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thinned out, so as to admit the full influence of the 

 light and air. 



If the planter, however, have access to none of 

 these smaller collections, his only recourse will he to 

 form a nursery out of some ordinary plantation. 

 The hest plantation for this purpose will be one of 

 which the mould is friable, and the subsoil dry, these 

 qualifications being necessary for the proper develop- 

 ment of the roots. It is farther necessary, that the 

 trees should have been timously and judiciously 

 thinned. A spot of this kind being pitched upon, 

 all such firs as may have served the purpose of 

 nurses, and are not yet removed, are to be cleared 

 away, and all the hard- wood trees that are weak or 

 unsightly grubbed up by the roots. 



These preliminaries being finished, the ground is 

 next to be trenched eighteen inches deep, leaving, 

 however, about the trees which will be first ready for 

 removal, about five feet broad untouched with the 

 spade ; and two or three roots to each should be left 

 uncut on the stormy side. Three feet in diameter 

 of solid ground, will be enough to leave round the 

 others, two or three of their roots also being left en- 

 tire as above. During the execution of the work, 

 some tolerable mould, to the depth of a foot near 

 the stem, and not less than six inches at the ex- 



