of Fruh-'QaYdens. z^j 



When the Ground is not extraordinary- 

 good, it is^to be enrich'd before yoaconnncnte 

 your Plantations : You muft tirft d.g Holes 

 where you intend to plant your Tree?, about 

 three or four Foot fquire, aiid tuo Foot m 

 Depth, which are t) be iiii*d un ngani v ah a 

 good Compoft of Dung and Mould ^ whereia 

 you are to obferve, that if the Soil be a hun- 

 gry Gravel, or Sand, rotten Horfc-Dung and 

 Cow-Muck, mix'd with rich Mould, will be 

 proper 5 and if your Ground be Marl, or ftifF 

 Clay, you are to get a Conapoft of Rubbiih, 

 Lime, finall Pieces of Brick and Tile, Coal- 

 Afhes, and Drift-Sand, to mix with Dung 

 and Mould : Fill up the Hole with this half 

 a Foot higher than the reft of the LeveL and 

 take Care to prefervc fome of the fineft Mold 

 near the Top, to plant your Tree in, and it 

 will do very well: But untry'd Earth, dug 

 from a Wafte or Common fed with Cattle, 

 is the befi and mofl: agreeable Soil for the 

 Roots of all manner of young Trees. 



Your Ground thus prepar'd to receive your 

 Trees, and Stakes being put in the Middle of 

 the Holes, as Marks where to plant them in 

 the Order you intend, I come to the Plant* 

 ing, wherein I (hall firfl take Notice of the 

 Pruning neceflary. When you have made a 

 good Choice of Trees from v^ell-manag'd Nur- 

 feries, you are to ihorten the bigger Roots to 

 about fix Inches from the Stem, and to take 

 off all the fmall Fibres 5 and the Head mufl 

 be prun'd fo, as to leave not above two 



Branches 



