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libres again; but/ if the weather should prove clear and dry, the 
plants should be shaded every day from the sun with mats, and now' 
and then gently refreshed with water. In drawing up the plants, 
there should be great care taken not to disturb the roots of those left 
in the seed beds; if the ground be hard, the beds should be well 
watered some time before the plants are thinned, to soften and loosen 
the earth ; and if, after the plants are drawn out, the beds are again 
gently watered to settle the earth to the roots of the remaining plants, 
it will be of great service to them ; but it must be done with great 
care, so as not to wash out their roots, or lay down the plants. 
In these beds the plants may remain till the spring twelve-months 
after, by which time they will be fit to transplant, where they are to 
continue. When the young trees are planted out for good, they need 
not be more than eight or ten feet distant from each other, always 
planting them closer in exposed situations than where they are more 
defended; after planting, they will require no other care than to keep 
them clean from weeds for three or four years, till the trees have oh- 
tained strength, when they will over-top the weeds and prevent their 
growth; but the ground between these trees should not be dug, for 
that has been found greatly to stop their growth. 
The Siberian larch is of slow growth in this country, for when the 
spring is mild, the trees will begin to shoot in February, or early in 
March, and if, as is often the case, a sharp frost succeed, these shoots 
are frequently killed, and the growth of the trees is stopped. 
This species is a very proper tree for cold, moist, peat land, where 
it will thrive, and in such situations few other trees will grow. 
The American larch thrives pretty well upon moist land, but on 
dry ground will make but little progress. A few of these trees, by 
way of variety, may be allowed to have place in every collection of 
trees designed for pleasure; but for profit, the common larch is to 
be preferred to any other species.” 
Thus much for extracting, at this time, we have only to add, that 
if the plates and references to them be made out clearer, and a little 
attention be paid as to the matter, nothing being found meagre, we 
have no doubt but this edition will answer. 
