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Therefore, for this, or fimilar pnrpofes, let fuch a quantity of 

 thefe trees as may probably be wanted, be removed to another 

 nurfery, and planted at the diflance of eight feet by fix, (till be- 

 ing fparing of the roots, which do not, like many other Forefl- 

 trees, admit of being much reduced or wounded ; particularly, 

 when large, let them be plentifully watered at removal, dig the 

 ground about them as formerly mentioned, and here let them 

 remain three years. 



Th ese trees will now be from ten to twelve feet high, and of a 

 very proper fize to remove for ornament, fhade, and ihelter, where 

 meant to remain for good, which may be accompliflied without 

 any great labour or expence. The plants, thus far advanced, 

 fliould be removed earlier in the fpring than has been diredled 

 for the youger ones, which, in ordinary temperate feafons, may 

 be beft performed about the end of February, or early in March. 

 At this time raife them carefully, without injuring any of the 

 principal roots, and only fmooth the extremities of the fmall ones 

 Vv^ith a fliarp knife, letting as much of the earth as poffible ad- 

 here to them ; pour in a large watering pot-ful of water into 

 the pit before the tree is placed in it, another after the roots are ' 

 half covered, and a third after all the earth is properly gathered 

 about it. If the feafon is moift, thefe plants will require no far- 

 ther trouble ; but in cafe of long-continued hot and dry weather, 

 they ought to be watered once a fortnight in thin dry foil, or 

 every third week where it is deep and found, and this repeated 

 two, three, or four times, more or lefs as the weather requires 

 it ; but, in giving them water, do not pour it clofe on the 

 trunk of the tree, but make a drill round it with the hoe, about 

 a foot from it, into vv^hich pour the water gently, and draw the 

 earth again over it when the water has foked in. 



