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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft- Trees. Chap.XXXIV. ophy » and that which the moft Delightful kind of Natural PhilofMathematics, the of part ufeful moft the ys emplo Mountague has Planted The Right Honourable my Lord Vifcount draws out of Copfes , he told, am manythoufands of Oaks, which] fuch fuccefs,as has with that and ; elves themf d defen to big enough worthy Example, isa it and s ions Poffelf his exceedingly improv'd ftanding in Houfe toa ed To conclude, I can thew an Avenue Plant Oaks, one of y totall ts confif it Clays acold Soil the a barren Park, g ve(dyin them fet rft whofi perfow hundred in number ; The 123 foot in comhes branc their d fprea them tofee lived ) ry lately fhady treffes for pafle, which at diftance of 24 foot, mingling their the moft veneof one into elves above 1000 in length, form themf I ever beheld : rable, and ftately Arbor Walks , that in my life moft honour’d my to ging belon and , y Surre This is at Bayzards in ) Richard Brother (becaufe a moft induftrious Planter of Wood with anoTree one and foot, 56 broad is Walk The Efg; n Evely load of Timber ther containing by eftimation three quarters of a : Their in each Tree, and in their Jops three Cord of firewood were they d when toppe g been havin t, tallef the notof Bodies are Timber young, to reduce them toan uniform height; yet is the in England moft excellent for its {cantling, and for their beads, few plantwere ries mpora conte their e of efom wher : excelling them ore fowr/c above d fprea they r, ed fingle inthe Park, without cumbe foot in arms. cu22. Ihave produced thefe Examples, becaufe they are confpi ows, full of encouragement, worthy ourimitation 5 and that from thefé, and fundry others which I might enumerate, we have made prothis Obfervation, that almoft any Soi is proper for fome fitable Zimber-Trees or other , which is good for very little elfe. 23. The bottoms of Dowzs, and like places well Plow'd, and fown will bear lufty Timber , being broken up, and let lye till Ads fummer, and then fiirr'd again before fowing about November. An old, and judicious Planter of Woods, prefcribes us thefe Directions , for improving of Shecp-walks, Downs, Heaths, ec. Suppofe, on every fuch Walk on which 500 Sheep might be kept, there were Plow’d uptwentyAcres ( Plow'dpretty deep, that the\ Roots might'take hold, and be able to refift the Winds ) this fhoukd be fowed with Afaft of Oak, Beech, Chats of Afh, Maple-keys, 8) Service-berries, Nuts, Bullis, Gc. bruis'd Crabs, and Haws 5 miNngled and {catter'd about the fides and ends ofthe Ground , near\@ yardin breadth, Onthe reft fowe no Hars, but fome few Cral¥ kernells : Then beginat a fide, and fowe five yards broad, Plowing} under the Maft, &c. veryfhallow 5 then leave fix yards in breadth, and fowe, and Plowfive yards more, andfo fromfide to fide; re- membring to leave a yardandhalf at the laft fides let the reft of the head-landslie, till the Remainderof the C/ofe be fown in Afarch with Oates, Gc. to preferveit from hurt ofCatte/, and potching the Ground, when the Spring is of two years growth, draw part of it for C hap.XXXIV. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Tres, for Quick-fets; and when the r eft of the Trees are of fj s or Pdte : of noe and leave not aboye forty BF ta > €ach rowfive yards diftant 3 and here, and th to graff on, and in the invironing Hedge (to be left meee each Tree ftand four yardsafunder; which ifforty four were {par- « ed, will a amount to about 4000Tre O es.:: Att wenty ye e out of them, lopa thoufand more every Na e o beersinadesttine?bts teCre, Segat 1 me, befides the Grafs, gc. which wil the firft fix or feven years, and the benefi Wielcr far eos in ill Weather,when they cannot befolded ‘ 7 Pe ae will be had under the Zrees, now. at ele vas ee or sh fonof the ftocking up thofe 2200 w mendeae ae Hedges and if ¢ in any of thefe Places / Satine ble ne waters e fortune to lyein their bottoms Foon! sould abu d oe b breed wher ta ete en Dinedi are admit Thefe ae there. t harbour and Directioons ns for Park-lands ut even this Improvement yet does no way reach, wha met withal inthe molt accurate, and no tebe ii n tion of Captain Sith upon this very Topics where he Demon(? tively aflerts, that a thoxfand Acres of Land, Planted at ae ee in 7201 rowes; taking up 51854401 Plants of Oak 4h Chefnut ( orto be fown ) taking up 17284800 of each Jort "and fit to be tranfplanted at three years period (if fet in good 10 mt are worth eighteen pence the hundred; and there bein : a 2 hundred, it amounts to noleffe then 25927 /. 4.5, belides theChef’ eeseen jp being 1728480/,(valued at, and worth half a ee : red ) they come to 21606 J, and the total of all, This being made out , confider w i Trees would amount to,and in a Jarge meetee ee were worthy a Royal undertaking > It is computed that at a : foot diftance, the firft Felling ( thatis, eight, or nine feats atter their Planting ) would be worth in Hoops,Poles,Firing ar and the fecond Fell, 286571.195.5d, And the fourth he sh which may be about thirty two years fromtheir Semination) 9c L 17 s. and fo forward. ae At forr foot interval, and Felling, according to the fame portion, 5 you |May kewllee reckon may likewif ; and in reck ead i 11 ‘ years witb Sigh three ais years Gree of Wheat ( fow'd at firft between) it will amount to 34001 /.9s.44, And the next, very much more; in regard the Wood will {pring up thicker : So-as at the fifth Feil, the accompt ftands 126 992/. 10s. 2d. &c, and at the feventh (whoever li y toit’) 200000: Andif planted at wider diftance, viz, 18 be (according to the Captains method) at 30, or 40 years as you may compute them worth 19296, J, bs, had in renie ae -e Oo: ¢ e ae 4 years crop ofeS Wheat, inall 410312.° ies - 3 font interval (accounted the utmoft for Timber) takes up Gor 1C00 Acres) 40401 Trees forthe firtt rooyearss Thens G g To 221 |