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more tliaii made up by their progress after they are 

 transported to the moors. It ought to be considered 

 as a rule, therefore, having few or no exceptions, 

 that ground in which we intend to transplant from 

 the seed-bed ought not to receive dung, or manure 

 of any kind. 



Perhaps the best sort of manure for seedlings is 

 wood-ashes, kept free from any foreign admixture ; 

 and next to them coal-ashes, in a similar state. 

 They may be laid on, either before the ground is 

 ridged in autumn, or previous to its being dug 

 for the seed in spring. When excitement, rather 

 than additional strength, is required, a little lime 

 may be used with advantage; but this manure 

 should not be repeated oftener than once in seven 

 years. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



On this subject, a very few remarks will suffice. 

 In agriculture, as well as in the kitchen garden, it 

 is found necessary to vary the crops, so that the 

 same one may not be many successive years in the 

 same ground ; but, in the nursery, it is generally 

 eligible to follow the reverse of this plan. Nur- 



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