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Seventy Feet high, and feveral Fa- 

 thoms in Circumference i which 

 Trees grow conftantly in the Wa- 

 ter : therefore they may probably 

 be of lingular Advantage to plant 

 in fuch fwampy or wet Soils, 

 where few other Trees will grow, 

 efpccially of this Kind. That they 

 are very hardy, in refpe£l to Cold, 

 is evident, from fome few Trees 

 of this Kind which were formerly 

 planted in Englmd, particularly one 

 in the Gardens of John Trade/cane 

 at Sciith-Lfimbeth near Vaux-hall, 

 which is upwards of thirty Feet 

 high, and of a confiderable Bulkj 

 which, tho' in a common Yard at 

 pre lent, where no Care is taken 

 of it, but, on the contrary, many 

 Hooks are driven into the Trunk, 

 ro fallen Cords thereto for Drying 

 of Cloaths, yet the Tree is in great 

 Health and Vigour, but hath not 

 produced any Fruit as yeti which 

 may be occahon'd by the want of 

 Moifture: for we often fee many 

 Aquatick Plants will grow upon a 

 drier Soil ; but yet are feldom fo 

 productive of either Flowers or 

 Fruits, as thofe which remain 

 growing in i:hc Water. 



Thele Trees are all propagated 

 from Seeds, which fhould be Ibwn 

 early in the Spring on a Bed of 

 ■warm, dry, iaady Earth, which 

 n-wH: be leveli'dvery fmooth} then 

 fow the Seeds thereon pretty thick, 

 filting the fame light Earth over 

 them^half an Inch thick. If the 

 Weather Ihould prove very v/arm 

 and dry, it will be proper to water 

 the Bed, which muH be done very 

 carefully, oblerving not to wafn 

 the Seeds out of the Ground. In 

 a'X)Ut a Month's Time (if your 

 Seeds are good) the young Plants 

 will appear above-ground, which 

 mull be conftantly kept clean from 

 Weeds, and m very dry Weather 



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Ihould be often refrelh'd with Wa- 

 ter : but this Ihould be done with 

 great Caution, left you beat thefe 

 tender-rooted Plants out of the 

 Ground. 



In this Bed the young Plants 

 may remain two Years, by which 

 Time they will have Strength e- 

 nough to be tranfplanted into a 

 Nurfery : The beft Scafon for re- 

 moving them is in the Beginning 

 of April, when the drying Eafterly 

 Winds of March are over ; and, if 

 poOible, chufe a cloudy Day, wheix 

 it is inclinable to Rain: And in 

 taking them out of the Seed-bed, 

 prcferve the Roots as intire as pof- 

 lible, and, if you can, a Ball of 

 Earth to each Plant. The Soil in 

 which thefe Trees Ihould be plant- 

 ed, (as I before faid) fhould be, for 

 the two fir ft Sorts, a warm Sand 

 or Gravel j which whep you have 

 prepar'd, by careful digging and 

 cleanfing from all noxious Weeds, 

 you muft lay it level : Then draw 

 the Lines where the Trees are to 

 be planted at three Feet afunder, 

 and plant the Trees at eighteen 

 Inches Diftance in the Rows, ob- 

 ferving to dole the Earth well to 

 their Roots, as alio to lay a little 

 Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground about their Stems j and 

 water them well, to fettle the 

 Earth to their Roots j which Ihould 

 be repeated twice a Week, until 

 the Plants have taken frelh Root. 



Thefe Plants may remain in the 

 Nurfery three or four Years, ac- 

 cording to the Progrels they make, 

 or your Ground is ready where 

 they are to be planted : But if you 

 intend to let them remain longer, 

 you fhould take up every other £ 

 Tree in the Rows, and tranfplant 1 

 out,- for otherwife their Roots 

 will be matted together, fb that it 

 will render it difticuk to tranfplant 

 then^^ 



