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Ghap.i8- af Woods ^/^^ Coppices. 26^ 



The Perfon therefore that propofes to plant ^^*'^^'<'«^ 

 ^r fow ayoung Coppice, is %pos-d tohave^'J//^f' ' 

 made choice of a proper Piece of Ground, ac^ Ground for 

 dCoiditig as i? direded before. • :■ '• ^(tifmg 



! ffiSome direft the Ploughing this asf often and^''^^''^^' 

 in the fame manner as for Corn 5 but ex- 

 cept ' the Ground be very clear, anjd free from 

 Roots and other Obftrudions, efpecially if it 

 be for to make into Woods, for Gardens, I 

 rather advife the Trenching it about 18 or 20 

 Inches deep. 'Tis true, every Acre of this 

 manner of Digging will ^oft^ or47. but 

 be that as it will, I am fure 'twill fufficiently 

 repay the Eb^pefide,- by the quicker Advances 

 the Wood will make. 



But fliould the Ground be a wet ftiff Ground, ^ f^^^^^^ 

 any way inclinable to a Clay, then Trench- ^^^^ 

 ing arid laying in Beds of 6 or 7 Foot wide, 

 with Allies betwixt them, or indeed they 

 may be calfd rather Ditches to draw off the 

 fuperfluous Water, is abfolutely required, fince 

 there can be little or no Hopes without it in 

 a confiderable Time, but Quicknefs of Growth 

 is what I am very much contending for : 

 Happy are thofe who have good clear Land, 

 where Ploughing only, and Sowing with or 

 after Corn, may do, but otherwife I am in- 

 difpenfably obliged to prefs the following Me- 

 thod of Trenching. 



This Bufinefs of Trenching I have like- viremm 

 wife obferv'd to be very ill managed in forae^^'^ ^^ 

 Places, where they are apt to go too i^^^. Ground 

 iixteenor eighteen Inches at the moll is deep we//, 



enough, 



