2 4^ DireSiions for Kaifing Chap. 7. 



has, by Experience, been found not fo well ^ 

 and perhaps a Lime will bear being planted 

 the earlieft and lateft of any Foreft Tree 5 

 the reafon of which may be refolved into the 

 thin Fluidnefs of the Sap, and fpungy Na^- 

 ture of the Wood, which will not admit of 

 the concuffive Violence of tranfplanting in the 

 Depth of Winter. 

 Boxhg and The laft Thing to be confider'd is. Fencing 

 fkm"^ and Securing ^ and this is a very material as 

 well as expenfive Article, fuch as very often 

 deters Gentlemen from Planting at all. I ha- 

 ving made it my Bufinefs to fee and obferve 

 every thing of this kind in moft Parts of the 

 Nation, have found feveral Methods us'd, of 

 which Boxing is certainly the beft 3 but thefe 

 alfo differ much in their Form, as well as the 

 Expence, being from g 5. to 1 ^. a Box, Ma- 

 terials and all. What I recommend both for 

 Goodnefs and Cheapnefs, is three cleft Stakes 

 Riv*d (as they call it in moft Countries) out of 

 the beft Spine Oak Saplings 5 they are com- 

 monly triangular, three Inches and a half to 

 a Side is enough ^ thefe ought to be drove 

 clofe down round the Tree, and fo clofe that 

 they may be grafped almoft with one's Hand 5 

 this d6ne, nail them round in two Places 

 V^ith ftrong Laths, one within fix Inches of 

 the- top, and the other about the middle : This 

 fort of Fence will laft a great while, and will 

 not coft above 6 d. Wood and all, nor above 

 I d or 7 d. at moft Workmanfliip. 



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