SECT. XIX. LISTS OF TREES, &C. C?7 



in the bufinefs. See feifion 10. But oaks fucceed bed 

 without removal, having a tap, or downright root,: 

 which is frequently broke in taking up : Ail trees 

 would probably thus come finer, if it was convenient, 

 The confequence of preferving the tap has been iuf- 

 peeled ; but it is certainly Nature's direction, for rather - 

 than give up the point, the tap of the oak will make, 

 its way downward, in a direct line, through tViehardeft. 

 foils. Seepage SO. 



Poplar to propagate by cuttings, fee alder; bvX 

 younger and {mailer cuttings. for this treedo better, as 

 thofe of one or two years old, and half a yard long ; 

 The black poplar does not fucceed well by truncheons. 



Walnut, when planted for timber, mould be young, 

 and the tap root, if poflible, preferred whole. The 

 black Virginian grows more ereel, but the other makes 

 tlie largeft tree, and beft wood. The white Virginian 

 is the bicker y nut. All thefe make the bed tr^ees, when 

 grown from feed without trail fplanting. 



JVillow and fallow, to propagate by cuttings, fee 

 alder. 



*** Of all the frreft trees here mentioned, the ajbf 

 the beech, the elm, and the oak, are the principal ; and 

 to plant thefe, and others, is a work of the moil com- 

 mendable, and eventually of the molt profitable kind, 

 See pages 78, iU, 119, &c. 



II. 

 LjSf of large deciduous trees, confidered chiefly a3 

 cmamental, for. pleafure grounds, &c. 



* Acacia, triple thorned, fewer thorned, &e./V L c.fu. Jul/ 



* sljh^ 'Caiabrian manna, and large flowering, f+.g r. Apr. 

 — '— weeping and variegated, \vh. and yel. leaved, b. gr, 



; ( dwarf flowering (i'mall white bunches)/. £/v May 



* Bach) whit^j and yellow fferioedJeaYed, b.%r t ;»„ 



v O 5 Birchy 



