The PraSlice Part II, 



ydtir Wo5ds, without a previous fetting of it in the Nur- 

 fery, the Oak being in its own Nature very difficult to take 

 ^g2tin, by reafonof its Tap-Root 5- yet, iF you have one m 

 the Nurfery that you would replant, you muft be fure not 

 to cut off the Tap-Root of it, becaufe the Oak never thrives 

 fo well afterwards, and puts out nothing but weak and 

 inifliapen Branches. 



The mofl: proper Seafon for fowing the Seed and Fru't I 

 am fpeaking of, is the latter End of February^ or the Be*r 

 ginning of March. This Time of the Year is more favoura-s- 

 bie to the Seed than the Beginning of the Winter, when 'tis 

 expofed to divers Accidents, as to rot and grow mouldy with . 

 the too great Moifture of the Seafon, to be frozen by the 

 ' hard Frofts that pierce very deep into the Ground, or to be 

 eaten by the Birds and Mice that dig it up again. Thefe 

 are fufficient Reafons why you ihould fow your Seed rather 

 at the Beginning of the Spring, than at the End of Avitumn ; . 

 and, I think, nothing can be objefted againft following this 

 Method, but the Difficulty of keeping it in the Winter, which 

 -1 am going to explain immediately. 



'When you intend to fow, you Ihould do it in mild 

 Weather, not windy, but fuch as promifes Rain in- a little 

 time, that the Ground may be fettled which has received the 

 Seed, and that the Water may facilitate its Shooting up the 

 fooner. You never need to ftay for the Full or Decreafe of 

 the Moon for Sowing i this, however it has obtained, being 

 no more than a meer Notion, and an old Woman's Tale,- 

 Experience has Ihown us, 'tis nothing but an idle Conceit, 

 and fuch as ought to be entirely rejected. 



As to the Manner of keeping your Seed in the Winter^' 

 you fliould choofe a dry Place for it, as a Granary, or the 

 like, where you Ihould fpread it abroad, and take Care to 

 look upon it from Time to Time, and to ftir it as you do 

 Corn. Seed will not endure to be put into Sacks, or Binns,. 

 for ir will either grow mouldy, or be fo over-heated, as to, 

 be good for nothing for the Purpofe of fowing. . 



Fruits, as the Acorn, Chefnut, CT'c*. are kept inquire 

 another Manner. Take feveral large Baskets, at the Bottom 

 -of which lay a little Sand^ and then put in a Lay of Fruity 



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