Seft. II, of Foreft Trees. ^45 



Thus by a Notch on the Bark of the Tree, 

 the Side that was toward the South in the 

 Nurfery, muft, by their Commands, be ex- 

 adly planted that way again : But the beft 

 of our Planters have very little Regard to this 

 Nicety : And indeed, if any thing were to be 

 obferv'd in this Cafe, it fhould be the quite 

 contrary 5 fince while the Tree is young, and Ths direU 

 the Bark thin, the Side that was towards the ^'^'^^'J^'^^o be 

 Sun encreafes much more from the Heart or obfervd. 

 Centre, than the Side that is from the Sun 5 

 for which Reafon, in order to affift Nature 

 in this Cafe, and to bring up the Tree regu- 

 lar, we ought to change Sides. This we 

 take care to do in all our Hous'd Plants, 

 (chiefly indeed on account of the Regularity 

 of their Heads, which grow thin, by being 

 always plac'd from the Sun ^ ) but this feems 

 much more proper in all Timber and Fo- 

 reft Trees, than the miftaken Method of the 

 Antients, whofe Doftrine in this Cafe is cer- 

 tainly erroneous and fuperftitious. 



The beft Time to begin Planting, is aiToon ^^^'^^^^^ 

 as the Leaves are dropt off, which is com- 

 monly about Michaelmas^ and fo continue the 

 two firft Months of that Quarter 5 the foon- 

 cr finiftiM the better. Firft begin with Limes, 

 and then follow with Elm, Beech, Oak, &c. 

 for I have always obferv'd that Nature is the 

 trueft Guide, but particularly in Limes, which 

 ought to be planted with the greateft part 

 of their Leaves on 5 fince the middle of the 

 Winter, when the Sap is in its deep Repofe, 

 R 3 has. 



