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for good) but you fliould the pre- 

 cedent Spring dig near the Roots 

 of thofe which are to be remov'd, 

 and cut underneath them with 

 your Spade, to take off the Tap- 

 Roots^ but you mufl: obferve not 

 to cut them too clofe to the Plants, 

 left you deftroy them j this will 

 occalion their pufhing out many 

 Fibres, whereby the Earth will be 

 better preferv'd to their Roots 

 when they are tranfplanted, and 

 there will be lefs Danger of their 

 growing. 



It has been directed by moft 

 People who have written on thefe 

 Trees, to fow the Acorns in Pots, 

 and when the Plants have grown 

 two or three Years therein, to 

 fhake them out of the Pots, pre- 

 ierving all the Earth about them, 

 and to plant them where they are 

 to remain, which is a very good 

 Method for fmall Quantities; but 

 the Trouble of this in large Plan- 

 tations would be too great, efpeci- 

 ally if we coniider that thefe Plants, 

 while in Pots, will require con- 

 ftantly to be water 'd in dry Wea- 

 ther, otherwife they will be fub- 

 jed to fail, or at leaft will make 

 but poor Progrefs i and although it 

 is generally thought very hazar- 

 dous to remove thefe Trees, yet I 

 believe, if great Care be taken, 

 firft, to obferve the juft Sealbn, 

 which is in the beginning of A- 

 fril-y fecondly, to preferve as much 

 Earth to their Roots as pofTible ; 

 and, thirdly, not to keep them 

 long above Ground, the removing 

 of thefe Trees will not be tound 

 (6 dangerous as mofl: People ima- 

 gine. 



And I am convinc'd, that Trees 

 of feven or eight Years Growth, 

 are in lefs Danger of fufferjng by 

 Tranfplantation, than thofe that 

 are much younger j for in the 



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Year 1727, I remov'd many of 

 thefe Trees which were five or (\x. 

 Feet high, and though they had 

 not been fo well manag'd in the 

 Place where they were rais'd, as 

 might be willi'd, yet but one of 

 the whole Number hi I'd, notwith- 

 ftanding the Seafon prov'd dry for 

 near a Month after. 



Thefe Trees are by many PeO" 

 ple greatly efteem'd for Hedges, to 

 furround Wildernefs Quarters ; but 

 they are fubjecft to grow too large 

 for that Purpofe, becaufe we fhould 

 never hide the Tops of the Trees 

 in fuch Places from the Sight, for 

 they are, if rightly difpos'd in the 

 Quarters, vaftly more agreeable to 

 the Eye than the fineft fhear'd 

 Hedge in the World; but they 

 may do well enough for a large 

 Fence to obftrud the Sight, or to 

 defend a new Plantation of tender 

 Trees, for which Purpofe the A- 

 corns fhould be fown in the Place 

 where the Hedge is defign'd, and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 fliould be thinned where they are 

 too clofe, and if the Ground is 

 kept clear from Weeds, and every 

 Spring dug about the Plants, they 

 will loon form a good Hedge ; but 

 you fliould obferve not to let them, 

 grow too much in Height, before 

 the bottom Part of the Hedge is 

 well ftrengthen'd, which would 

 occafion its bending, and the Bran- 

 ches would be fubjeft to be dif^ 

 plac'd v/ith ftrong Winds or great 

 Snows, and thereby become very 

 unfightly ; but if they are regular- 

 ly train'd up, they will make a 

 good thick Hedge from theGrou'id 

 to the Height of forty Feet, and 

 that in lefs Time than any other 

 Ever-green Tree whatever. 



The Soil in which thefe Trees 

 thrive beft, is a hazelly Loam, not 

 too ftrong nor over light, in v^'htch 



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