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time, periih and decay, and not only td 

 the hindrance of the Growth, but to the 

 fliortning the Life of the Tree it felf. The 

 beft Tree that v/i!l grow on thefe kind of 

 Places is Aih, by Reafon it is a Tree that 

 naturally runs iliallow, but even they are 

 generally Pollards, fuch as will not advance 

 to any degree of height* 



This Stoppage and Decay of the Roots 

 may be difcern'd feveral ways. Firft, The 

 middle Bough, that generally grows frreight 

 and upright, and proceeds from the Hearty 

 will die and decay at the top, which may 

 be known by the Palenefs and the falling 

 of the Leaf fooner than ordinary : Second- 

 ly, the Bark will grow black : Thirdly, 

 The Sap, which is as the Blood, having 

 not its natural Courfe, by Reafon of the 

 Stoppage of the Root, will break cut into 

 Boyles, which are great Bunches in the 

 Bark, Body and Limbs %( the Tree, and 

 in time caufe it to be hollow. Now fince 

 it concerns every one, that will be at the 

 Charge of Planting, what Soil he plants in^ 

 he ought to learch into the Bowels of the 

 Earth ac leaft 3 or 4 Foot deep, either by 

 an Auger or by a Spade, which laft is the 

 beft way becaufe then, if the Hole be j or 

 4 Foot wide, you may view the feveral Jteds 

 and Strata as they lie involv'd one upon 

 another, and may the better make Judgment 

 of the Soil you are to plant upon, always 



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