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great Wood j but, in the mean 

 Time, don't confider that the cut- 

 ting off great Tops do endanger 

 the Life of a Tree, or, at beft, 

 wound it fb that many Trees decay- 

 more in their Bodies, than the 

 yearly Tops come to; and at the 

 lame Time that they furnifh them- 

 felves with more great Wood, they 

 do it at the Lofs of the Owner. 

 And, indeed, though the Horn-Beam 

 and Elm will bear great Tops when 

 the Body is little more than a Shell, 

 yet the AJJj, if it comes to take 

 Wet at the Head, very rarely bears 

 more Top after the Body of the 

 Tree decays : Therefore, if once 

 thefe Trees decay much in the 

 Middle, they will be worth little 

 but for the Fire ■■, fb that if you 

 End a Timber Tree decay, it Ihould 

 be cut dowa in Time, that the 

 Timber be not loft. 



The Lopping of young Trees, that 

 is, at ten or twelve Years old at 

 moft, will preferve them much 

 longer, and will occaiion the Shoots 

 to grow more into Wood in one 

 Year, than they do in old Tops at 

 two or three. Great Boughs ill 

 taken off, often fpoil many a Tree; 

 for which Realbn they fliould al- 

 ways be taken off clofe and fmooth, 

 and not parallel to the Horizon ; 

 and cover the Wound with Loam 

 and Horfe-dung mix'd, to prevent 

 the Wet from entring the Body of 

 the Tree. 



When Trees arc at their full 

 Growth, there are fcveral Signs of 

 their Decay ; as, the withering or 

 dying of many ot their top Branches ; 

 or if the Wet enters at any Knot ; 

 or they are anywiie hollow, or 

 difcolour'd; if they make but poor 

 Shoots; or if Wood-Peckers make 

 any Holes in them. 



All Sorts of Rciinous Trees, or 

 fuch as abound with a Milky Juice, 



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fhould be lopp'd very iparingly ,- for 

 they are very fubjedt to decay when 

 often cut. The beft Seafon for 

 Lopping thefe Trees is Toon after 

 Bartholomew-tUe, at which Time 

 they feldom bleed much, and the 

 Wound is commonly heal'd over 

 before the cold Weather comes on. 



LOTUS : Bird's-foot Trefoil. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a papilionaceous Flcwer ; 

 the Ovary which rifes out of the 

 Flower-cup, afterwards becomes a 

 Tod, fometimes clifinguipj'd as it 

 were into Cells, by tranfverfe Par- 

 titions, which are full of Seeds, for 

 the mofi part roundijh ; to which 

 may be added, the Leaves grow by 

 threes, but have two J^^'ings or little 

 Leaves at the Origin of their Foot" 

 jialks. 



The Species are ; 



1. Lotus 5 villofus, alttjfmus, 

 jlore glomerato. Tourn. The talleft 



hairy Birds-foot Trefoil, with a 

 glomerated Flower. 



2. Lotus ; pentaphyllus, filiquo" 

 fus, villofus. C. B, P. Upright 

 hoary Birds-foot Trefoil. 



5. Lotus ; ^aWKi^TO", fru' 

 tefcens, Cretica, argentea, /iliquis lon- 

 gijfmis, propendentibus, reciis. Mor. 

 Hifl. Shrubby Silver Birds-foot Tre- 

 foil of Crete, with long ftrait hang- 

 ing Pods. 



4. Lotus ; h<imorrhoidalis, humi- 

 lior tQf candidior. Tourn, Lower 

 and whiter Hxmorrhoidaie Birds- 

 foot Trefoil. 



f. Lotus; anguJlifoUus, flore lu- 

 teo, Ijpurpureo, ex infula fanSii Jacobin 

 Hop. Amfi. Narrow-leav'd Birds- 

 foot Trefoil from the Ifland of 

 St. Jamesy with a purple yellow 

 Flower. 



6. Lotus ; ruber, filiqua angU" 

 lofa. C. B. P. Red iquare-codded 

 Birds-foot Trefoil, commonly called, 

 Winged Peas, 



7. Lcn 



