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arc plants of free growth, they fliould remain no more than one 

 )'ear, when they ought to be upwards of a foot high. 



Th EiiEFOR E, the fucceeding fprifig, plant them in the com- 

 mon mirlery, in Hnes three feet afiuider and eighteen inches in 

 the hne ; water them at planting, and repeat it once every week, 

 the weather being dry, till they have ftruck root and begin to 

 grow freely, when they w^ill require no further trouble than 

 keeping them clean, and pointing over the ground between the 

 lines in autumn and fpring. 



Having flood in this nurfery two years, they may be remo- 

 -ved to the places where they are deiigned to remain, which may 

 be fully more proper at this age than when older. Thefe trees lofe 

 their greatefl beauty when much pruned ; but their tops being 

 very heavy, and branches flexible, the winds take much impref- 

 fion on them, in fo much that I have known quantities blown 

 entirely out of the ground that were moved about fix feet high 

 two years before : It is therefore better to give them a firm 

 eftablifliment in the earth while the plants are young, and vs^hen 

 there will not be the fame neceffity of taking away fo many of 

 their boughs as they would otherways require. 



The method mentioned is the eafieft and quickefl way to 

 raife large quantities of thefe plants ; but as it is no uncommon 

 thing for a hard winter to deflroy whole beds of them, at one, 

 and even two years old, it becomes neceffary in fome meafure to 

 provide againft fuch misfortunes, by fowing part of your feeds 

 iu pots.. 



