84 TREATISE o 



Chapter XIII, 

 The Virginian TULIP T RE E. 



THIS tree is common in Virginia, and is to be found in 

 mod of the northern continent of America, from whence 

 the cones are annually brought in abundance to Britain.. 



Authors dirc(5l thefe feeds to be fown in pots, and placed 

 on a hot-bed ; and when the plants are a year old, each to be 

 planted in feparate fmall pots, and again plunged into another 

 hot-bed ; after which, they are ftill to be kept in pots, and un- 

 der frames in winter, for three or four years longer, till they 

 have acquired ftrength. This method I followed in my early 

 pradice, and no doubt it will both raife and preferve them aUve 

 for that time : But there is no occafion for treating this tree with 

 fo much delicacy, even in infancy : I fhall therefore diredl an 

 eafier and cheaper way of cultivating it, founded on experience, 

 which, in an ordinary foil, and flickered fituation, will make 

 much ftronger and hardier plants, and by that means fooner 

 prepare them for removal to the places where they are meant to 

 remain for good. 



The beginning of March, prepare a bed of good mellow rich 

 earth, well mixt with old rotted cow-dung, expofed to the fun, 

 and flickered from cold winds ; place an old frame over the 

 bed, and fow your feeds, fifting over them, about half an inch 



