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Show A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees. Chap.XTL. through the Body of the Tree, where-ever it encounters the kvot Chap. XIII. A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees. of anyof thofe Branches which were cutoff from the flew; becaufe their Roots not onely deeply penetrate towards the heart, but are likewife of themfelves very hard and impervious; and the frequent obliquity of this Courfe of the fubfiding moifture by reafon of thefe obftructions, is, asmay be conceived, the caufe of thofe curious works, which we find remarkable in this, and other woods, whofe Branches grow thick fromthe Stew. Wehave fhewed how by Culture and ftripping up, it arrivesto a goodly Tree 5 and fure- ly, there were fome of them of Jarge bulk, and noble Shades,that Virgil fhould choofe it for the Court of his Evander, one of his Worthieft Princes in his bett of Poems fitting in his Ataple-Thronesand whenhe brings eqs into the Royal Cottage,he makes him this memorable Complement ; Greater, {ayes great Cowley, than ever was yet fpoken at the F(cwrzal, the Lonvre, or Whiteball, This humble Roof, this Ruftique Court, faid he, Receiv’d Alcidescrown’d with Viétorie : Scorn not (great Gue# ) the fteps where he hastrod, But contemn Wealth, and imitate a God, Alcides Hac (inquit) limina Viltor CHAP. XU Of the Hotn-bedm, i, Cy the Hornz-beam, in Latine ignofantly the Carpinus, is Hors-beathe planted of Sets; though it maylik ewife be raifed from the Seeds, which being. mature in Anguft, fhould be fown in OFo ber ; but the more expeditious way is by Sets, ofabout an inch dieu sre, and cut within halfa foot of the earth: , thusit will advance to aconfiderable Tree, The places it chiefly defires to grow in are in cold Ails, andin the barr en and moft expos'd parts of moods, 2, Amongft other ufes which it ferves for, as Ail cogs, Bc , whichit exce lls either Yew or Crab) Yoak:tit 1aRU CHAP. XIL ‘is ra Baas = ea Of the Sycomor. iy HE Sycomor,falfely fo called,is,our Acer majus, one of the Adaples, and ismuch morein reputation for its fhade than it deferves; for the leaves whichfall early (like thofe of the Afh) turn to Mucilage, and _putrefie with the firft moifture ofthe feafon ; foasthey contaminate and mar our Walks, and are therefore by myconfent to be banifhrd from all curious Gardens and AveUES. 2. There is in Germany a better fort ofSycomor then ours, where- with they make Saddle trees, and divers other thingsofufe ; our ownisexcellent for Trenchers, Cart, and Plow-timber, being light, tough, and not much inferiour to 4/h it felf; and if the trees be verytall and handfome, are the more tolerable for diftant Walks, efpecially where other better trees profper notfo well, or where a fudden fhade is expected. hbep Pisa ae “twas called Guz) Heads of Beet les, Stocks and Handles ofToolss Ic is likewile for the Turners ufe excellent : Good Fireswood, wh it burns like a cendle,and wasofol d fo employ’d ; Se Carpinus tedasfifafacé/que dabit. (For all which purpofesits extrem e mends it tothe Hwshanduan,) Bei toughnefs and whitenefS com. ng planted in {mall Fofses or Tre n ches, at half a foot zatervall, and the fingle row it makes the nobleft, and theftatelieft Hedges for inlong Walks in Gardens or Parkes, of any Tree whatfoever whofe leaves are deciduos, and forf their Branches in Winter ; beca ake ufe it grows tall ‘ and fofturdy, as not to be wronged by the Winds °: Befides, it wil] fitpith to the very foot of the Ste, and flourithes with a gloffie and polifh’d verdure whichis exce ance, and ofall other the hardeding delightful, of long continuer ininga flender, upright-fez,Woods, the {peedieft Grower ; and fticky in many years, That which does not come to be bare admirable Efpalier-hedge in the long middle-walk of Luxemb ourg Garden at Paris (than which there is nothing more graceful ) is that Cradle, or Clofe walk, with is planted of this Tree : and fo that vers the feat in his Majefties Garden perplext Canopy which CO: at Hampton-Court, Tie Hedges are tonfile ; but where they are main height ( which is very frequent tain'd to fifteen,or twent ed in the places before menton'd they are to be cut , and } kept in order with a Syth e of four foot long @pnd pa BE faleated 5 this is fix’'d on a long fzeed or hat relig e htardhandl rhee,Heeandee does ewonderf, rfully expedite i the trim immming i of 3» They veryfrequently plant a Clamp of thefe Trees before the Entries of moft of the great Townsin Germany , to which they apPly Timber-Frames for convenie nce,and the People to fit and fola ce 1, |