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Show A Difcourfe of Forefk- Trees. Chap.XXVI rz. Isthere under Heavex a more glorious and refrefhing object fixty of the kind, than an impregnable Hedge of one hundred and I can foot in length, feven foot high, and five in diameter , which with fhew inmy poor Gardens at any time of the year, glitt’ring §tsarm’d and vernifh'd leaves? thetaller Standards at orderly di{tances blufhing with their natural Coral : It mocks at the rudeft aflaults of the Weather, Beafts, or Hedge-breakersy Et illum nemo impune laceffit. It is with us of #wo eminent kinds, the prickly, and fmoother leav'd, or asfometermit, the Free-holly, not unwelcome when tender, to ‘ i Sheep, and other Caitel. 14. [have alreadyfhew’d howit isto be rais'd of the Berries (of whichthere isa fort bearsthem yeZow ) whentheyare ready to drop, this onely omitted, that they would firft be freed from their tenacious and glutinous Aéucilage by being wafh’d, and little bruifed, then dry’d with a Cloth 5 or elfe bury them as youdo Hipps 5 and let our Foreffer receive this for no commonfecret , and take notice of the effect : Remove them alfo after three or four years; but if you plant the Sets ( whichis likewife a commendable way, and the Woods will furnifh enough) place ’em Northwards asthey do Quick, Of this might there living Pales and Enclofuresbe made ({uch as the Right Honourable my Lord Dacres 5 fomewhere in Suffex , has a Park almoft environ’d with, able to keep in any Game, as 1 am credibly inform’d ) and cut into Square Hedges, it becomesimpenetrable, and will thrive in hotteft as well asthe coldeft places. I take thoufands of them four inches long out of the Woods (amongft the fall’'n leaves whereof, they fow themfelves) and fo Plant them; but this fhould be before the Cattel begin to crop them, efpecially Sheep, who are greedy of them whentender : Stick theminto the groundina ao7/? feafon, Spring, or Autumn efpecially the Spring, fhaded (if it prove too hot and fcorching ) till they begin to fhoot of themfelves, and in veryfharp Weather, and during our Eaftern Etefians, cover’d with dry firaw or Haume 3 and if any of them feem to perifh, cut it clofe, and you fhall foon fee it revive. The luftyer and bigger the Sets are, the better, andif youcan procure {uch as are a Thumbsbreadththick, theywill foon furnifh intoan Hedge, At Denge+ neffein Kent they grow naturally amongft the very beach and pibbles: Andthisrare Hedge, the boaft of myVilla, was planted up+ on a burning Gravel, expos’d to the meridiax Sun. 15. True itis, that tie mutt bring this Tree to perfection; it doesfo to all thingselfe, & pofteritati pangimus. But what if a little culture about the Roots (not dunging, which it abhors ) and frequent ftirring of the ould doubles its growth? We ftay fever years for atolerable Quick, it is worth {taying it thrice for tht y which has no Competitor. 16, And yet there is an expedient to effeé it more infenfibly,by planting Chap. XXVI. A Difcourfe ofForelt-Trees, planting it withthe Quick : Let every ft or frxtb , they will grow upintallibly with See eee at {pread, make way forthem, by extirpating the White-thorn till they quite domineer - Thus was my Hedge firft Planted without the leaft interruption to the Fence, by a moft pleafa nt MetamorphoJs. But there is alfo another, not lefle appla uded, by laying along of well rooted Sets (a yard or morein length ) and ftri cs of the pou een : thefe cover’d with a competent a of earth, will fend forth innumerable Sucker j i advanceinto an Hedge, serescmiich ill areal? 17. The Timber of the Holly (befides that itis t i hard woods , and therefore us‘d by the Zn-layer T e thin plates of Ivory to render it more confpicuous) is for all(tu rd ufess the AtlWright, Turner and Engra ver prefer it to any CH Itmakes the beft handles , and flocks for Tools, Flayle s Riding-rods the beft, and Carter s whips 3 Bowles > Shivers,and pins for Blocks ; Alfo it excels for Dore-bars and bolts; and as of the Elye. {o ofthis efpecially , they made even hinges and looks to ferve inftead of Iron, and ofthe Barkis composd our Bird-lime, 18. Pilla good quantity of the Bark about Midformmer fill aVefel with it , and put toit Spring-waters then boyleit,‘till the grey and white bark rife from the green , which will requir e neer 12 hours boyling;then taking it off thefire,feparate the barks the water firft well drained fromit ; Then lay thegreen bark on the ‘Earth in fome coole Vault or Cellar , covering it with any fort of green weedsfuch as Dock,Thiftles,Hemslock, ec. to a good thickn and rank efs : Thus Jet it continue neer a fort-zightby which time ‘twill become a perfect mucilage:then poundit all exceedingly in aftone mortar till it bea toughpa/f, and fo veryfine, asno part of the able: Thisdone , wait accurately well in fome bark be difcern. running ftream of Water, as long as you perceivethe leaft ordure or motes in it, and fo referveit in fome earthen pot to purge andferment {cuming it often as any thing arifes for four or five days, and when Bidei as ty filth comes , change it into a frefh Vellel of earth » and referv e it for ufe, Thus: Take what quantity you pleafe of it, and inan earthen pipkiz add third part of Capons or Go0fégreafeto it, well clarified; or Oyle of Walnuts whichis better : Incorporate thele ona gentle fire, continuallyftirring it’till it be cold. and thus your Compofitionis finifh'd, But to prevent Frofs (whichin fevere vi ther will fomet imes invade it on the Rods) take a quarter of ag muchOyle of Petrolium as youdo of Greafé , and no cold whatever will congealeit. The Ztalians make their Vifchio of the Berries ofthe Miffelto of Trees , treated much after the fame manner but then they mix it with Nut-Oyle an ounce to apoun d ofLime, and taking it from the fire , add half an onnce of Terpen tine which ualifies it alfofor the Water. Great quantities of Bird-l ime is bediahe tous out of Turky , and from Damafcus , which fome conceive to be made of Sebeffex: , finding fometimes the kernel is of'a greener colour, fubjec& to Frofts , and impatients:ofThis lime Wet, nor will |