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be added the two forts of Firs I have here 

 recommended, which don't much affed to 

 have their Roots cut. Little Judgment \^of 'Prm'm^ 

 required in this, it being only neceflary in^'^ ^^•^"' 

 Foreft Trees to cut off fuch Boughs as crofs 

 one another ^ and . that is only in regular 

 Walks, and not in promifcuous Plantations. 

 I (hall only advertife, That no Tree defign'd 

 for Timber ought to be headed, but Trees 

 that have large pithy Hearts muft not on 

 any account 5 fuch is the Horfe-Chefnut, and 

 feveral others, of which more anon. 



But to return to Pradice : Prefent the77'^w.t««?r 

 Tree, and if it anfwers in Range, ^c. fixj^'J^^^^ ^ 

 it with the Bafe level with the Top of tJie 

 Ground, as it naturally ufed to be : Then 

 cover the Roots ^ but inftead of covering 

 them five or fix Inches, as has been the 

 common Pradice ^ fail not of Piling (as the 

 Country Word is) the Mould at leaft two 

 Foot high upon them, fpreading it likewife 

 round the Stool of the Tree, and tread the 

 Earth clofe with your Foot. 



This Procefs of Burying the Roots fo deep, ^^^^^"^Jj 

 will perhaps feem ftrange to thofe that never recommend^ 

 prad:is*d it, as it did at firft to myfelf 3 but ^^' 

 it has two extraordinary Effeds : The firft 

 is the keeping the Tree fteddy, fo that it 

 may not be eafily ftiook with the Wind, 

 and the other, the Roots from being dry'd 

 and pierc'd either by the Sun or Wind, and 

 that in fuch a manner as never to want Water 

 after Planting, which is a confiderableArticle, 

 V o L. £ R I cann't 



