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Thefe Trees are propagated by 

 Seeds, which fiiould be fown in the 

 Beginning of March, upon a Bed of 

 light Soil, expofed only to the morn- 

 ing Sun : or otherwife it may be 

 fown in Pots or Boxes of light Earth, 

 and placed near an Hedge, where 

 they may have the morning Sun 

 only. The Seed fhowld be covered 

 about half an Inch thick with fine 

 light Earth, and in very dry 

 Weather fiiould be gently refreftYd 

 with Water. In about fix Weeks, 

 if your Seeds were good, the Plants 

 will come up, at which time you 

 fiiould carefully guard them againlt 

 the rapacious Birds, which would 

 otherwife pull off the Heads of the 

 Plants, as they thruft themfelves out 

 of the Ground with their Covers on 

 them ; and obferve to refrefli them 

 with Water in dry Weather, efpe- 

 cially if they are fown in Pots or 

 Boxe?, as alfo to keep them con- 

 ltantly clear from Weeds, which, if 

 luffer'd to grow among the young 

 Plants, will loon dellroy them : nor 

 fhould they be too much expos'd to 

 the Sun, or ftrong Winds ; both 

 which are very injurious to thefe 

 Plants while they are young : but in 

 October you fhould (if they are in 

 Boxes or Pots) remove them into a 

 Situation where they may be defend- 

 ed from fharp Wind?, which are 

 fometimes hurtful to them while 

 young ; but afterwards they will 

 endure the fevereft Weather of our 

 Climate. 



The Latter- end of Oelcber, or the 

 Beginning of November following, 

 you mould remove thefe Plants into 

 Beds of frefh light Earth, at about 

 ten Inches Diftance each Way ; ob- 

 serving to water them, if the Seafon 

 mould prove dry, as alfo to lay a 

 little Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground, to prevent the Sun and 

 ^Vinds from drying their Roots : in 



thefe Beds they may remiin two 

 Years, during which time you fiiould. 

 carefully keep them clear from 

 Weeds ; as alfo obferve, if any of 

 them incline their Heads downward, 

 to thrult a fmall Stake into the 

 Ground by fuch of them, and fallen 

 their Heads upright thereto ; for if 

 they are fuffer'd to grow on one 

 fide while young, they are rarely to 

 be reduced to an upright Figure 

 again. 



When the Plants have -remainM in 

 thefe Beds two Years, they will he 

 fit to tranfplant into the Nurfery ; 

 in order to which, you fhould make 

 choice of a Piece of frefh light Earth, 

 not over- dry, nor too wet: this 

 Ground fhould be well dug, and 

 cleans'd frOm Weeds, and Roots of 

 Plants or Trees; and after having 

 laid it level, you fiiould mark out 

 the Rows at three Feet Diftance; 

 then you fhould take up the Plants 

 carefully, preferving a good Ball of 

 Earth to their Roots, and plant them 

 in the Lines at eighteen Indies afun- 

 der, obferving to mulch their Root?, 

 and alfo to water them, to preferve 

 their Roots from drying. The beft 

 Seafon for this Work is toward the 

 Middle or Latter-end of Qttober, ac- 

 cording as the Seafon proves ; for 

 as foon as they begin to call their 

 Leaves, they may be removed with 

 great Safety. During the time they 

 remain in this Nurfery, they mult 

 conftantly be kept clean from Weeds 5 

 and the Ground between them mould 

 be dug every Spring, that it may 

 be loofe for the Fibres of their Roots 

 to flrike into; and the Weeds will 

 be hereby more effectually deftroy'd 

 than by any other Method : and 

 the Roots of the Plants, being annu- 

 ally cut round, will caufe them to 

 pufii out a greater Number of Fibres, 

 whereby they will be much fafer to 

 remove, than they would be, if per- 

 mitted 



