26o Directions far Raifmg Chap. 7. 



very fmall and weak, growing a-crofs one ano- 

 ther, and all in the utmoft Confufion? Now 

 had the Tree had but one Stem, we might 

 have expefted only five or fix, feven or eight 

 collateral Shoots in the direfteft order of Na- 

 ^ture,. Strong, Regular, Vigorous and Lively 5 

 whereas the other can poflibly produce no 

 other than a Thicket or Birds-neft 5 fo igno- 

 rant are many Men in this Affair. 



(4.) There are Others that are not for 

 Heading (or, I would rather fay in this Cafe, 

 not Pruning off) the collateral or fide Bran- 

 ches from their Trees ^ but this is againft 

 all Reafon, for if they come out of a Nurfery 

 or Coppice, as moft of them do, the fide 

 Branches are very thin, and will make an 

 improper Conveyance of the Sap. Befides, 

 the Danger is, that they will require more 

 Sap than 'tis poflible the Root can fupply them 

 with 5 the fide Branches however ought to be 

 cut off, but if poflible fpare the Top, then we 

 itiay exped that Nature (in the open Air) 

 will force out thofe collateral or fide Branches 

 in a more regular andfplendid Manner. 



(5.) As for Monfieur de la Quintinye's Me- 

 thod in pruning Roots, we find it hold good 

 in Limes, Elms, and all other Spungy-rooted 

 Trees, but is as dangerous in Fir, Yew, Hol- 

 ly, Beech, and other Trees that are more 

 difficult to grow 5 for which Reafon, how 

 valuable foever 'tis in the other Cafe, yet in 

 thefe it ought to be avoided 5 and indeed thefe 

 kind of Trees, when any thing large, ought 

 «i to 



