Se£l:. I. of Foreft Trees. aoi 



The Method of Railing Foreft-Trees in 

 Nurferies, is fo diverting as well as ufeful, 

 that I have often wonder'd there has been fo 

 little profeffedly writ on that Subjed. As for 

 what Mr. Evelyn and Mr. Cook have left, it 

 feems to have relation rather to the Sowing 

 and Railing pronaifcuous Woods, Groves, &c. 

 and not the exafter Method of Seminary and 

 Nurfery Plantations. 



Cato^ Varro^ Columella^ and Valladm^ but 

 particularly the induftrious Fliny^ have indeed, 

 in their Ruftick Difcourfes, left extraordinary 

 Rules in this Matter 5 but thofe, as well as 

 the Authors of our own Country above men- 

 tioned, have not pointed out that Method 

 now made ufe of by our Nurfery Gardeners, 

 who have, doubtlefs, very much improved 

 this part of Gardening, fince the Time thofe 

 Books were writ. 



It would indeed be a needlefs piece of Ser- 

 vice, to any that live within 20 or 30, or 

 indeed 40 Miles of London^ ( or any-whore 

 where there be good Nurferies in the Coun- 

 try ) to advife them to Raife Trees 5 fince 

 they are bought much cheaper than 'tis poffi- 

 ble they can raife them : Befides, their being 

 ready grown, and the choice of what Size 

 and Kinds they pleafe, are all undeniable 

 Arguments of the Truth of this Paragraph. 



Yet, to the more remote Parts of this 

 Kingdom, the Confideration of the Expence 

 iji Carriage, and the Accidents gnd Damages 

 they receive thereby, are great Motives tp 



induce 



