F 0 R E S T - T R E E S. 



Chapter III, 



P L A T A N u s ; or, The P L A N E TREE. 



1. The true Oriental Plane. 



2. The Maple-leav'd or Spanish Plane. 



3. The- Weftern or Virginian Plane. 



"^HE firft fort is ufually increafed from layers, though, where 



make the finefl trees. 



If they are propagated from layers, let them be laid down 

 the beginning of March, and in a year's time they will be fufn- 

 ciently rooted. 



If from feeds, fow them in the autumn as foon as the feeds 

 are thoroughly dry, in a moift rich foil, and lliady fituation. In 

 the winter, fcreen the beds with peafe-ftraw, rotten tanners bark, 

 two or three inches deep, or fome other light covering that can 

 eafily be removed in mild weather, to prevent .the ground, for 

 want of air, from contra(5ling a muftinefs, which might deftroy 

 the feeds. In the fpring following, before the feeds vegetate, 

 rake the beds gently over with a fliort-teeth'd rake, fifting a 

 little frefli rich mould on them, in proportion to what has been 

 raked off; and, in dry weather, during the fummer months, let 



The Species are : 



the feeds can be procured, the plants raifed from them 



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