1^2 An E S S A Y^ &€. Chap. 5. 



that the dry, husky Winds in March are hurt- 

 ful and often-times very fatal to the young 

 Roots of all new-planted Trees, and is fo 

 much the more fatal, inafmuch* as 'tis what 

 every one is not aware of, tho' it be really, in 

 effeft, much worfe than Frofty Air that is 

 common in the midft of Winter. 



New-planted Trees ought therefore not on- 

 ly to be Well ftak'd and fecur'd from the Wmds 

 that fhake them above, but alfo from that 

 dry, parching Quality of the Air below, by 

 'covering the Roots very deep with Earth, 

 and treading it clofe round about*, or, as the 

 -common Method is, by mulfhing with long 

 :Dung, watering, and the like, (if they are 

 not covered deep, as I fhall by and by dired: 3) 

 all thefe excluding the Force, at leaft the per- 

 nicious Force, of that husky Quality in Air: 

 'For (fay the Ignorant in this Matter ) What 

 Occafion can there be of Watering in the 

 ijvlonth oi March ^ when the Sun is not Hot? 

 And from thence they gather, that 'tis little 

 or no matter whether their Trees are Water'd, 

 or no : But perhaps they may find the ill 

 Effefts of this Negleft, when it is too late 5 

 iince I dare affirm, that there are more Plan- 

 tations mifcarry on account of this Negleft, 

 than by any other Caufe whatfoever 5 of 

 which more in the enfuing Direftions. 



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