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to be moid and unhealthy, by the 

 large Quantities of Moiliure vs'-hich 

 they pcripire throiigh their Leaves, 

 fo that they {hould always be placed 

 at £Lich a Diftance, as to admit of 

 8 free Current of Air to pals be- 

 tween them and the Building, that 

 the rancid Air may be carried off 

 thereby. 



This Tree is propagated by plant- 

 ing the Nr.ts early in the Spring, 

 after the Manner as w.^s diredled 

 for the common Chefnut, (to 

 which I refer the Reader, to avoid 

 Repetition) the Spring following 

 the Plants may be traniplanted into 

 a Narfery, in Rov%s at three Feet 

 diftance, and eighteen Inches afun- 

 der in the Rows, where they may 

 continue three Years ; after v/hich 

 Time, they may be tianfplantcd 

 for Avenues, &c. where they are 

 to remain : The befl Seafoa for 

 tranfplaming thefe Trees is at the 

 kttcr End of Febrnnry, or the Be- 

 ginning of March i (though indeed 

 they may be traniplanted in Autumn, 

 or duringany of the Winter Months, 

 when other deciduous Trees are 

 removed) but the other is the 

 fiireft Seafbn, efpecially for moifl 

 Soils. 



In tranfplan^ing of thefe Trees, 

 we l"hould never fl^.orten any of 

 their Branches ; but only cut off 

 intirciy all iuch as arc ill placed, or 

 grov/ irregular, for rhcfe Trees 

 have always & large turgid Bud 

 p'aced at the Extremity cf their 

 Branches, in Vv-hich 3s incloled the 

 Shoot for the fucceeding Spring, 

 which Bud is of great Service m 

 vitrracting the Nounihment, and 

 promoting chc fururc Growth of 

 the Tree, and it is ofren obfcrvablc, 

 ivhere their Branches arc fr.ortned, 

 that there is produced a glutinous 

 Subilance, a!n)oft of the Conii- 

 ilence of Turpcjitinc, which often 



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occafions the Decay of thofe parti- 

 cular Branches, and ibmetimes of 

 the whole Tree. 



Thefe Trees have fomething very 

 fmgular in their Growth, i. e. that 

 their whole Year's Shoot is com- 

 monly performed m three Weeks 

 Tinie, after which it does no more 

 than increafe in Bulk, and become 

 more firm and fubftantial i and all 

 the latter Part of the Summer is 

 occupied in formicg and ifi-engthen- 

 ing the Buds for the next Year's 

 Shoots. There is a great Regula- 

 rity in the natural Growth of thefe 

 Trees, their Under-branches being 

 always greatly extended, and the 

 fucceeding ones decreaiing gradually 

 to the Top, do form a natural ob- 

 tufe Pyramid, v/hich Regularity is 

 by many People greatly difliked, as 

 appearing too much like thofe arti- 

 ficial Pyramids, which were for- 

 merly lb much eftecm'd a^nd culti- 

 vated on evcr-grctn Trees s but 

 are now very juifiy defpifed by all 

 curious Pcrfons : Though it mufi: 

 be allowed, where thefe Trees are 

 rightly difpofed in forming of 

 Clumps, ^c. their conical Figure 

 has a very good Etfe£t, by rendering 

 fuch Plantations very agreeable to 

 the Eye at Ibme Diftance, efpe- 

 cially when the under Parts of the 

 Trees are hid from Sight, by other 

 Trees which fur round them. 



Thefe Trees were originally 

 brought from Coyjjlammople into 

 Europ-e ; but although they are Na- 

 tives of ib warm a Country, yet 

 they are now fo enur'd to the Cold, 

 as lo defy the fevereft of our Win- 

 ters, and do grow to be very large 

 T rees, and produce great Quanti- 

 ties of Nuts annually, from v/hich 

 they may be multiplied at Pleafure. 

 The Fruit of this Tree is very bit- 

 ter, and of no Ufe amongft us at 

 prefent ; but in Turkey they give 



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