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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. chap.lV, Chap Chap. IV. Trees is veryfacile and expediti ous ( befide are to be fourd in the Hedgerro ws, and Woods, of all plantabl fizes) I rather advife e a leae ae ae laces, Of the Elm. | ] five forts, a and eae fromthe fiveforts, : fe’ our, or ees Elm," Thereare hehe Elm, oe oi i of the Soi and Air divers anves w7z. “ us 5 the vulgar, eal Said vorthy7 our cu lrure, m f worthy re moft i are kinds > See 3 Sgten deine the be to whichistaken £ wae cd a f * Yelle jogged and {maller ws an glabro > ie i a Je; e \eaves e more nse are thicker, Ela, whole a ce {mooth, delighting in the lower an dele : ule Pee a on mi an a. to rife fometimes will cee oO ed in ving ; growth, : j 3 Jefle2 thathan an Ages = thy aud a: proaigints fe the of a Counteffe yet living ‘* : ee notwitheS: por ig proportionables and o of an height oh ot in compass,Sand avai a a oe progeny which grows my "ss vee mt on whereof are.at leaft a foot in nee ee a have hindereee oe anted, muft needs feafonably tran/p lanted, a ing es being ‘ peaele and indulgent ee2 I nt oe g are Viviradices & Traduces produc’t o ome t coataigte i Suckers is’ d aneane . For thoughboth thefe forts are rais Se ( thes: j latter comes; well from on i vet this spi defcribe)yet ve tt{hall (as; ON poopave therefore I fuppofe it to be the ae ae ee fi ys Elan they acknowledge to be rais’d of e : See ing the beginning of Afarch ee bout pe F > following Month req h Pa ) willill p produce thems Bip as2 we feeey! « i tillthe { da i Le pads of the Thuylleries , and that of Renee Ks rs ‘ y Pee and pone e 2 whe re they ufually fow themfelves vats es a ails ead & dothey in many places of our Countrey, t sough Peo bea scace: f, A Difcourfe of Forelt-Trees, as that itis efteemed a fable, by the lefle turn»bfervant and ignorant vulgar feafonbybytur tryed in feafov, ee 53 letitbe mye en obfer * me fine earth, often refrefhed underfo ie 3 »ply Be a ae ife them of their Seeds ( being well dryaieda or be fo pSuwiakied in Beds prepar'd of good earths 53 mould thinlyover gener inlyover them,and watering f ant -(t iefti tie hes need ae Being Sea an inch above ground eRe rs Waelae the {craping of Ezrds arid Poultry) fcitng ofna gE pee fecondfiefting of more fine feedlings by the tender comfortgran P > ifh them; thus keep them clez ed fone ture to : tot or ee Satset ‘ oe yif fitting {tature to reegs remove, you may two years os firft aS J thin, and Tran|p Tran{plant them inthe fame mz i | ee aDOVe O cutting bss only»they ot need aboveone ing 5 ed for young Oaks; they fhalln ee our Forefter to furnith himfelf from thofé 5 3. The suckers which | fpeak from the Roots, whence, bein of are produced in abundance g dextroufly feparated, afte Earth has been well locined, r and planted about the end of the ber, theywill grow very well Ofo: Nay, the fivbs onely, whi ch are left inthe ground aftera felling Roets extend) will furnith you (being fenced inas far as the planted trom the firft Jer or tivo,with plenty, which may be trauffrom the Rodts, which will cont fucceffively , by flipping them inually fupply you for many yea rs after that the body of the Mother-t ree has been cut down : And from hence probably is fprung that (I fear) miftake ofsalmafius and others, where they write of the growing of their Chips ( I fuppofe having fome of the Bark on ) feattered in hewing their Timber 5 the Erreur proc eeding from this, that after an of Elm. tree has been fel'd, the num erous Suckers which fhoo t from the remainders of the /atent Root s, difperfion of the Chips: Let thisfeem to be produced from this yet be more accurately exami: ned; for I pronounce nothing Magifterially, ince it is {o confiden ly reported. t. : 4. Ihave known Stakes fharpned at the ends for other purpofes, take root familiarly in moif t gro divers have eflay’d with extraord unds, and become Trees 3 and Boughsand Arms of Elws cut inary fuccefs the trunchions ofthe tothe fcantling of a mans arm, bout an e/f in length. Thefe a« muft be chopp’‘d oneach fide polite , and laid into trexches opabout half a foot deep, cov ere about two oxthree fingers deep with good mould. Thefeafon d for this work is towards the exit of Jannary, of early in February the Frofts impede not , and after if ’ the firft year, you may cut faw the trunchions off inas or many places as you find cauf e » and asthe fhoots and rooted Sprouts will direct you for tran/blantat om. Another expedient for the iPropagation of Elwss is this ; trenches be funk at a good dift ance (viz. twenty or thirty yard s) from fuch Trees as ftand in Hedg e-rows , and in fuch order 25 you defire your Elms fhould gro w 5 where thefe gutters are, many young Elms will {pring from the fimal l roots ofthe adjoyning Trees, divide ( after one year) the shoots from their Mother-roots which you may dextroufly do witha tharp fade: Thefe tran , planted, will prove good Tree fs without any damagetotheir Progenitors. Or do thus, Lop a young Elm, the lop being abou three years growth, do it inth t e latter end of Afarch, when the Sap begins to creep up into the Boughs, and the Buds ready to break outs cut the Boughsinto leng leaving the Avot where the bud feem ths of four foot flanting , s to put forth in the middle ¥ G Interr " |
