2 24 DireSiions for Raifwg Chap. 7. 



Sec t. VI. 



Of Kaifing 'trees by Layers. 



Sylvarum aliae preflbs propaginis arcus 

 Expedant & viva fua plantaria TerrS. 



Virg. Georg. 2* 



Some bow their Vines, which buried in the Plain^ 

 Their Top in dijlavt Arches rife again. 



Dryden. 



Arcuatkn, T^HIS IS Undoubtedly the Method of 

 Trees bT M R^ifing Trees by Arcuation or Laying. 

 Layers. Virgil mentions no more than the ^277^ that 

 is rais'd by this Method 5 and 'tis probable 

 he knew of no other : But now it is the gene- 

 ral Method of Raifing all Trees that cann'c 

 be rais'd from Seed, or, to fpeak more plain- 

 Thefeveraily^ that bear no Seed. The Trees that be- 

 Kinds. JQj^g ^Q Q^j, prefent purpofe, are the Dutch 

 Witch and EngliJJj Elm, the Lime, Abeal, 

 Platanus, Alder, and all forts of Sallows and 

 Willows, and (as has been before obferved ) 

 every Tree that does not bear Seed. 

 Hew to The firfl thing to be done, is, the procu- 

 tlf-PUnts^'^^'^^ large ftrong Mother-Plants 5 let them 

 orstcoii! ^ be Trees that are crooked, or any otherwife 

 deformed, the larger the better 5 cut them 

 down clofe to the Ground, and plant them 

 in a Border full fix Foot wide, and the 



Plants 



