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Show Chap.1V. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Shsinchesnal four Finches: deep, three oroa ofa rat pieces in in trenches t pieces aia thefe fhort tre Interr‘+ thefe : and 1j I. iB ype ood mon'd well trodden , anc in goc ; Or ney Will } BY Se rnallett Suchers of Elas will grow There “ hi J ye i in them ; isnewly ftirring duce you a Crop, for even the {malleit on R ; ; Ae ne on uer anc : quently 1aQuU i ping sescumen sheqe Satis news confirmed with : C a fourth way no lefie SEPCEIGUS, eis i. 4 fer 2 ts of a vigorous : i excellent bal cake i” — ibe fomeof the Mafter-roots excelle inecede -2 Bare Tree within afoot of the Truzk, orthereabouts, an a a .oO into every ¢/e > 4x make feveral Chops, putting a (mall ftone f oe ‘ te je he 2et en cover (nem hindertheir clofure, and give accefle to the met 5 fhe ec 2 se} : | " with three, or four ich thick of Earth and sn t Ela ae We forth Suckersin abundance ( Laflure you one lingle Vesti We Eats or two after which ) ordered, isa fair Nurfery om (ne 2 4 , iS Togs ve oe aioe r slace sfoned may feparate and plant in the Vimarium, OF pees aa d - im they ca ll therem)aewithin Cas theyic Plumps Cas in Plumps bichit it} bein iwhichif them; and ten ortwelve foot of each other, orin HELIERi MiG we - better: one. % a Se ? 9Anc y ate Forthe Elisa Tree of Coxjort, SOC aiEs and loalicd Ge have ae ing to growin Company , that the very aebelt w pe ‘arecrs eh then :(ro * doalmoft touch one anotherees “m : This alfo preens feen 5 ary meter s -traor C { : extraorainary an of fhoot to the Winds, and caufesthem o load ioe a to even arrive ue . Shed ears . they7 cree ( years as inlittle more than forty fo eB y f TS auren 5 } mhict ? 2 eye cultivated.a carefully culty and carefully vy and ft } rec : theybe feduloutly Timber ; provided ‘04 propitious. itious. FFor ann Elm does not not thrive fo well the Soil Elm docs _ in the Foreff, as where it may enjoy {cope forthe Rgots, to dilate and v = r OD 7 doipyues W. “ef hg fpread at the fides, as =in Hedge-rows and Avenues, where they have the 4irlikewife tree. i 5. There is befides thefe forts we have named, ome of a more aia Sie A ter ar Tee Scabrous harfh leaf,7 but very large , which becomes an huge Tree, and is diftinguifhed by the name of the 17 itch hazel 6 our Statute ervi Le Jong Homes 2 2 Oss: ut the© Tint Books, as ferving formerly to make ‘ee ber is not fo good as the firfi more vulgar ; but the Bark at time o year, will ferveto make acourfe af? rope with. % 6, Ofall the Trees which grow inour Woods, there is none which does better fuffer the Traniplantation then the Elz; for ; eu Seat oe you mayremove a tree of twenty years growth with undoubted fues cefle : It isanExperiment! have made ina Tree almott as big more as my wafte; but thenyou mutt totally a sb ranch eehi m,2 leav7 ing onely the as Samemit 1 n intire 3 vo uf and being lly dz iD EP . He RP of withas much. Earth as you can, refrefh him with abundance water, This isan excellent, and expeditious wayfor great Per+ Accefes of Z their Houles with 5 for being difpofed plantthe fonsto A t z , 1S ny © = Se cds bear years afew at fixteen, or eighteen foot z#terva/, they willin goodlyheads, and thrive toadmiration. Some that are very cautious, ewplaffer the woundedheadof fuchover-grown Elas with amixtureot clay and horfe-dung, bound about them with a wifp of Hayorfine Afofs , and I do not reprove it, provided they take care to temper it well, fo asthe Vermine neftle not init. butfor more ordinaryplantations , younger Trees, which havetheir bark, fedoras fmooth and tender, about the fcantling of your leg , and their heads trimm’datfive orfix foot height, are to be preferr Ps ore A Diftourfé of Forett-Trees; fore allother. Cato would have noneofthefe forts of Tees to be removed till they are five orfix fingers in diameter 5 others think they cannot take them too young; but experience ( the beft Asffri/s ) tellsius, that youcan hardly plant an Elz too big. There are who pate away the Rodt within twofingers ofthe flew, and quite cut off the Head ; butI cannot commend this extream feverity, ho mote than 1 dothe {trewing of Oatsinthe pit ; which fermenting with the moifture, and frequent waterings,is be- lieved muchto accelerate the putting forth of the Roots ; not cons fidering,that for want of aér they corrupt, and grow mufty,;which morefrequently fuffocates the Roots, and endangers the whole Tree. 7+ [have affirmed how patient this Tree is of Tranfplantation; not onely for thatI obferve fo few of them to grow wild in England, and whereit may not befufpected ; but they,or their prede- ceflors have been planted by fome induftrious hand ; but for that thofe incomparable Walkes and Viftas of them both at Aranivez , Cafa del Campo, Madrid, the Efcurial, and other places of delight belonging to the King and Grandees of Spdin, are planted with fuch as they report Philip the fecond caufed to’ be brought out of England; betore which(as that moft Honourable Perfon the Earl of Sandwich now his Majefties Ambaflador Extraordinary, at chat Court writesto me ) it does not appear there were any of thofe Trees inall Spaiz. Io that Princely Seatit is,that double rowes of them are planted in manyplaces for a /eague together in length and fome of them fourty yards high, which are kept ftript up to, the very top branch , which muft needs render a moft glorious and agreeable effeét 3 no Tree whatfoever » becoming long Walks and Avenwes, comparably to this Majeltick plant : But hearit as {weetly advifed as defcribed 5 An Elm forgraceful verdure,buthy bough’, A lofty top,and a firm rind allow. Plant Elm in borders, on the Graffe - plots lift, Branches of Elm into thick Arbours twifts A Gallery of Elm draw tothe end ‘That Eyescan reach,ora breath’d raceextend> Ut viror ef ulmo letus, ramique comantes, Arduns, alta petens & levi cortice truncu s‘ Ulmum adhibe ordinibusquoriesfundenda per horssns , , Sunt fevie {patia ingenti, texendaque toris, AEftivos contra [oles umbracila apis : Dua ales “ texendis aptior ulmus (patiorum,(ae exornandoquefoven Segaadee (ouipllcd vireto. Marginibus Lumina, vel greffas usleans luBrare fequontenn, Rapinus, Ulmorum train longo s quantsm ipfaruentam 8. The E/wdelightsina found, feet and’ fertile Land, foie: thing moreinclined to moifture » and where good pafture is produced ; thoughit will alfo profper inthe gravel ly, provided there beacompe tent depth of méuld, andbe refretlied with’ Springs; in defect of which, being planted on the very furface of the ground ( the frarth par’d firlt away, andthe earth ftirred a foot deep or more ) theywill undoubtedly fucceed’; butin this trial, let the Roots behandfomly fpread, and covered a foot, or more in height, and above all, firmly flaked, This is practicable alfa G 2 for |