F O R E S T - T R E E S. 



In open winters no extraordinary protedion is neceffary j but after 

 violent and long continued florins, I have ^ifcovered many of the 

 ftones fplit afunder,andthe kernels thus deprived of their covering, 

 generally decay, particularly if the frofls happen early in winter. 

 About the beginning of April, the plants will begin to ap- 

 pear above ground, when, in dry weather, frequently watering 

 them in the evenings for about two months, will much increafb 

 their growth. 



The following February, remove thefe plants from their feed- 

 bed to the nurfery, in any tolerable foil not wet or flilf ; and 

 having reduced the top-roots, plant them in lines, two feet 

 diflant, and nine or ten inches afunder in the line ; give them 

 two or three waterings in April and May, in dry weather ; dig 

 the ground between the lines in autumn and fpring, and let 

 them remain two feafons. 



From this remove them to another nurfery in Odlober, fcill 

 reducing the top-roots, fmoothing the extremities of the fpread- 

 ing ones, and cutting off fuch as crofs each other, with a few of 

 the undermofl branches, or any others that are ill-placed ; plant 

 them in Hnes, four feet diftant, and eighteen inches afunder in 

 the line ; dig the ground as formerly, and let them ftand here 

 only two years longer, if intended foon to bear fruit ; but, as fo- 

 refl-trees, without that confideration, they may remain three years,. 



These trees will now be from eight to ten feet high, and of 

 a proper fize for planting in woods and wildernefs work ; but for 

 groves, avenues, or clumps in lawns or parks, for which pur- 

 pofes few trees are more proper, they may again be removed, two 

 or three repeated times, planting diem at greater diflanccs pre- 



