S 5 4 DireSiions for Raifwg Chap. 7* 



And if it be a promifcuous Plantation that 

 is to be rais'd of Young Sets, or of Seed, it 

 ought to be divided and thrown up into Beds 

 of fix, eight, or ten Foot wide, (as is elfewhere 

 mention'dj and deep Furrows between them, 

 and upon a hanging Level, that the Water 

 may run ofF^ it will likewife be of great 

 Advantage to give this Ground a Summer- 

 ing and Wintering, ("as we commonly call 

 itj that is, a Trenching about Michaelmas 

 into fmall thin Ridges, that the Froft may 

 pierce through and diffolve thofe Lumpifh 

 Clods, that would otherwife obftruft the 

 Growth of the Roots, if not quite deftroy 

 them : But this I Ihail fpeak more of anon 3 

 this Way however of proceeding will be of 

 excellent Ufe in the 6th Divifion I have^ 

 been upon. In this will profper, after this 

 manner of ordering, Oak, A(h, Elm, Alder, 

 and all the Vimineous Kinds, if planted fmall 

 or if Seed, (which is what I am. now upon 5 ) 

 but with an indifferent Care you may plant 

 the Abeal and Poplars, efpecially that Kind 

 we commonly call Arbor Tremula^ or. The 

 Trembling Tree, all which do tolerably well 

 in ftiff Clayey, as well as other Spewy 

 Ground ^ but 'tis not reafonable to exped: 

 the Lime, Beech, Hornbeam, or any other 

 of the dry High-land Tribe Ihould profper 

 here: And whoever makes this Obfervation, 

 will find this confirm'd, efpeciaily Lime and 

 Beech, which will by no means profper in a 

 heavy Cold Land : Indeed Oak, Elm, and 



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