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Show A. Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap. II. planedlef than five fingers in diametre; But 1 have fhew d why wearenot toattend fo Jongfor fuch as we taife of Seedlings : In the interim, if thefe directions appear too bufie, or operofe, or that the Plantation you intend be very ample, a more compendious Atethod will be the confuled fowing of Acorns, ec. in Furrows, two foot afander, covered at three fingersdepth, and fo for three years cleanfed, and thefirft Winter cover'd with fearn, without any farther culture, unlefs you Tram/plant them 5 but, as I fhewed before, in Nurferies they would be cut an inch from the Ground, and then let ftand til] Aszarch the fecond year, when it fhall be {ufficient to disbranchthem toone onlyfhoot, whether you fuffer them to land, or remove themelfewhere, But to make an E/fay what Seedis moft agreeable to the Soil, you mayby the thriving of a promifcuous Semination make a judgement of, What each Soil bears, and what it does refufe. Quid quequeferat regio, & quid quequerecn[ete Tranfplanting thofe which you find leaft agreeing with the place’; orelle, by Copfing the flarvlings in the places where they are new fown, caufe them fometimes to overtake even their untouch’d con. temporaries. ie SEIUGIIUENT f sRREwc a] 7. Buthere fome may-inquiré what diftances 1 would generally aflign to Tranplanted Trees? To this fomewhat is faid in the enfuing Periods, and as occafion offers; though the promifcuousrifing of them in Foreft-Work, wild, and natural is to us I acknowledge morepleafing, than all the ftudied accuracy in ranging of thems unlefsit be, where they condué and lead us to Avenues, and are planted for V#ftxs (asthe Italians term is) in which cafe, the proportion of the Bréadth and Length of the Walks, &c, fhould govern, as well asthe Nature of the Tree, with this only note; That fuch Trees as are rather apt to fpread, than mount,’ as the Oak, BeechWall-nutt,&c. be difpos'd at wider intervals, thantheother, and fuch as growbeft in Confort, asthe Elz, Afh, Lime-tree, Sycomore, Firr, Pine, &c. Regard islikewife to be had to the quality of the Soil, for thiswork: V, G. If Trees that affe& cold and moift grounds, be plantedin hot and dryplaces, then fet them at clofer Order5 but Trees which love fcorching and dry Grounds atfarther diftance ;’ The like rule mayalfo guide in fituations expos’d to impetuous Winds and other accidents which may ferve for general Rules in this piece of Taies, 8. Toleave nothing omitted which maycontribute to the ftability of our Traw/planted Trees, fomething isto be premis’d concerning their ffakiv#g, and fecuring from external injuries, efpecially from Winds and Cattel, again{t both which,fuch as are planted in Copfes, and for ample Woods, are fufficiently defended by the Juounds and their clofer order ; efpecially, iftheyrife of Seed’: But wherethey are exposd in fixgle rows, as in Walks and Avenues 5 the moft effectual courfe is to empale them with three good quarter ftakes of competent length fet in triangle and made faft to one 2notherby {hort pieces above and beneathsin whicha few Brambles being Chap. III. A Difcourfe of ¥FhetTies: being ftuck, fecure it abundantly without that chokingorfretting; to which Trees are obnoxiousthat are only fingle Staked and Bufhed as the vulgar manneris; Noris the charge ofthis fo confiderable, as the great advantage, accounting for the frequent reparations which the other willrequire. Whére Cattel do not come, I find a goodpicce of Kope, tyedfaft about the neck of Trees upon a wilp offiraw to preferveit from galing,and the other end tightly ftrein'd to ahook or peg inthe ground (as the Shrends in Ships are faftned tothe Mafts) fufficiently ftablifhes my Trees againft the Weftern blafts without more trouble 5 forthe Wizds of other quarters {eldom infeft us. But thefe Cords had need be well pitch’t to preferve them from wett, and fo theywill Jaft many Years: I cannot in the mean time conceal what a noble Perfon has affur’d me, that in his goodly Plaztations of Trees in Scotland, where they are continually expos'd to much greater, and more impetuous Winds than we are ufually acquainted with 3 he never /takes any of his Trees; but upon all difafters of thiskind, caufes only his Servants to redrefs, and fet them up again as oft as they happen to be oyverthrown 3 which he has affirm’d to me, thrives better with them, than with thofe which he has flaked 5 and thatat laft they ftrike rootfo faft, as nothing but the Axe is able to proftrate them; and there is good -reafon for it in my opinion , whilft thefe concuffions of the Roots, loofhing the would,not only make room for their more eafie infinuations, but likewife opens, and preparesit to receive, and impart the better nourifhment: Itis in another place I fuggeft that Tranfplanted Pizes and Firrs, for want of their penetrating Tap roots, are hardly confiftent againft thefe Gufts after they are grown high; efpecially where they are fet clofe,-and in Tufts , whichbetraies them to the greater difadvantage; And therefore iuch Trees do'beft in Walks, and at competent diftances, where they eicape tolerably well: Such therefore as we defign for Woods of them, fhould befow'd, and never remov’d 5 but ofthis hereafter; 1 nowproceedto particulars. 13 |
