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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. Chap.XXXII. Chap. XXXII. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. d a. ee you gather, and draw out of VVood: , plant immedire) iatelyae fortheir Roots are veryvery apt tobe mortifie i d by the winds, i CHAP. XXXII. Aphorifms, or certain general Precepts of ufe to the foregoing Chapters. fhall beft I, Ti all forts of Seeds, and by their thriving you ds, Grouri for Ainds proper moft the are what difcern Quippe folo natura fibei——— and ofthefe defignthe main of your Plantation. 2. Keep your newly fown feeds continually fre fh, arid in theshade (asmuch as maybe ) till theypeep. 3. All curiows Seeds, and Plants are diligently tobe meeded,till they are ftrong enough to over-drop or fupprefle them: And youfhall carefully bam, balf-dig, andftir up the earth about their Roots during the firlt three years; efpecially, in the Vernal , and Autumnal Zquinoxes : Thiswork tobe done in a moift {eafon for the firft year to prevent the daf#, and the fuffocating of the tender buds ; but afterwards, in the more dry weather. 4. Plants, rais'd from feed, fhall be thinn'd where they come up too thick ; and nonefo fit as you thus draw to be tran{planted into Hedge rowes, elpecially, where ground is precious. 5. In tranfplanting , omit notthe placing of yourTrees towards their accuftem’d Afped. 6, Remoye the fofte/! wood to the o7fteft grounds, Divife arboribus partie —— 7. Begin to Tranfplant Foref-trees when the leaves fall after Michaelmaffe ; you may adventure whenthey are tarnifh'd , and grow yellow + Itisloft time to commencelater , and for the moft part of your Trees , early Tranfplanters feldom repent 5 for fometimes a tedious band ofFreff prevents the whole feafom, and thebaldnefof the Tree isa note of deceipt; for fome Oaks, and moft Beeches,preferve their dead /eaves till mew ones pufh them off. 8. Set deeper in the lighter grounds thaninthe trong 3 but fhal- loweft in Clay : five inchesis{ufficient for the dryeff, and one or two for the moift, provided you eftabl.{h them againtt minds. g. Plant forthin warm, and moift {ealons 5 the Air tranquil and ferene; the wind welterly 5 but never whiles it actually freezes, Raines, or in Afiffy Weather ; for it moulds, andinfects the Roots. 10, What 11. Trees, produc’d from Seeds muft have the Tap-roots abated eT ( the 7 Vallnut-tree , and fome others excepted, noddet if Peas meerlyfor the Fruit, fome affirm it may be adventur’d on with faccefle ) and the bruifed parts cut away; but {paring the Sibrous for they are the principal feeders; and thofe who clenfe them téo much, are punifhrd for the miftake. 12. In Spring, rub } off fome ofthe collateral Buds to check ened of Sap inthe branches , till the Roots be well ae ifh’d. 13. Tranfplant no more then you well Fence ; for that neglect. ed, Tree-culture comes to nothing - Therefore all young fet Trees fhould be defended from the winds, and Sum efpecially the Eaf?. and North till their Roots are fixed ; that is, till you perceive them foots and the not exadly obferving ofthis Article, is caufe of the perifhing of the moft tender Plantations 5 for itis the invafion of tlie ee affailants a doesmore mifchief to our new fet, and o efle hardy e Trees, then the moft fevere and durable Froffs of a 14. ;The properef 1 t Soi/, and moft natural, apply to difti iftin& fpecies , Nec vero terre ferre omnes omnia popesF va we finde experience, that moft of our Foreft-Trees grow well enough in an courfefi Lands ; provided there be acompetent depth of mould : For albeit moft of our wild Plants covet to run juft under the farface, a rfhere is notfufficient depth to cool them, and en« wo tertain the eAfoifture and Influence afi s$5 th they are neitherl i i afting, nor 15. VVood well Planted , will grow in Atvorifh Boegy, and the ftonieft grounds : Heath Only the white, and blew way (which ¥s commonly the beft Paffure) isthe worft for wood , and fach good Timber as we find tn any of thefe ( Oaks excepted ) is of an exceflive age, requiring thrice the timetoarriveat their ftature. 16. If the feafon require it, all new Plantationsare to be plied with waterings, whichis better pour'd into a circle at {ome diftance from the Roots , which fhould continually be bared of Graffe and if the water be rich,or impregnated, the faoots will foon diftover it5 for the Liquor being percolated througha quantity of earth will carry the #itrows virtue of the foil with it; by no means therefore water at the ftew 5 becaufe it wathes the mould from the Root come: = cr = and endangers their rotting: But, . 17. For the cooling and refrefhing Tree-roots, the congefti Pot fheards y Flints, or Pibbles near the foot ofthe flem able ro all other; and fo the Poet, eS fe ane |