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may be frequently obferved, v/here 

 Trees are thus placed. 



The next thing to be obferved, 

 is, to place the Tree in the Hole 

 in fuch Manner, that the Roots 

 may be about the fame Depth in 

 the Ground, as they were grow- 

 ing bctore they were taken up : 

 Then break the Earth fine with a 

 Spade, and fcatter it into the Hole, 

 fo that it may fall in between eve- 

 ry Root, that there may be ijo 

 HoliownCiS in the Earth (bur you 

 fliould by no Meai^.s fitt or icreen 

 the Mould, tor Realbns given in 

 the Article of Ffrrs) then having 

 fiU'd in the Earth, you fhould gent- 

 ly tread it dole with your Feet ; 

 but do not make it too hard, 

 which is a very great Fault, eipe- 

 cially if the Ground be flrong or 

 wet. 



Having thus planted the Trees, 

 vou fhould provide a Parcel of 

 Stakes, which fliould be drove 

 down by the Sides of the Trees, 

 and faflened thereto, to fupport 

 them from being blown down, or 

 difplaced by the Wind ; and then 

 lay fome Mulch upon the Surface 

 of the Ground, about their Roots, 

 to prevent the Earth from drying. 



This is to be underflood of 

 Standard Trees which caft their 

 Leaves i and as to fuch as are 

 flamed againft Walls, there is no 

 other Difference in their Manage- 

 ment, but only to preferve their 

 Heads entire, and to place their 

 Roots about five or fix Inches from 

 the Wall inclining their Heads 

 thereto ; which fhould be failencd 

 to the Wall, to prevent their be- 

 ing difplaced by the Wind j and 

 in the Spring following, jufl be- 

 fore they flioot, their Heads ihould 

 be cut down to five or fix Buds, 

 as is fully dire(Ci;ed under the fcvc- 



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ral Articles of the different Kinds 

 of Fruit. 



As to the Watering of all new 

 planted Trees, I fhould advife it to 

 be done with great Moderation ; 

 nothing being more injurious to 

 them than over-watering of 'em -, 

 Examples enough of this Kind may 

 have been feen in St. J-ames's Park, 

 a few Years pafl, where there have 

 been many Trees planted to make 

 the Rows complete, where the old 

 Trees were decay'd ; and notwith- 

 ftanding the great Care in bringing 

 in a large Quantity of frefh Earth, 

 where each Tree was planted, yet 

 very few of tliem have taken, and 

 thofe few which are yet alive, have 

 m;.de but poor Progrefs, nor will 

 they ever be thriving Trees ; which 

 is wholly owing to the Abundance 

 of Water given to them, whereby 

 the Fibres are rotted off as foon as 

 they are produced. And how can 

 any Perfon imagine, that a Tree 

 fliould thrive, when the Ground in 

 which it is planted, is continually 

 floated with Water ? For, by an 

 Experiment made by the Reverend 

 Mr. Halesy in placing the Roots of 

 a Brcarf Pe^r-lree in Water, th« 

 Quantity of Moiflure imbibed de- 

 creas'd very much daily, becaufe 

 the Sap-Veflels of the Roots, like 

 thofj of the cut-off Boughs in the 

 fame Experiment, were fo fatura- 

 ted and clogged with Moifture, by 

 fbanding in Water, that more of it 

 could not be drawn up. And this 

 Experiment was tried upon a Tree 

 which was lull of Leaves, and 

 thereby more capable to difcharge 

 a large Quantity of Moiflure, than 

 fuch Trees as are entirely defbitute 

 of Leaves i fo that it is impoflible 

 fucii Tree? can thrive, where the 

 Moiflure is too great about their 

 Roots. 



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