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Show A Difcourfe of Forelt- Trees. Chap, XIX her they are expothe mouldring ofthe wal/s, andthe violent; weat d to. or fourthyear, and ‘ 5s may cut Aquatic-trees every third fter. They fhould herea fome more frequently, as I fhall fhew you ipal head, to prevent d within half afoot of the princ their ofthe main Stock; and befides, to accelerate e a he preto e amifl not were it ns chie Trun the fprouting. In fetting them g layin by fize, he d.tot pare themalittle after they are fitte in Willows, Ore. : e a while in water; this isalfo practicabl er partsof this Tree , great the of Boats made they old OF 4. read of, were made we s Vefél firlt the Ark; ’s and excepting Noab of this /Vood, Whenhollow Alders /r& the Waters tri’d, Tunc alnos primim flavit fensére cavatat. And down the rapid Poe light Aldarsglide. Nec won serrentem undam levis innatat aluus 2. Miffa Pado Georg. fe afAnd as then,fo now, are over-grown Alders frequently fought it where , water under ually contin lye as ngs ter, for fuch Buildi will harden likea very lone ; whereas being kept n any uncon? SL ty 18 {tant temper it Rots immediately , becaufe its natural humidi of fo near affinity with its adventitious; as Sealiger afligns the caule. Vitruvius tells us, that the Morafes about Kavennain Italy, were pil'd with this Timber , to fuperfirud upon, and highly commendsit. I find alfothey us'd it under that famous Bridge at Ve* nice, the Rialto which pafles over the Gran-Canal bearing a vatt weight. 5. The Poles of Alder are as ufeful as thofe of Willows ; but the Coals far exceed thems efpecially for Gun-pomder: The wood is likewife ufeful for Piles, Pumps, Hop-poles, Water:pipes, Troughs, Sluces, {mall Trays, and Trenchers, Wooden: heels ; the barkis preciousto Dyers, and fome Tanners and Leather-drefers make ufe of it; and with #, and the Fruits (in ftead of Gals )' they make Ink, The frefh Leaves alone applied to the naked foal of the Foot, infinitely refrefh the iurbated Traveler; and the {welling bunches which are now and then found in the old Trees, afford the In/ayer pieces curioufly chambletted and very hard, Ge, but the Fagots better for the Fire than for the draining of Grounds, by placing them (asthe guife is ) in the Trenches; which old rubbith of Flints, Stonesyand the like grofle materials, doesinfinitely exceed, becaufe itis for ever, prefervesthe Drains hollow,and being little moulded over will produce good graff, without any detriment to the ground 5 but this isa jecret;not yet well underftood, and would merit anexprefle Paragraph , wereit here {eafonable, ——— & jam nos inter opacas Mufa vocat Salices— CAR Chap. XX; A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees; Of the Withy, Sally, Ozier, and Willow, I. oe » finee Cato has attributed the third place to the Salii. an pelcening it even next to the very Ortyard; and Cormfieldin elf (for Salam testone Pee : ‘ ‘0, 2 cre and that wefindit fo eafily roi. of fo, ee nivineam,Pz. } have thought good to bethe more cpicuias in myDi fwur ieoe on them efpecially » fince fo much of that whic h I fhall Publifh naib: them , is deriv'd from the long Exper ience of a moft earned and ingenious Perfor, from whom I acknowledge to have receiv’d many of thefe hints, Not to perplex the Reader with the varlous names, Greek, Gallic, Sabinic , Avberines Vitex re, better diftinguith’d by their growth , and bark; and: by Latine Authors all comprehended under that of Salices 5 aaa a Englilh Books reckon them promifcuoutly #hus; The demaiebite Willow, the Black, and the Hard. black, the Rofé of Cambrid . the Black-Withy, the Round-long Sallow; the longeft sallow : the Lefer-broad leav'd Willow , Silver Sallo w Upright baad. seassil eeeeen‘d, the Red-fione, the Leffer Willow , the ait- Dwarf , the Creeper, t ack-lop Wi, tllow- and i.eee : I eee Tada e ae i 2, Lhe Withyisa reafonable large Tree, a on high Banks 3 becaufe they cued their Rone eee ther Salleys or Willows. For this reafon you fhall Plant Sccoret ten, or twenty foot diftance 5 and though they growt he floweft of all the Tmiegie Trees; yet do they recom pence it with the larger crop; the wood being tough, and the Twigs fitto bind ftrongly 5 the very peelings of the branches being ufeful to bind dae poling, and in Topiary works, Vineyards, Efpali er-fruit and the like. There are two principal forts of thele Withi es the hoar and the red Witky whichis the Greek 5 tougheft, and fitteft to bi “2, whiles thn Twigs are flexible and tender, : ne 3. Sallyes grow much fafter, if they are Planted with} of water, or ina very Aoorifh ercamidl or flat beaepecae the Soil is ( by reafon of extraordinary moifture ) unfit for Arable or Afeadow 5 for in thefe cafes it is an extraordin ary improvement : Ina word, where Birch, and Alder will thrive. Befor them,it is found beft co turn the ground with a Spadee you Plant s efpecial- ly, if youdefignthem for aflat. We have three forts ‘of Sallyes amongft us ( which is ove more than the Aatients challeng’d ,who name Withys |
