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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap.XXT. Chap. XXII. A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees, by fomeindi wereeee a AZajeffi leseerginions, ianfpenhis peekape sthint iier jeage er Oa eS ; oankindepanerals efpecially , in fuch ssa oe see i . oO © in-land Counties , and remote from the i CHAP. XXIL Seas an the planting oem es Faep , might the better be be ex excusd from rahe le Rivers Navigab of Timber , to the proportion of thole a ateeo Of the Fir, Pine, Pinatter, Pitch-tree,de. very eee erentBinnswere eked effectually, ato our {pent ichis Drinkwh and feat the euiret 4 or yee the ga caineout of ee e,ee Country ople, even the Country-pe might be faved bythe prejudic *rra y; soe enn would whicheenes , Raps Hedges and iadance Asate : Mounds wholefon po bref a a Ernnntiee one of the'mott r j the World, oO Id Gerard did long g fince ees cellent Beverages in i son Jeon eG an example OARY tobe purfu'd; J ao <5 - gfpeaking of Apple-Trees, lib,.3, cap. 101.) 1% the Pa an awe a 70 rows about the Grounds of a Worfhipful Gentlem wae i milesfrome Hereford , call*d Mr. Roger Bodnome, 6 u other oa all forts , that the Servants drinkfor the moft part no the rethat which is made of Apples: The quantity isfuch , that by port ofthe Gentleman bimfelf ,the Parfon bathfor Tythe many Hogs heads ofSider : The Hogs are fed with the fallings of them , which arefo many, that they meake choice ofthofé Apples they do eat , who will not tafte ofany but of the bet, An Example doubtlefs to be followed of Gentlementhat have Land and Living 5 but Envy faith , The Poor will break, down our Hedges y and we hall have the leaft part of the Fruit ; but forward in the Name of God , Graff, Set, Plant, and zourifh up Trees iz every corner ofyour Ground; the labour isfrzall, the coft is nothing , the commodity #5 great 5 your felves fhall have plenty, the poor fhall havefomewhat in time of want to relieve their necelfity, and God fhall rewardyour good minds and diligence. Thus farhoneft Gerard, Andintruth, with how {mall a charge, and infinite pleafure this were to be effected, every one that is Patrow ofa little Nurféry can eafily calculate: But bythis Expedient, many thoufands ofAcres , fow'd now yearly with Barley, might be cultivated for Wheat , or converted into Paffure to the increafe of Corz, and Cattel: Befides , the Timber which the Pear-tree, Black:Cherry afford , and manythornyplwms (whichare beft for grain, colour and gloffe) afford , comparable ( for divers curious Ufes ) with anywehave enumerated. The Black-Cherry*Wood grows fometimes to that bulke, as is fitto make ffooles with , Cabzmets, Tables, efpecially the redder fort , whichwill polith wells alfo Pipes, and Mufical Inflruments,the very bark, employ’d for Bee-Hyves: But of this am to rendera more ample Accompt in the Appendix to this Difcourfe, Iwould farther recommend the more frequent planting, and propagation ofFir, Pize-trees, and fome other beneficial Materials both for Ornament and profit; efpecially , fince we find byexperience, theythrive fo well, where theyare cultivated for Curiofity only. oe CHAP. ¥; Bies, Pinws,Pinafter,Picea, &e, are allof them eafily rais'd of the Kernels, and Nuts, which may be gotten outoftheir Cones and Clogs , by expofing them little before the fire, or in warm water, till they begin to gape, and are ready to deliver themfelves of their numerousburthen. 2. Thereare of the Firtwo principal /pecies 5 the A/ale which isthe bigger Tree moft beautiful and tapering , and of a harder wood; the Female,which is much thefofter, and whiter. Though Whitenefe' be notthe beft charaer 3:that which knowing Worke- men call the Dram , and that comes to us from Berger , Swinfound, Moffe, Longlound, Dranton, &c. long, {trait, clear, and of a yellow more Cedrie colour , is efteemed muchbefore the White for flooring and wainfcot 3 For Mdajfts , &c. Thofe of Prue 5 which. we'call Sprufe , and Norway (efpecially from Gottenberg) ate the belt; unleffe we had more commerce of themfrom our P/é#tations ih New- England, whichare preferrable to any of them. ‘In the Scottih Highlands are Trees of wonderful altitude (though not altogetherfo tall, thick audfine as the former) ‘which grow upon places fo unacceflable, and far fromthe Sea, that (as oné fays) they feem tobe planted ofGod on purpofe for Nurferies ofSeed, and monitors to our Judufiry , referved with other Bleflings, to be dift coverd inourdays amonbft the new-invented Improvements of Husbandry , not knownto ourSouthern people of this Nation, 8cc, Did we confider the pains they take to bring them outof the Alps, we fhould leffe {tick at the difficulty of trah{porting them from the utmoft parts of Scotland. Tothe formerforts we may add the Fferund Firs, Tonsberry, Fredrick-ftad,Hellerone, Holmftrand, Landifer , Stavenger, Lawrwat, &c. They may be fownin beds, or cafés, at any time during 4Zarch 5 and when theypeep, carefully defended with Furzes,orthe like fexce , from the rapacious birds, which are very apt to pull them up , bytaking hold ofthat little ixfecund part of the feed, which they commonly bear upon their tops: The Beds wherein you fow them had need be fhelter'd from the Southern Afpeds with fome skreen of Reed, or thick hedge: Sow them in thallowrills, not above half-inch.deep , and ¢over them with fine lightmould: Being rifena finger in height, eftablith their weal fealks, by fiefting fome more earth about them; efpecially the Pines, which being more top-heavy, are more apt to {wage ro P 2 they |