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Show Chap. XX, A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. name onely the Black, and White which was their its) 1 vulgar , whichproves beftin dryer Banks, and teay a which require a moifter Soil , growing with incredible ce my 3 Anda thirdkind, of a different colour from the one a aving the twigs reddifh, the Leaf notfo long, and of a more duskygreen; more brittle whilft itis growing in tmégs , and more tough when arriv'd toa competent fize : All of themufeful for the Thatchme OF the, the hopping: Sallyes are in greateft efteem > being cf a clearer terfe grain, and requiring a more fucculent Soil; beft planted a foot deep, anda foot and half above ground (though fome will allow but a foot ) for then every branchwill prove excellent for future /etlings. After three years growth ( being cropped the fecond and third ) the firft years increafe will be ‘twixt eight and twelve foot long generally 5 the third years growth {trong enough to make Rakes, and Pike-ftaves; and the fourth for M. Blithes's trenching Plow , and otherlike Utenfils of the HusbandMan, a UL) mia, : ; 5. If ye Plant them at full height (as fome do, at four years growth , fetting them five,or fix foot length, to avoid the biting of Cattel) theywill be lefle ufeful for ftreight fiaves, and for fetlings , and make lefle {peed in their growth; yetthis alfo isa con: fiderable improvement. 6. Thefe would require to be Planted at leaft fivefoot diftance, ( fome fet them as much more) andin the Quincunx order : Vf theyaffect the Soil, the Leaf willcome large, half as broad asa Man’s hand, and of a more vivid green, alwayes larger the firft year than afterwards : Some Plant them {loping, and crofs-wife like a Hedge,but this impedes their wonderful growth; and (though Pliny feems tocommend it, teaching us howto excorticate fome places ofeach fet, for the fooner production of foots ) it is but a deceitful Feace, neither fit to keep out Swine, nor Sheep sand being fet too near, inclining to one another, they foon deftroy each other, 7. The worft Sallyes maybe planted fo neer yet, as to be inftead of Stakes ina Hedge,and then their Topswill fupply their dwarfithneflé; and to prevent Hedge-breakers many do thus Plant them; becaufe, they cannot eafily be pull’d up, after once they have ftruck root. 8. If fome be permitted to wear their Tops five or fix years, their Palms will be very ample, and yield the firft, and moft plentiful relief to Bees, even before our Abricots Blcflom. The hopping: Sallys open, and yield their Palas be fore other Sallys, and when they are blown (whichis about the exit of May, or fometimes June) the Palwzs (or @aroxagaes »frugiperdé as Homer terms them for their extream Jevity)are four inches long,and full ofa fine lanuginows Cotton: A poor Bodymight in an hours {pace, gather a pound or two of it , which refembling the fineft Silk, might doubtlefle be convert: ed to fomeprofitable ufe by an ingenious Hon/é wife , if gather’d in Chap.XX. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. in calm Evenings, before the Wind, Raiz and Dew impair I am of opinion, if it were dri’d with care, it might them ; be fit for Cufbions, and Pillows of Chaftity, for fach of ‘old wasthe repu- tation of thofe Trees, 9. OF thefe hopping Sallys , after three years Rooti ng, each Plantwill yield about a fcore of Staves of full eightf ootin length, and fo following, for ufe, aswe noted above : Compute then how manyfair Pike-flaves, Perches y and other ufeful Materials , that will amount toin an Acre, if Planted at five foot interval : But a fat, and moift Soil, requires indeed more {pace than a lean or dryer 5 namely /ix, or eight foot diftance. 10. You may Plant fetlings of the veryfirft years growt h;butthe fecond year theyare better , and the third year better then the Jecond ; and the fourth as good as the third; efpeci ally , if they approach the Water. A’bankat a foot diftance from the watery iskinder for them thena Bog, or to be altogether zwmer s’d in the water. 11. “Tis good to new-mould them aboutthe Roots every fecond or third year 5 but Aten feldom take the pains. It feems that Sais 4ys are more hardy then even Willows and Oziers 5 of which Co« ‘umella takes as much care as of Vines themfelves, But‘tis cheaperto fupply the vacuity of fuch accidental decays by a new Plantation, thento beat the charge of digging about them three times a year, as that Author adviles ; feeing fome of them will de. cay, whatever care be ufed. , 12, Sallys may alfo be propagated like Vines, by courbing, and bowing them in 4rches , and covering fome of their parts with mould, ee. 13. For Setlings , thofe areto be preferr’d which grow neerefttothe Stock, and fo (confequently) thofe worft, which moft approach the Jop. They fhould be Planted ia rhe firtt fair, and pleafant Weather in February, before they begin to bad 3 we about Lonwdox begin atthe latter end of December, They may be cutin Sprixg for Fuel, but belt in Autumn for née; but inthis work (as of Poplar ) leave a twig or two; which being twifted Archwife, will produce plentiful fprouts, and faddenly furnith a head. 14. If in our Coppfés one in four were a Sally fet, amongft the reft of varieties, the profit would recompencethe care, 15. The{wift growing Sally is not fotough, and hardy for fome ues as the flower, which makes Stocks for Gard’ners Spades 5 but the other are proper for Rakes, Pikes, Mops, ec, Sally-Coalis the fooneft confum’d; but of all others the moft accommodatefor Painters to defign their Work, and firft dranght on Paper with, Ores as being fine, and aptto flit into Pencils, 16. Toconclude, there is a way of Graffing a Sally trunchion; take it of two foot and halflong as big as your mris#5 Graff at both ends a Figure,and Mulberry Cyon of a foot long,and fo,withOut claying, fet the Stock fofar intothe ground as the Plaxt may beghree or four inches above the Earth :. N 2 This will thrive ex- ceedingly |
