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the fooner anfwer your Purpofe : You are 

 to take them out of their natural Earth 

 with as much Root to them as is pofhble, 

 and they ought to be moderately prun'd, fo 

 that their Heads be not left too tall at 

 their firft Planting. 



If your Efpaliers are Pines and Firs^ they 

 are to be elected from fome Nurfery when 

 they are about three or four Foot high, but 

 not tranfplantcd 'till they arrive at feven, 

 eight, or nine Foot in Height^ when they are 

 to be taken up with almoft all their Roots, and 

 as much Earih about them as three or 

 four Men can carry with each Tree in a 

 Hand-barro\\r • this Earth , remov d with 

 them, -Afill be a great means to fix them 

 where they are to be planted anew, and like* 

 wife prevent all ill Confequences which might 

 hinder their Growth. 



Your Trees thus chofen, we come to the 

 Planting, which muft be by no means too 

 deep, efpecially if the Ground incline to 

 Moifture, for thereby many Trees are fpoii^d. 

 As foon as they are planted, Care is to 

 be taken that they be very well ftak'd, or 

 otherwife fenc'd, as a Guard againft vio- 

 lent Winds and Cattle, 'till they have ta- 

 ken Root fufficient to fubfift of themfelves 5 

 and they are, upon all Occafions, to be 

 plentifully water'd. The Firs being per- 

 petually green, and afpiring to a great 

 Height, appear very beautiful 5 and what 



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