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9. Remove the softest wood to the moistest grounds, 

 as in numb, i . 



Divisae arboribus patriae 



Georg. 2. 



i o. Begin to transplant forest-trees when the leaves 

 fall after Michaelmas ; you may adventure when they 

 are tarnish'd and grow yellow: It is lost time to com- 

 mence later, and for the most part of your trees, early 

 transplanters seldom repent; for sometimes a tedious 

 bind of frost prevents the whole season, and the bald- 

 ness of the tree is a note of deceit; for some oaks, 

 horn-beam, and most beeches, preserve their dead 

 leaves till new ones push them off. 



1 1 . Set deeper in the lighter grounds than in the 

 strong; but shallowest in clay: Five inches is sufficient 

 for the dryest, and one or two for the moist, provided 

 you establish them against winds. 



1 2. Plant forth in warm, and moist seasons ; the 

 air tranquil and serene; the wind westerly, but never 

 whiles it actually freezes, rains, or in misty weather ; 

 for it moulds and infects the roots. 



13. What you gather, and draw out of woods, 

 plant immediately, for their roots are very apt to be 

 mortified, or harden'd and wither'd by the winds, and 

 cold air. 



14. Trees produc'd from seeds, must have the 

 top-roots abated, (the walnut-tree, and some others 

 excepted, and yet if planted merely for the fruit, some 

 affirm it may be adventured on with success) and the 

 bruised parts cut away ; but sparing the fibrous, for 

 they are the principal feeders; and those who cleanse 

 them too much, are punished for the mistake. 



15. In Spring, rub off some of the collateral buds, 



