2^6 DireSlions for Kdifiug Ghap. 7. 



concermng But firft, if the Trees be mov'd with 

 IfthT'''^ Earth to them, you are to prune the Roots : 

 Roots, And in this all Planters are now agreed 

 with Monf. de la Quintinye^ that in mofl: 

 Trees the Fibres ought to be cut off, being 

 of no Ufe, but rather a Detriment to the 

 well- growing of the Tree 5 and this is ftr id- 

 ly to be obferv'd, when Trees are mov'd a 

 great way without Earth : This is the Me- 

 thod in Elm, A(h, Maple, and all forts of 

 Trees that have fpungy, porous Roots 5 but 



^ethldk ^^^" ^^^ ?y^^^^ Roots are of a hard Sub- 

 not to ^e'^ ftance, fuch as are the Roots of Yew, ^c, 

 obfcYv^d. thofe Fibres ought to be preferv'd with all 

 imaginable Care, becaufe they are not apt 

 to ftrike from thofe large Roots, efpecially 

 when the Tree comes to be above 4 or 5 

 Years Growth : They (hould therefore be 

 moved with fome Earth, if poffible 5 and 

 this is the Reafon why all large Greens are 

 basketed 5 for (hould they once lofe their Fi- 

 bres, 'twould be a very hard Matter to make 

 the Tree grow. Of this kind we may reck- 

 on the Yew, Holly, Beech, Hornbeam, 

 White-thorn, and Oak, when they are ar- 

 riv'd to any thing of Stature or Age 5 and 

 this is the Reafon that Plants taken out of 

 Nurferies are better than thofe that are taken 

 out of Woods and Hedge-Rows, as I (hall 

 hereafter mention. This, I hope, Planters 

 will have a particular Regard to, inafmuch 

 as 'tis one of the mofl: material Points in 

 Planting : An J to the above-mentioned may 



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