TREE -PLANTING. 



CHAPTER I. 



The " Bishoppe of Lyncolne's Translation out of Frenshe into Englyshe " 

 Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton's Plantations near the Yarmouth 

 Roads Plantations in Morayshire Mr. Grigor's Account Sea-side 

 Planting at the Gulf of Gascony Careless Planting Soft-wooded 

 Trees Osiers Osiers on the Banks of the Severn and Thames 

 Overflow of the Thames and the Embankment of the River Steam- 

 boats on the Thames Osier Plantations very durable and a Source 

 of large Profit Action of Light upon Osiers Kinds must be 

 selected to suit various Soils The London Clay injurious to Osiers 

 Formation of Osier Beds Small Osiers grown in France 

 Mending Osier Plantations The Common Osier The Spaniard 

 The French The New Kind The Hollander The Gelster 

 The Green-leaved Osier The Brown Rod The Bitter Ornard 

 The Blind-leaved Ornard Osier Plantation on the Holkham 

 Estate. 



THE first work known to have been written in 

 England upon an exclusively agricultural subject, is 

 a small tract, " whyche Mayster Groshede, sometyme 

 Bishoppe of Lyncolne, made and translated out of 

 Frenshe into Englyshe." There is no date attached 

 to it, but it is supposed to have been accurately fixed 

 as belonging to the year 1500. It is a mere trans- 

 lation of a work which treats chiefly upon planting 

 and grafting ; and I mention the fact because, while 

 works on general husbandry have been multiplied 



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