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following Autumn (obferving con- 

 ftantly to keep them clear from 

 Weeds) ; at which time you fhould 

 prepare a Spot of good frefh Earth 

 (in Size proportionable to the Quan- 

 tity of Plants), which mould be well 

 trench'd and levell'd : then, toward 

 the Middle or Latter-end of October, 

 you mould carefully take up the 

 Plants, fo as not to injure their 

 Roots, and plant them out in Rows 

 three Feet afunder, and eighteen 

 Inches Diftance Plant from Plant ; 

 obferving never to fuffer the Plants 

 to abide long out of the Ground, 

 bccaufe their Roots would dry, and 

 endanger the Growth of the Plants. 



When they are planted, you 

 jhould lay a little Mulch upon the 

 Surface of the Ground, near their 

 Roots, to prevent the Earth from 

 drying too faft ; and if the Seafon 

 fhould prove very dry, you fhould 

 give them a little Water, to fettle the 

 Earth to their Roots. 



When the Plants have taken Root 

 .in this Nurfery, they will require 

 little more Care than to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, and dig the 

 Ground between the Rows every 

 Spring; in doing of which, you 

 mould cut off fuch Roots as extend 

 very far from the Trunk of the 

 Trees, which will render them bet- 

 ter for tranfplanting again : you 

 Ihould alfo prune off fuch Side- 

 bianches as extend themfelves very 

 far, and would retard the upright 

 Shoots : but you fhould by no means 

 cut off all the fmall lateral Branches, 

 fome of which are abfolutely ne- 

 ceffary to be left on, to detain the 

 Sap for the Augmentation of the 

 Trunk ; for I have often cbferv'd, 

 where Trees have been thus clofely 

 pruned, that their Heads have over- 

 grown their Bodies, fo that they 

 nave -bent downward, and become 

 crooked. 



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When thefe Trees have remain^ 

 in the Nurfery three or four Years, 

 they will then be large enough to 

 tranfplant to the Places where they 

 are to remain ; for it is not proper 

 to let them grow very large before 

 they are planted out ; becaufe thefe 

 are very hazardous Trees to remove 

 when old, or after they have taken 

 deep Root. 



The Seafon for this Work is (as 

 I faid before) in the Autumn ; at 

 which time, if they are carefully 

 taken up, there will be little Dan- 

 ger of their fucceeding. When they 

 are planted, the Surface of the 

 Ground fhould be mulch'd about 

 their Roots, to prevent its drying 

 too faft : and if the Seafon is very 

 dry, they mould be water'd, to fettle 

 the Earth to their Roots, which 

 may be repeated two or three times 

 in very dry Weather : but you muff 

 carefully avoid giving {hem too much 

 Water, which is very injurious to 

 thefe Trees, when newly remov'd. 



You Ihould alfo ftake them, to 

 prevent their being fhaken and dif- 

 turbed by the Winds, which would 

 retard their Rooting. In tranfplant- 

 ing of thefeTrees, you Ihould by no 

 means cut their Heads, which is too 

 much practifed : all that ihould be 

 •done, muft be only to cut off any 

 bruifed or ill-placed Branches, which 

 fhould be taken off clofe to the Place 

 where they are produced : but there 

 can be no greater Injury done to 

 thefe Trees., than to fhorten their 

 Shoots; for when the leading Bud 

 (which is abfolutely neceffary to draw 

 and attract the Nourilhment) is taken 

 off, the Branch often decays intirely, 

 or at leaft down to the next vigorous 

 Bud. 



The Trees, thus rais'd and ma- 

 nag'd, will (if planted in a proper 

 Soil) grow to a confiderable Magni- 

 tude, and are very proper for a Wii- 

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