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them, as alfo endanger the future 

 Growth of the Trees. When they 

 are planted out for good, (if they 

 are defign'd for Timber) they 

 fliould be planted about eighteen 

 or tweety Feet Diftance every way, 

 and be very careful in removing 

 them, not to fhake the Earth from 

 their Roots ; to prevent which, 

 you fhould open the Ground about 

 each Tree, cutting off all long 

 Roots : then working under the 

 Ball of Earth, cut the downright 

 Roots off i and after having pared 

 off all the Earth from the upper 

 Part of the Ball, as alfo reduc'd the 

 Bulk of it, fo that its Weight may 

 not be too great for the Fibres to 

 fupport, they may be carried upon 

 a Hand-Barrow by two Perfons to 

 the Place where they are to be 

 planted ; but if they are to be car- 

 ry'd to a very diftant Place, they 

 fhould either be put into Baskets, 

 or their Roots, clofely matted up. 

 When they are planted, you muft 

 fettle the Earth clofe to their Roots, 

 (as before) laying a little Mulch 

 upon the Surface of the Ground 

 about their Stems, to prevent the 

 Sun and Wind from entring the 

 Earth to dry their Fibres j and 

 water them well, to fettle the 

 Ground to their Roots j which 

 muft alfo be repeated (if the Wea- 

 ther be dry) until they have taken 

 Root : after which Time, they 

 will require little more Care than 

 to keep them clear from Weeds. 



The firft, which is the moft 

 common Sort in England, feldom 

 produces good Seeds in this Coun- 

 try } it is therefore the belt way 

 to have the Cones broug;ht over 

 intire from the South Parts of 

 France or Italy, where they ripen 

 perfectly well, and take the Seed^ 

 out juft before you fow them i for 

 they will keep much better in the 



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Cones, than if they are taken out ' 

 The Method to get the Seeds out, 

 is to expofe the Cones to a gentle 

 Heat, which will caufe them to 

 open, and haftily emit their Seeds. 



The fecond Sort produces very- 

 good Seeds in England ^ fo that we 

 may hope to be fupply'd with 

 Seeds in Plenty, in a few Years, 

 from Trees of our own Growth: 

 And as this is the more valuable 

 Tree, ib it will be no fmall Ad- 

 vantage to our Plantations of Tim- 

 ber to introduce it amongft them, 

 efpecially thofc of Ever -green 

 Trees. 



The Virginian Kind may alfo be 

 propagated in as great Plenty j for 

 the Cones of this may be eafily 

 procur'd from Carolina or Virginia, 

 in both which Places they grow 

 in great abundance j and the Seeds 

 will rife as eafily as any of the 

 other Sorts, and are equally as har- 

 dy : Thefe have been formerly kept 

 in Pots, and hous'd in Winter j with 

 which Management they have not 

 fucceeded fo well, as they have 

 done in England, fmce People have 

 planted them into the full Ground ,* 

 and where they have had a moift 

 Soil, I have obferv'd them to thrive 

 beft: which is fince confirm'd by 

 Mr. Catesby, in his Natural Hifiory 

 of Carolina, where he fays, that 

 this Tree grows iti Places where 

 the Water commonly covers the 

 Surface of the Ground three or four 

 Feet J fo tliat it may be a very 

 great Improvement to our boggy 

 Soils. This Tree cafling its Leaves 

 in Winter, does not fo well iiiit 

 with Plantations of Ever-greens at 

 that Seafon i tho' in Summer, when 

 there is the greateft Pleafure in 

 walking among Plantations of Trees, 

 it hath (o much the Appearance 

 of an Ever-green, as to pafs for 

 fuch, and therefore may be of Ser- 

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