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as their several kinds require : but if you draw them only for the thinning cHAP, 

 of your Seminary, prick them into some empty beds (or a plantarium "^^"^ 

 purposely designed) at one foot interval, leaving the rest at two or 

 three. 



reception, they must undergo a second removal in the nursery way, otherwise they will 

 mostly die when planted out ; for it is difficult to make this tree thrive when grown large, 

 if it has not been used to constant moving. 



WEYMOUTH PINE.— 



We3'mouth Pines being the most beautiful and most valuable of all the different sorts, 

 every Gentleman should plant some of them ; it is from these trees that our ships are 

 furnished with masts ; the trees now produce good seeds here, therefore may be procured 

 in greater plenty than they used to be. If these seeds are not sown in boxes or pots, 

 which is by much the best way, they must be covered with mats in the heat of the day, 

 during the violent heat of the summer, and uncovered every night ; but if sown in pots or 

 boxes, they will be more easily moved into the shade in summer, and brought back to a 

 warmer situation in winter. April is the season for sowing these and other Pines. After 

 the plants are come up, sift some earth amongst them, if they appear weak, or are beaten 

 down after heavy rains ; and before winter, sift some ashes over them : then in spring plant 

 them out into beds six feet wide, at eight inches asunder each way : there let them remain 

 two years, being constantly weeded, and the earth frequently stirred up with a small hoe, 

 and before winter spread some ashes among them. The second spring they must.be 

 planted out into rows, eighteen inches asunder, and each row at three feet distance, where 

 they may stand two or three years ; and if they are not then intended to be planted out 

 where they are to remain, they must be taken up, and planted again at two feet distance 

 from each other, and the rows three feet asunder. This tree will bear planting out when 

 six or eight feet high ; though not so many will live as when planted at a lower standard. 



SWAMP PINE. 



Its propagation is the same as the Weymouth Pine ; and the planting out, and after- 

 management of the trees, is also similar. 



— STONE PINE. 



The Stone Pine produces large eatable seeds, and from their size they can easily be 

 planted at what distance you please. In spring make some drills an inch deep, and at six 

 inches asunder; in these plant the seeds about four inches from each other, and cover 

 them with the earth near an inch thick. In dry weather the plants should be gently wa- 

 tered, and kept clean from weeds until the following spring, when they should be planted 

 out in rows, two feet asunder, and one foot in the rows, where they must continue two 

 years ; after that they must be removed to where they are to remain, for they will not 

 bear transplanting large, 



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