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to be mov'd, Earth and all, as" we commonly 

 phrafeit. ju hn^ 



(6.) We may likewife hence obfefve, and 

 eftablifli.it as a Maxim, That although Na- 

 ture very often prefents to our View many no- 

 ble Beeches, &c. on poor, fliallow, barren 

 Land, arid veiry large Oaks on the ftiffeft 

 Clay, yet;, 'tis hot reafonable to exped the 

 fame by common artificial Methods of Plant- 

 ing, but with the utmoft Care^ and this I 

 particularly mention, for that I have feen 

 many Gentlemen deceived by this miftaken 

 Obfervation. And it proves, - -"^ -^^^ -^^:^ 



(7.) That the Praftice of the Ancient and 

 Modern Planters, about fixing the Tree they 

 plant in the fame Pofition it was when they 

 took it up, is a fuperftitious Nicety, not to 

 be regarded. 



(8.) As is alfo the Time of the Moon, the 

 Pofition of the Winds, and feveral other Te- 

 nets of the Antients. 



(9.) We are likewife informed, that, pro- 

 perly fpeaking, no Tree loves poor barren 

 Hearthy Ground, but that Abeal and other 

 free Growers do the beft, which will be con- 

 firmed by many Nobles and Gentlemen that 

 have experienced it. 



(lO.) This will alfo inftruft us in a Me- 

 thod not yet much in Pradiceamongft us here, 

 (tho* I fuppofe it be in Hereford/hire, and other 

 Planting Countries) of laying at leaft two 

 Foot thicknefs of Earth upon the Roots of 

 new-planted Trees, which faves all Expences 



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