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Show A Difcourfe of Fovelt-Trees. Chap.XVII. Chap.XIX. years 5 every tree affording thirty plants, ane oe more, after pee95 years improvingtwelve pe i o their acme. ca Hh g A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees, 7 wpe ne grows rarely with us3 it isa — and taller tree thenthe White, the /eaves more dark, and ry aes Divers ftately ones of thefe Iremember about a - ei oe Italy ; which river being the old Eridanus, fo i e as y the Poets, in which the temerarious Phaetonis faid to et - hie pitated, doubtlefs gave argument to that oe . re ad ver towards Ferrara, I diverted my felfwith this {tory ofthe ingeIam told there is a Afountain Poplar much propaga- ted inGermany about Vienna, and in Bohemia, of which {ometrees haveyielded Planks of a yard in breadth. i 8. The beft ufe ofthe Poplar and Abele (which areall ofthem hofpitable trees, for any thing thrives under their fhades) is for Walks and Avenues about Grounds which are fituated low, and near the water, tillcoming to be very old, they are apt to grow Anurry, and out ofproportion. ee biecin ie Theézberis incomparable for all forts of white mooden veffels, as Trays, Bowls, and other Turners ware; andof efpecial ufe for the Belows-maker, becaufe itis al. moft of the nature of Cork, though not veryfolid, yet very clofe: alfo for wooden heels, &c. Vitruviws l.2. de materia cedenda reckons it among the Building Timbers, qua maxime in adificiis funt idonee, Likewile tomake Carts, becaufeit is exceeding lights for Vine, and Hop-props, and divers viminiows works, The loppings in January are for the fire ; and therefore fuch as have proper Grounds, may with eafe and in fhort time ftore themfelves for a confiderable family, where fael is dear: but the truth is, it burns uatowardly, and rather moulders away than maintains anyfolid heat. Ofthe twigs (withthe leaveson) aremade Broows. The Brya or Cathins attract the Bees, as do alfo the leaves ( efpecially of the black’) more tenaciousof the Afelsdems then moft other Forefitrees, the Oakexcepted. Of the Ajpex our Wood- men make Hoops, Fire-nood, and Coals, Gc, The juice of Poplar leaves drop'd into the ears aflwages the pains and the bads contus'd and mix'd with Hong, is a good Collyrium for the eyes. Of the Alder, Sifters Metamorphofis into thefe trees ; but for the Amber of their pretious tears [could hear ofno fuch matter, whiles pafling down that Rinious Poet, CHAP. XTX: I. A Lxws, the Alderis of all other the moft faithfal lover ofwa: tery and boggie places, and thofe moft defpi s'd weeping partsor water-galls of Forefts s—-—. crafifane palud ibus Alni, Theyare propagated of Trunchions, and will come of feeds (for fo they raife themin Flanders, and make wonderfu Plautatiows) like the Poplars or of Roots, whic l profit of the fet as big as the finall of ones leg, and in length h I prefer, being whereofone would be plunged in the wad. Thisabout two foot; profoundfixing ofAquaticktrees being to preferve them\fteddy, and from cuflions of the minds, and violence of waters in their the conliquid and flippery foundations. They may be placed atfouror five {tance, and whenthey have {truck root you may cxtth foot diwill caufe them to {pring in clumps, and to fhoot out intoem, which ful Poles. Butifyou plantfmaller sets, cut them nottil manyufel they are arriv'd tofome competent bignef§; and that in a prope r feafor: whichis, for all the Aquatics nottill Winter be well regard oftheirpithy fubftance, Therefore, fuch as advane'd, in fhall have Occafion to make ufe of before that period, oughyou t to be well- grown, andfel/'d with the earlie/?, and inthe firft quarter of the increafing Afoon ; that fo the fucceflive {hoot recei ve no prejudice. Butth ereis yet another way ofplanting A/ders after the Ferfey manner, and asI receiv’d it from a moft ingenious Gewtlema n of that Country, which is, by taking truxchions of two or three foot long, at the beginning of Winter, and to bind them inFaggots,a nd place the exds of them in water ‘till towards the Spring, by whic h feafon they will have contratted a {welling fpiré or keurr abou t that part, which beingfet, does (like the Gennet-moil Appl never fail ofgrowing and ftriking root. Thereis a black forte) more affected to Woods and drier grounds. 2. Thereare a fort ofHusbands who take exceffive painsinffxbbing up their Alders, where ever they meet them inthe boggie places of their grounds, with the fame indignation as one woul d exftirpate the moft pernicious ofWeeds; and when they have finifh ed, know not howto converttheir beft lands to more profit then this (feeming defpicable )plant might lead them to, wereit rightly underftood. Befides, the/hadow of this tree does feed and nouri fh the verygrafs which grows underit; and being fet and well plath- ed, isanexcellent defence to the banks ofRivers 5 fo as | wonder itis not more prattis’d about the Thames, to fortifie and roe the |