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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft- Trees. Chap.XXVI. © Kings : If the Silk-wormsfhall thrive there (of which there feems to benodoubt) the profit will be inexpreffible. Wemay guefs ‘ atit, by confidering what numbers of Caravans, and how many © great Cities in Perfta are maintain’d by that Manufatture alone, ¢ and what mighty Cuffomsit yearly brings unto the Sophi's ReveSnew. Thus He; Andtoreturn to that of Trees andPlants the Induftry we have recommended , would queftionlefs in lefthan halfe an Age produce us wonders, by introdudion, if not of quite different ; yet of better kinds, and fuch variety for pulchritude and fweetnefe ; that when by fome Princely Example, ourlate Pride, Effeminacy and Luxurie (which has toour vatt charges excluded all the Orwaments of Timber, &c. to give place to Hangings , Embroderies and forrain Leather) fhall be put out ofCountenance,we may hopeto fee azew face of things for the encouragement of Planters, the more immediate Work of Gods hands; and the natu ral, wholefome , and ancient #/é of Timber , for the more Leftng occafions and furniture ofour Dwellings: And though! donot {peak all this for the fake of ‘Foyme-ftools, Benches, Cup-boards, Maffy Tables and Gygantic Bed-fteds,the hofpitable Utenfils of our fore-Fathers 5 Yet I would be glad to encourage the Carpenter and the Foyner, and rejoyce to fee , that their Work and Skil do dayly improve ; and that ly the Example and application of his Aajefties Uxiverfities, and Royal Society the pileviaties and Improvement of Shiping, Mathematicaland Mechanical Arts , the ufé of Timber grows dayly in more reputation: Andit were wellif Great Perfoxs might only be indulg'd toinrich and adorn their Palaces with Tapiftry , Dae w#afc, Velvet, and Perfian furniture , whilft by fome wholefom Sumptuary Laws, the univerfal excefs of thofe Coftly and Luxurioxs Moveables were prohibited meaner Men,for diverspolitic Confide- Histetys 40" Chap, XXVII. not fo impoffible ; A Cherry ry Graft onntLaurel-ftock does ftain G The Virgin Fraitin a deep double grairi. Inferitur i elaTingit isecpgm agur, te adopti ons virgini s ora puder 26. They are rais’d of the Seeds or Berries with extra ordinary facility , or propagated by Layers Taleé , and cuttin gs where-ever there is fhade and moifture. 1 find little concerning the AMechanical ufes of the Laurels but thanits Aitribites of old there Was nothing moreglorious and magnificent ; For, From Laurel chew'd the Pythian Prieste/; rofe, Tu factos Pheebs tripodas. ta Sidera fentis, Et caus aperis rerum praJaga futures. Te juvat armorum Sflrepitus clangorque Tabartum Peeque cies medias, fevique pericuti belli. : Events of future Actionsto difclofe. Laurel Triumphant Generals did wear, And Laurel Heralds in their hands did bear : Poets ambitious of unfading praife, Phebus, the Mufes all are crown’d with Bays. And Vertue to her fons the Prize does name Accendis bellantum animos; te Cynthins info Te Mula, Vatelque {acri optavéve Coronams : Ip[a fuis Virens te [pem proponit alumnis, Symbol of Glory, and immortdl Fame. Tantim fervatus valuit pudor, & bona ym pinus, Thave now finifh’d myPlanting : A’ word or two concerning their Prefervation, and the Cure of their Infrmities, Sa ree rations and Reafons which it were eafie to produce ; butbya lefle CHAP. XXVIEL therimpoffible, to recover ourfelves from a foftnefe and vanity Of the Infirmities of Trees. Which will in time not onely effeminate, but undo the Nation. 23. Butto Crowzall, I will conclude with the Laurel, which by the Ue we commonly put it to, feems asif ithad been only de{tin'd for Hedges, and to cover bare Walls ; whereas, being planted upright, and kept to the Standard , by cutting away thecollateral Branches, and maintaining oneftem ,it will rife to a very confiderable Tree; and (for the firft twenty years) refembling the moft beautiful headed Orange in shape and verdure , arrive in time to emulate even fome ofour lufty Timber-trees ; fo as Ldare pronounce the Laurel to be one of the moft proper, and ornamental Trees for Walks and Avenues of any growing. 24. Pity it isthey are fo abus'd in the Hedges , where the lower Branches growing ftickie and dry , by reafon of their frequent and unfeafonable cutting (with the genius of the Tree,which is to fpend much in wood) they never fucceed after the firft fix or feven years 5 but are to be newplanted again, or abated to the very Roots for a freth shote. 25, But 133 rate, to greater and more {peedy exaltation ? bud your Laurel on the Black-Cherryftock to what height youpleafe; if at leaft the reportbe true, which I had from an ocular teftimony, and am now making an eflay of , becaufé fam more then fomewhat doubtful of fuch Allyances, though fomethinglike it in Palladiws {peaks it influence than feverer Laws, it willbe verydifficult , if not altoge- Laurel, A Difcourfe of Forelt-Trevs, 25. But would you yet improve the Standard which I celeb Ta Difeafes of Trees are various, according to the Ruftick mfrmisi:? Rhyme, ; The Calf, the Wind-fhoc and the Knot, The Canker, Scab, Scurf, Sap and Rot. Affecting the feveral parts: Thefe invade the Roots 3 Weeds, Suckers Fern,Wet, Mice, Moles, Winds, &c. to thele may be added Siderations and even Plagues , Tumors, Diftortions, Lacrimations, Tophi, Goutes, Carbuncles, Ulcers , Crudities »Fungof ities, Gangreens, and an Army more , whereoffome are hardly difcernable ; yet Ezemies,which not forefeensmakes many a bargain of flanding-wood (though feemingly fair) very coftly ware, 1. Weedsare to be diligently pull’d up by handafter Rain,w hiles your Seedlings are very young,andtill they come to beable to kil! them with shade and over-dripping:And then are you for the obffina te to ufe the Haw,Fork,and Spade,to extirpate Dog-grafi,Bear.bind,&c. 2. Suckers thall be duly eradicated ‘and with a tharp fpade T dexteroufly |