3 2 (5 The Conclufion. Chap, i a! 



any Country Seat^ hotb in refpeSl to Profit and 

 Pleafiire. 



As to the Firft, I prefume I have been a^ 

 copious as the Subjed requires^ at leaft as far 

 as I can at prefent difcern. The Second Head 

 has been likewife as fully Iiandled as that 

 concife Method will allow 5 tho* what I have 

 to add is chiefly on that Account, in relation 

 to the Nature of Trees that are the mod ma- 

 terial for theUfe, Beauty, and Profit of the 

 laborious Planter. 1 begin firft with the Oak, 

 as it is the noblefl: 3|id moft ufeful Tree \^q 



have. 



1 fliall not need to run into the Etymolo- 

 picai Derivation of this or any other Tree, 

 their Medicinal Vertues, or Mechanical Ufes, 

 much lefs of thofe Oracuhr Attributes, or 

 any other blind and fuperftitious Story of the 

 Antients ^ but fhall confine myfelf purely to 

 the Nature of the Tree in Rooting, Shooting, 

 and Growing. The only way of Raifing an 

 Oak, is by Acorns fow*d as foon a^ they fall 

 from the Trees ^ and be it either in Nurferies 

 or Coppices, the foregoing Directions are, I 

 hope, lufflcient : But I muft obferve'tis the' 

 moft untoward Tree we have to train up 5 

 for which Reafon our Nurfery-men care not 

 mucli to meddle with it. The beft Direftions 

 I can lay down in this Cafe, take as follow : 

 When the Oak is taken out of the Seed-bed, 

 and you defign to plant it in a Nurfery or 

 Coppice, cut It clofe down within a Bud or 

 two of the Ground, by which means it will 



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