258 DireBions far Raifmg Chap. 7^ 



On Moift Gravel : 

 Chefmt^ Elm, Oak, Pine, and Fir, Green 

 Willow, EngliJJj, Dutch, and French Elms. 



Thefe are the moft material Advices ii^ 

 thefe Cafes, and with them I fhall con^ 

 elude thefe Tabular Direftions. 



Sect. XIV. 



General Aphorifnfs or Maxims (?f Plant- 

 ings d^c. drawn from the foregoing 

 Chapters. 



F 



ROM what has been faid on the Sufa- 

 _ jeft of Planting, in the foregoing Chap- 

 ters, 'twill not be improper if I fliould de* 

 duce fome Aphorifms, which may ferve for 

 Maxims in this truly ufeful and delightful 

 Employ, 



(i.) We are taught, That no Tree defign'd 

 for Timber, ought to be planted after eight 

 or ten Years old, or that has not been often 

 mov'd, fo that there are a great Number of 

 fmall Roots. Since natural Experience and 

 Obfervation informs us, that moft Trees ta- 

 ken out of a Wood have but a few, and thofe 

 very large Roots, which if once cut off, (as 



they 



