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Spots, which fhould be two of 

 the befl: Plants in each, and filling 

 up the Holes made in taking out 

 the Plants, with fome of the 

 neighbouring Mould, to prevent 

 the Extremity of their Fibres from 

 drying. 



When your Plants are let in the 

 new Plantation, a Quantity of 

 fmali Stakes fliould be provided 

 to faften the young Trees that 

 the Wind may not blow them 

 out of the Ground, and befure 

 cover the Roots with fhort Litter, 

 as before directed 5 then give them 

 a gentle Watering to fettle the 

 Earth to the Roots ; and if the 

 Weather fhould prove very dry, 

 you may repeat this gentle Wa- 

 tering two or three times j but 

 be fure not to over water, which;, 

 I may venture to {ay, hath killed 

 more new-fet Trees of a]l Sorts, 

 than the Want of Water, or any 

 other Accident whatever i there- 

 fore once for all, I would advife 

 to have efpecial Regard that all 

 new-fet Trees are well mulch'd 

 with fliort Litter, or Turf, but to 

 have a great care not to water too 

 much nor too often, which rots 

 the young Fibres as fad as they are 

 puHied forth, as I have often ex- 

 perienc'd j and have a great Care 

 not to cut any of the Branches or 

 Heads of thele Trees, which is 

 very hurtful (efpecially to ail thofe 

 of the reiinous kind.) 



The Soil in which thefe Trees 

 chiefly delight, is chalky Hills: 

 And where there have been not 

 above lix or eight Inches of 

 Mould upon the Surface, I have 

 feen the mofl: vigorous Trees; as 

 at a Seat belonging to the Hon. 

 Sir ^ohn Guife, near Great Marlorp, 

 ■ in Buckinghamflnre, where there 

 ? are vafl: Numbers of thefe Trees 

 which drop their Seeds, and 



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fpring up without any Care or 

 Culture. Notwithftanding thefe 

 Trees chiefly delight in the be- 

 forementioned Soil, yet will they 

 thrive tolerably well in a poor 

 Gravel (provided it be not too 

 light and fandy) or in a fbrong 

 Soil (if not too wet) but they love 

 a moderate Elevation j and the 

 Silver and Cotnmon Firr, with the 

 7nanurecl Tine, require Ibme Shel- 

 ter flom the North and Ealt 

 Winds, but the Scotch Tine and 

 Tinajier, will grow on the North 

 or Eaft Side, or even upon the 

 Summit of high Hills. 



Thefe Trees do not delight in 

 dunged or rich Soils ■■> but obfcrve 

 it is much the better way to train 

 up any fort of Plant in a Soil 

 nearly akin to that you intend to 

 plant them in, and not (as is too 

 often the Pradice) make a Nur- 

 fery upon a good rich Soil, when 

 the Trees there raifed are deiigncd 

 for a poor barren SoiU and this I 

 believe to be the Reafon why 

 Plantations of Trees procured 

 from rich Nurferies are often 

 feen to make but a poor Progreis, 

 if they live. 



Thele two Trees left in each 

 Spot, fhould not continue longer 

 than fix or feven Years together, 

 when you fliouid remove the leaft 

 thriving Tree, leaving only one 

 of the flrongcil: in each Place i 

 in the doing of which, great Care 

 fhould be taken not to difturb tb.e 

 Roots of thofe left. The Seafon 

 for this Work i^ before diredled. 

 Thefe Trees which you now re- 

 move, will be of great Service for 

 planting Vifta's, or Ampitheatres 

 of Evcr-greens, or for Clumps in 

 different Parts of Wiiderneficsi in 

 the doing of which, obfcrve to 

 plant the Scotch Vine 3nd Vinajler 

 on the backjvard Pin of thefe 

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