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the Plants; this, in fuch Countries 

 where Labour is dear, is a great 

 Expence, to do it hy Hand with a 

 Hoe,- but this may be eafily effe6l- 

 ed with a Breaft-hoeing Plough, 

 which may be drawn through be- 

 tween the Rows, which will en- 

 tirely eradicate the Weeds, and by 

 ilirring of the Soil, render it mel- 

 low, and greatly promote the 

 Growth of the Plants. 



When any of thcfe Sorts are in- 

 tended for Seed, there fliould be as 

 many Rows of them left unga- 

 ther'd, as may be thought necefla- 

 ry to furnifh a fufficient Quantity 

 of Seed 5 thefe mufl: remain until 

 their Pods are changed brown, and 

 begin to fplit ; when you fhould 

 immediately gather them up toge- 

 ther with the Haulm, and if you 

 have not Room to flack them up 

 until Winter, you may thrafh them 

 out fo foon as they are dry, and 

 put them up in Sacks for Ufe : But 

 you muft be very careful not to let 

 them remain too long abroad after 

 they are ripe, for if Wet fliould 

 happen, it would rot them, and 

 Heat after a Shower of Rain, would 

 caufe their Pods to burft and caft 

 forth their Seeds, fo that the grea- 

 teft Part of them would be loft, 

 but, as I faid before, it is not ad- 

 vifeable to continue fowing of the 

 fame Seed longer than two Years, 

 for the Reafons there laid down ; 

 but rather to exchange your Seeds 

 every Year, or every two Years at 

 lead, whereby you may always ex- 

 pert to have them prove well. 



PLANTAIN TREE; -vide Mufa. 



PLANTING i Although the Me- 

 thod of ?L%nting the various Sorts 

 of Trees, is fully let down, under 

 the feveral Articles where each 

 Kind is mentioned, yet it may rot 

 be amils to fay Ibmething in gene- 

 ral upon that Head in this Place j 



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which fliall be fet down as briefly 

 as poffiblc. And, 



JF/>y?, The firft Thing in the 

 Flaming of Trees, is to prepare 

 the Ground (according to the dif- 

 ferent Sorts of Trees you intend to 

 plant) before the Trees are taken 

 out of the Earth; for you fhould 

 fufier them to remain as little Time 

 out of the Ground as polTible. 



In taking up the Trees, you 

 fliould carefully dig away the Earth 

 round their Roots, fo as to come 

 at their fevera] Parts to cut them 

 off, for if they are torn out of the 

 Ground without Care, the Roots 

 will be broken and bruifed very 

 much, to the great Injury of the 

 Trees. When you have taken them 

 up, the next thing is to prepare 

 them for riant ing, in doing of 

 which, there are two Things to be 

 principally regarded ; the one is to 

 prepare the Roots, and the other 

 to prune their Heads, in fuch a 

 Manner, as may be mofb fcrvicea- 

 ble in promoting the future Growth 

 of the Trees. 



And firft, as to the Roots; all 

 the fmall Fibres are to be cut off, 

 as near to the Place from whence 

 they are produc'd, as may be (ex- 

 cepting fuch Trees as are to be re- 

 planted, immediately after they are 

 taken up) othervvife the Air will 

 turn all the fmall Roots and Fi- 

 bres black ; which, if permitted to 

 remain on, when the Tree is plan- 

 ted, vAW grow mouldy and decay, 

 and . thereby fpoil all the new Fi- 

 bres which are produc'd; fo that 

 many times the Trees mifcarry for 

 want of duly obferving this : After 

 the Fibres are all cut off, you 

 fhould prune off all the bruis'd or 

 broken Roots fmooth, othcrwife 

 they are apt to rot and diflemper 

 the Trees; you {hou!d alio cut out 

 all irregukr Roots which crofs each 



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