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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap. III. t therefore to be weighed trunke exceeds a mans body: This ough Eye maydifcern it inthe good a and es, Copf of on plantati in the firft lefie ae the ee firft Shoot ; the difference proceeding doubtd be had of its goo a fhoul care great fore there the Seed, and of , as was formerly that it be gather’d from the beft fort of Trees and Eat ge of a difficult ye Dagpaverile Arborent Tranfplantare was fay'd Sate the raph, Parag this of leave take we e befor prife; Yet ble oe ef~ potli is what fhew q andt , Trees Tranfplanting of great try 5 Count Maurice (t n pa fe&ed inthis kind, with coft,and induf the Hollanders) planted a Grove neerhis - Governour of Brafil for red cae licious Paradife of Friburge; containing fix hund neereft bough: eighty years growth, and fifty foot high to the , and plante he wafted upon Floats, and Engines, four long miles firft year5 as very the ly dant abun bare they that ly, lucki o them that Prixces n of iptio Defer nt elega his in ed Gafper Barleus hath relat s alone5 Afonexpedition: Norhath this only fucceededin the Indie huge cy, fleur de Fiat (one of the Marfhals of France) hath with r home? ‘A donethe like at de Fiat: fhall1 yet bring you neere Chap. II. A Difcourfe of Foret-Trees. to be remov’d by an ordinary force ; you maythen raife it witha Crane or Pully hanging between a Triangle, which is made of three {trong and tall Livbs united atthe top, where a Pxlly is faftned , as the Cables areto be under the quarters which bear the earth about the Koots: For by this means you may weigh up, and place the whole weighty Clod upon a Trundle to be convey’d, and Replant- ed where you pleafe, being let down prependicularly into the place by the help of the forefaid Engine. And bythis addrefe you may Tran(plant Trees of a wonderfull fiature, without the leaft diforder; and manytimes without toppig, or diminution of the head, which is of great importance wherethisis practis'd to fupply a De- fed, or remove a Curiofity. tr. Some advife, thacin planting of Oaks, vc, four, or five, be fufler’d to ftand very neer to one another, and then to leave the molt profperexs , when they find the reft to difturb his growths; but { conceive it were better to plant them at fuch déftances, as they may Jeaft incommode one another: For Timber-trees 5 1 would Oxen could. great perfon in Devon, planted Oaks as big as twelve have noneneerer then forty foot where they {tand cloféf ; efpecially of the {preading kind. 12. Laftly, Trees of ordinary ftature Tran/planted (beingfirlt Majefties boufbold , affar'd me; who had himlelf likewife practis'd thors, or with fomething better, to protect them from the concuflionsof the Winds, and from the cafual rubbing, and poyfo- s3 as draw, to fupply fome defect in an Avenue to one of his houfe the Right Honourable the Lord Fits-Harding, late Treafurer ofhis the Removing of great oaks bya particular addrefs extreamly ingeious, and worthy the communication. 10. Chufe a Tree as big as your thigh, remove the earth from a- a compebout him; cut throughall the collateral Roots, till with fo as to e, onefid upon down ce him enfor tent ftrength you can come with your 4x at the Tap-root 5 cut that off, redrefs your Tree, and {o let it (tand cover’d about with the Mould you loofen’d from it, till the next year, or longer if you think good; then take it up ata fit feafon; it willlikely have drawn new tender Koots apt to take, and fufticient for the Tree, wherefoever you thall Tran{plant him: Pliny notes it as a commonthing, to re-eftablith huge Trees which have been blown down, part of their Roots torn up, and the bodyproftrate 5; and, in particular, of a Firr,that when it was to be Tranfplanted hada tap-reot which went no lefs than eight cubits perpendicular ; and to thefe I could fuperadd, butI proceed. To facilitate the Removal offuch monftrous Trees, for the Adorwment of ifome particular place, or the rarity ofthe Plant, there is this exped ent. Alittle before the hardeft Frof?s furprize you, makea {quare Trench about your Tree, at fuch diftance from the Stem as you judge fufficient for the Root; dig this of competent depth, fo as almoft well water'd) mutt be fufficiently ftaked, and Bafo'd about with nous brutting of Cattle and Sheep,the oylizeffé of whole Wooll is alfo very noxious to them 5 till being well grow, and fixed (which by /évex years will be to fome competent degree) they fhall be able to withftandall accidental z#vafions, but the Axe; for 1 am now cometo their Pruning and Cutting, in which work the Seafozs are of main importance. 13. Therefore, if you would propagate Trees for Téxeber,cut not off their heads at all, nor be too bufie with lopping: butif you defire Shade, and Fuel, or bearing of AZaft alone,lop off their tops, fear, andunthriving Braxches only; If you intend an outeright felling, expect till November s for this prevature cutting down of Trees before the Sap is perfe@tly at res will be to your exceeding prejudice, by reafonof the orm, which will certainly breed in the Timber whichisfelled before that period: But in cafe you cut only for the Chimney, you need notbe fo punctual as to the time; yet for the benefit of what you let ftand obferve the Afoons in- creafe. The Reafow of thefe differences,is; becaufe this is the beft reafonfor the growth of the Tree which you do xotfell, the other for the durableneffé of the Timber which you do: Nowthat which is to be burntis not fo materialfor /afting, as the growth of the Tree quite to undermine it 5 byplacing blocks, and quarters of wood, to is confiderable for the Tiber + But of thefe particulars moreat largein Cap. 30. moiftbefore. Thus let it ftand,till fome very hard Fret do bindit firmly to the Roots, and then conveyit to the pit prepard forits new{tation ; but in cafe the mould about it be fo pomderous as not and above ground being well grubb’d, is many times worth the pains and charge, for fundry rare, and ard works; and where Timber isdear. [could name fome who abandoning this to work- fuftain the Earth; thisdone, caftin as much Water as may fill the Trench, or at leaft fufficiently wet it, unlefs the ground were very to 14. The very fiumps of Oak, efpecially that part which is dry, wert |