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and of these design the main of your plantation. Try 

 all soils, and fit the species to their natures : Beech, 

 hasel, holly, Gfc. affect gravel and gritty; and if mix'd 

 with loam, oak, ash, elm, &c. In stiff ground the 

 ash, horn-beam, Gfc. and in a light feeding ground 

 or loam, any sort whatsoever : In the lower and 

 wetter lands, the aquatics, &c. 



2. Keep your newly sown seeds continually fresh, 

 and in the shade (as much as may be) till they 

 peep. 



3. All curious seeds and plants are diligently to be 

 weeded, till they are strong enough to over-drop or 

 suppress them: And you shall carefully haw, half-dig, 

 and stir up the earth about their roots during the 

 first three years; especially in the vernal and autumnal 

 aequinoxes : This work to be done in a moist season 

 for the first year, to prevent the dust, and the suffoc- 

 ating of the tender buds ; but afterwards, in the more 

 dry weather. 



4. Plants, rais'd from seed, shall be thinn'd where 

 they come up too thick ; and none so fit as you thus 

 draw, to be transplanted into hedg-rows, especialy 

 where ground is precious. 



Sujfragines, nepotes and traduces come in here, for 

 general direction ; I begin with 



5. Succers, that sprout from the farthest part of 

 the stem, or body of the mother tree, are best, as 

 easier plucked-up without detriment to the roots and 

 fibers, or violence to the mother : It were good 

 therefore first to uncover the roots whence they 

 spring, and to cut them close off, replanting them 

 immediately : Those which grow at more distance, 

 may be separated, with some of the old root, if you 

 find the succher not well furnished. 



