The Lime. 



seeds, some of them will come iij), but, perhaps, not one out 

 of fifty. 1 have several beds of Amp;rican Ltmes which I 

 sowed last INIarcli (it is now the 2d of March, 18*28) : not a 

 seed came up ; but I have examined the beds, and believe 

 all the seeds to be sound. 



319. When the plants come up, they will appear, as they 

 are, very tender, and the beds must be scrupulously kept 

 clear of weeds. It is a very bushy-rooted plant, takes root 

 with the greatest facility, and should be moved into a nur- 

 sery at the fall of the year, in the same manner as directed for 

 the Ash, in paragraphs 120, 121, and 122. In this nursery 

 the plants may stand a year or two, having been assorted, 

 as mentioned in the case of the Ash ; and, as Miller justly 

 observes, if you mean to have a fine, a straight-trunked, a 

 lofty, and a long-lived tree, you must not only raise from 

 the seed, but also plant the tree out where it is finally to 

 stand while it is yoiuig, certainly not more than three or 

 four years old. If you plant in parks, or in any place where 

 cattle go, you must fence round the trees efiectually ; for, 

 if once cropped, the trees will never be beautiful ; and if 

 only the side shoots be cropped, the cropping will disfi- 

 gure the tree, and prevent it from thriving. 



320. If you wish your tree to branch out from the bottom, 

 as people generally do, when the trees are planted three or 

 four in a clump, or as independent trees, you must, of 

 course, refrain from cutting off" the principal side shoots; 

 but if you wish it to have a clear stem to any considerable 

 length, you must prune in the manner directed for the 

 Beech. When Limes are cut down, they send out great 

 numbers of young shoots from the sides of the old stem ; 

 but these never arrive at anything more than the forming 

 of a sort of bush j and the stem, with all its branching 



