aifo fome Sorts which 

 grow in RuJJia and Siberia, which 

 are different from thofe here enume- 

 rated : but the few Plants which 

 have been raifed in England, from 

 the Seeds which have been procured 

 from thence, make fo little Progrefs 

 here, as to give no Hopes of their 

 growing to any Size in this Country; 

 fo I have omitted their Names in this 

 Lift. 



All the Sorts of Pines are propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which are produced 

 in hard woody Cones : the way to 

 get out their Seeds is, to lay the 

 Cones before a Fire, which will 

 caufe the Cells to open ; and then 

 the Seeds may be eaiily taken out : 

 if the Cones are kept intire, the Seeds 

 will remain good fome Years ; fo 

 that the fureft way to preferve them 

 is, to let them remain in the Cones 

 until the time for fowing the Seeds : 

 but if the Cones are kept in a warm 

 Place in Summer, they will open, 

 and emit the Seeds ; but if they are 

 riot expofed to much Heat, they will 

 remain intire fome Years ; and the 

 Seeds which have been taken out of 

 Cones of feven Years old, have grown 

 very well; fo that thefe may be 

 tranfported from any Diftance, pro- 

 vided the Cones are well ripened, 

 and properly put up. 



The ben time for fowing the Seeds 

 ©f Pines is, about the Middle of 



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March ; and when the Seeds are 

 fown, the Place fhould be covered 

 with Nets, to keep off Birds ; other- 

 wife, when the Plants begin to ap- 

 pear with the Hufk of the Seed on 

 their Tops, the Birds will pkk off 

 the Heads of the Plants, and deftroy 

 them. What is before mentioned 

 of tranfplanting the young Plants 

 about MiJfummcr, I beg leave to re- 

 peat again here, becaule I have feen 

 this pra&ifed with great Succefs : 

 and it frequently happens, that the 

 Plants which remain in the Place 

 where they were fown, die away in 

 Patches : nor do the Plants which 

 remain grow near fo ftrong as thofe 

 which are pricked out young : but 

 when this is done, the Plants muft 

 be water'd and {haded until they have 

 taken frefh Root ; after which time 

 the only Culture they require is, to 

 keep them clean from Weeds. In 

 thefe Beds the Plants may remain 

 till the next Spring twelve Months 

 sfter : by which time the Plants 

 will be fit to tranfplant where they 

 are to remain for good ; for the 

 younger the Plants are, when plant* 

 ed out, the better they will fucceed; 

 for altho' fome Sorts will bear tranf- 

 planting at a much greater Age, yet 

 young Plants planted at the fame 

 time will in a few Years overtake 

 the large Plants, and foon outftrip 

 them in their Growth: and there is 

 an Advantage in planting young, by 

 faving the Expence of Staking, and 

 much Watering, which large Plants 

 require. I have feveral times feen 

 Plantations of feveral Sorts of Pines, 

 which were made of Plants fix or 

 feven Feet high ; and at the fame 

 time others of one Foot high planted 

 between them ; which in ten Years 

 were better Trees than the old ones, 

 and much more vigorous in their 

 Growth : but if the Ground where? 

 they are deiign'd to remain, cannot 



