Maple. 



404. There are several of the Maplkp, the seed of which 

 do not come up the first year; and they will not come up 

 the first year, do what you will to them. The safe way, 

 therefore, is, as some do, and some do not, come up the first 

 year, always to sow in the month of November, in the 

 manner above directed. If they come up the first year, it 

 is well ; if they do not, they will be apt to come up very 

 early the second year; and if a sharp frost come just after 

 their coming up, it will assuredly cut them off; so that you 

 must watch them well throughout the months of February 

 and March, and if you see frosts approaching, you must 

 cover the beds to protect the plants. 



405. When the plants are up, they must be weeded with 

 the greatest possible care ; and kept well weeded, and the 

 earth stirred amongst them a little, during the whole sum- 

 mer. In the month of October, they will, if they have 

 been well taken care of, be more than a foot high ; and, 

 then, they are to go into a nursery in the same manner as 

 directed for the Ash. They have very good and bushy roots ; 

 they move extremely well, and grow very fast. They 

 should be sorted in the manner directed for the Ash ; in 

 order that the plants of the same height and size may 

 stand together; and may be ready to be taken out to go 

 into avenues or plantations, w^ithout any more sorting. The 

 small ones may stand in the nursery a couple of years ; but 

 the large ones should stand there but one year; for the 

 younger they are when they go out, the greater their pro- 

 gress, the straighter their form, the larger and loftier they 

 become, and the more durable their lives. 



406. If put into plantations, the distances ought to be 

 rows four feet apart, plants four feet apart in the row, those 

 of one row to stand opposite the middle of the intervals in 



