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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chiap. XX1X, dow, and meerorzament, asin Walks, and Avsnwesithe Bronfe oe (as they call it) fhould moft ofit be cherifheds;whereas it) aifsan Timber-trees ( Oak excepted ) itis beft to free them oe ; s for Pollards (to which I am no great friend, becaufe it makes Qmnany crags and dwarfes of many Trees which would elfe be good Tix. Tohedestisdits them with drips and the like fajatnn)ee fhould not be headed above once in ten or twelve years, att € ginning of the Spring 3or end ofthe Fal. And zote,that all Copfing,an cutting clofe, invigorates the Roots, and the fiew ebivhatiors er Bras weak and unkindly ; but you muft then take care it be not aver grown with Weeds or Grafe: Nothing (lays my Lord Bacon ats 586, and truly) caufes Trees to laft fo long , as the pee ute ting; every fuch diminution being a re invigoration of t an ants juyce, that it neither goestoofar, nor rifes too faintly, as w on not timely retrefh’d with this Remedy 5 and therefore we fee > that the moft ancient Trees in Church-Yards, and about old Buildings, are either Pollards or Dotiards , feldom-arifing to their full altie. : on For the improvement ofthe fpeedy growthof Trees,thereis A sa - not a moreexcellent thing then the frequent rubbing of the Boalor Stem, with fomepieceof bair-cloth, or ruder ftuff, at the begine ning of Spring: fome 1 have known done with Seals-skin 5 ie more rugged bark with a piece of Coat of Afaile, whichis mace@ {mall myres; thisdone , when the bodyof the Trees are wet, as aftera foaking Rain; yet (0, asnot to excorticate, or gall the Tree, has exceedingly accelerated its growth, (I am aflured , toa wonderful and incredible improvement) by opening thepores , freeing them of mofs, and killing the worm. : 8. Laftly, Frondation or the taking off fome of the luxuriant branches,and {prays,of fuch Trees, efpecially whofe leaves are pro- fitable for Cattel (whereof already) isakind of pruning: and fo is thefcarifying,and crofs batching of fome Fruit-bearers,and others, to abate that gumsuari2 which fpends all the Juyce inthe leaves , to the prejudice of the reft of the parts, 9. This, and thelike, belonging to the care of the Wood-ward, will mind him of his continual duty whichis to walk about, and furvey his young Plaxztations dayly 5 and to fee that all Gaps be immediatelyftopp'd 5 trefpafling Cattle impounded ; and (where they are infefted ) the Deer chafed out, ec. It is moft certain, that Trees preferv'dy and govern’d bythis difcipline, and according to the Rules mention’d, would increafe the beauty of Forefts , and vas lueofTimber, more in ten, or twelve than all other imaginable Plantations (accompanied with years, our ufual neglect) can do in fortyor fifty. : 10. Toconclude , in the time of this Work would our ingentous Arborator fre quently zacorporate , mingle , and unite the Arms and Branches of fome young, and flexible Trees which grow in Chap.XXX, A Difcourfe of Forelt-Trees; and Hedge-rows for Fence and Orn bending of others, efpecially Oak ament ; alfo by bowing , and curbs and poflures , oblig’dto ply and 4h > Into various Slexures, which may be done by humbling themfelves into different Afodes, and bin ding them down wit tough bands and withs, or hook s rather 2 Cut Skrew- wife, or flig h hagled and indented with akzi htly fe , and f0 skrewed into the ground, till the texor of the fap, and cuf tom of being (0 conftrain'd, did render them apt to grow fo of themfelv drefling ; This courfe would wonderfu es > Without powerof relly a ccommodate Materials for Kzee-tim ber and Shipping ,the Whee form it to their Moulds,and fave infin l-wright and other ules 5 conite labour, and abbreviate the wor k ofhewing and wa es adeo in teneris confuelcere multnne the Poet,it feems, knew it well, and eft. for what purpofes, Wheninthe woods with mightyforce they bow The Elme, and fhape it toa crook ed plow. fo as it evenhalf made it to thei r hands, Continud in Sylois magna vi flexa In burim, S cores formaaccipit domatuy Ulmns aratri: Geo. 4, Sen CHAP. Xxx. Of the Age, Stature, and Felling of Trees, I. li is nottill a Tree is arriv'd to his perfect Age » and full vigor, that the Lord ofthe Fore ft thould confalt, or determ ine cerning a Felling. For thereis certainly in Trees (as in‘all conelfe) atime of Increment 9 Or grow things ths a st atws or feafon they areat bef (whichis alfo that wh of Fellin2) and a decrem en pertod when they decay. To en thefirlt of thele they procee t or d with more , orlefs velocity, as they conf Particles, or are ofa flighter ilt of more ftri@ and compacted , and more laxed contexture; by which they receive a fpeedier , Thisis apparent in Box,and Will or flower defluttion of Aliment : ow 5 the one ofa harder, the other ofa more tender fub/tance: But Continue, By the/tate of TreesIas they proceed, fo they likewife would fignifie their utmoft growth, and maturity , which are all of t i and kd; yet do not I intend bythis whichthey do not centinually eith er Imp of one beingftill the 4 confort, and neerto one anothers by entring them into their mus tual darks with a convenient infition : This,efpecially about Files an but Felling: |
