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Thruft off a little of the earth with the head of the rake, as is 

 pradtifed in fowing onions, and other fmall kitchen crops ; then 

 fow the feeds moderately thin, (thick fowing being an almoft 

 univerfal thovigh capital error in this and moft kinds of tree- 

 feeds) ; clap the feeds with the back of the fpade gently into the 

 ground, which will give a fmooth level furface, and make it ca- 

 ly to cover them of an equal thicknefs ; then draw on the earth 

 that has been thruft back, and throw a little more from the 

 alleys, till they are covered half an inch thick, but not more, 

 deep covering, being alfo another general error. 



By the beginning of April, the feeds will appear above ground'; 

 after which time, when the weather is dry, and not froily, they 

 ought to be refrefhed with frequeat but very gentle waterings, 

 either in the evenings, or eiiriy in the mornings, and carefully 

 kept clear of weeds, which otherways would deftroy many plants, 

 and much impede the growth of the remainder, . 



If the feeds have been fown in a good well^prepared foil, and 

 the feafon has been favourable, they ought ail to be raifed the 

 following fpring ; but if the ground is poor, and of courfe the 

 plants fmall, they may ftand another year; in which event, it 

 will be proper to draw the largeft from amongft them, which 

 otherways, the fucceeding fummer, would prevent the fmall ones 

 from having air and moifture, and confequently rob the greateft 

 part of their proper nourifhment-. 



The feparation of the larger from the fmaller plants, in all- 

 kinds of nurfery, though not generally attended to, is of great 

 confequence, both in point of ufe and beauty, as, from this prac- 



