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futare defigns, they may again be tranfplantcd to anotlicr quar- 

 ter, and placed in rows five feet afunder and three feet in the 

 row, to continue three years longer; and they will afterwards fuc- 

 ceed equally well as the youngeft plant, by fcafonably repeated 

 waterings. 



The above culture I recommend as beft for private perfons, 

 who have them to remove only from their nurfery to the adjoin- 

 ing fields ; but for nurferymen, who often fend them to a great 

 diftance, I would advife a parcel of them' to be put in pots nine 

 inches diameter, at three years old, where, after keeping them 

 three years longer, they may be ihaken out of thefe pots with 

 their whole bulks of earth entire, and, being wrapt in a piece of 

 -mat, may with fafety be tranfported to the remoteft corners of 

 the ifland, and will keep feveral manths out of the ground with- 

 ,out fuffering any injury. 



When the plants begin to grow freely, the leading ihoot al- 

 ways inclines to one fide : To remedy this, you muft thruft in a 

 flake by the fide of each plant, and tye the leader clofe to it, till 

 you have got them to a coniiderable height, otherways their 

 branches, which naturally expand a great way, will prevent their 

 growing tall. 



To whatever height you intend clearing the trunks of thofe 

 Cedars, (which ought never to be great, as much of their beauty 

 confifts in being cloathed with their noble verdant boughs to 

 near the furface), let the branches be cut off v/hen young and 

 tender, as no tree I know refents lopping their old wood 10 

 much. Mr Miller, in the Gardener's Didionary, mentions tvv'o 



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