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.and therefore they may with fnfetj be fown a fortnight earher, 

 that is, about the beginning of March. Thus fowing them as 

 early as the feafon will permit, is the only certain method of 

 procuring ftrong plants. The ground then being prepared in a 

 lhady well-flieltered htuation, fow the feeds in fliallow drills 

 made with your hands, a foot afunder, and moderately thin in the 

 drill. This indeed will employ much more ground than fowing 

 them in beds, but the far better quality of the plants ought to 

 outweigh that confideration ; for, as moft of the Pines come up 

 with heavy tops and ilender bodies, they are equally fubjed; to 

 be dafhed to pieces by the winter's winds and rains, as fpewed 

 out of the ground by the frofts ; but by this method of fowing, 

 the earth can be dravvai up to the plants with a fmall hoe from 

 time to time, fo as to fecure them from all the feverities of an 

 ordinary feafon. 



When the buds begin to flvell, next fpring, raife the plants, 

 cutting away a little from the extremity of their downright roots, 

 and obferve immediately to immerfe them in water and earth 

 fome hours, as diredled for the Scots Pine ; then plant them in 

 a flieltered fliady border in drills cut out with the fpade, at 

 eighteen inches afunder, and feven or eight inches in the drill ; 

 water them at planting, and continue to do fo moderately as tlic 

 weather requires, till you fee them in a free growing ftate ; let 

 them remain here two years, taking care to keep the ground 

 clean and mellow in the furface, and pointing it over between 

 the lines in autumn and fpring. 



Th f four lafl; mentioned kinds are fomewhat tenderer for two 

 or three years, but will afterwards bear the greateft feverity of 



