Seft. 3. of Foreft Trees. ^ 1 3- 



therefore great Care fliould be taken to keep 

 the Traps going ^ and about the beginning 

 of ApU the Mofs ihould be puU'd off, (the 

 Earth gently ftir'd, the Rains in the Winter 

 having doubtlefs made it Cloddy) and then the 

 Bufhes laid on again, to prevent the Fowls, &c. 

 (as before 5) and if the Weather be dry, re- 

 frefli them well with Water: But 'twill be 

 beft to lay a Mat or Cloth on as you water, 

 left the Rapidity of the Water difcompofe 

 thefe young and as yet tender Beauties 5 for 

 thereby the Force is ftopt, and the Water 

 runs gently through the Holes or Threads of 

 the Cloth, &c. 



'Tis neceffary that we fhould keep x}azwiding. 

 great Weeds all pulFd up as they grow 5 but 

 as for the fmall ones, fuch as Chickweed, a 

 little rather nourilhes the Plants, and keeps 

 the Ground cool : To effed which yet more, 

 if a little Straw, Brachen or Fern were like- 

 wife laid gently over the Buflies, fo as to ad- 

 mit but of a glimmering Light, it might be 

 of confiderable Ufe, but this only in the Ex- 

 tremity of Heat. 



About Michaelmas fcratch off the Mould ^^ewMouU- 

 that lies on the top very gently, and then'^f^..^^'^ 

 earth the Plants agam with the tineft Melon thm at 

 Mould, and it will be of great ufe, for the^^^^^^^^- 

 Rains to wafli them in and exhilerate and re- ^^^' 

 frefti the Fibres, and make them ftrike frefli 

 Roots. Fetch this Earth from Magazine 

 N^ I. p. 105, if you have not fine Mould 

 enough, 



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