be of great Service to them) by 

 which time you wiil caiily judge 

 \vhich of the two Plants left m 

 each Plot, is Hkely to make the bed 

 Tree, fo that the other fliould now be 

 taken away, being very careful how 

 you dig near the remaining Plants, 

 left you fhouid injure theii Roots, 

 and if at this time you find any of 

 them with very crooked unfightly 

 Stems, you may cur them down 

 near the Surface of the Ground, and 

 if- their Roots are flrong, they will 

 lend forth flrait vigorous Shoots 

 the following Summer, and make 

 kindly handiome Plants. 



When thefe Plants are advanced 

 out of the Reach of Cattle, they 

 will require but little more Care, 

 except to prune off any ftrong 

 lateral Branches, where they are 

 produced, in order to ftrengthen 

 the leading Shoot j but you Ihould 

 by no means be too bufy in pruning 

 thefe Trees, which will greatly re- 

 tard their Growth. The Expence 

 of fuch Plantations is but Imall, 

 cfpecially where Labour is cheap, 

 and the Profits which mufl ariie 

 from them, to the Succeflbrs of 

 thofe who arc fo beneficent to their 

 Poflierity, as to lay out a fmall Share 

 of their Fortune this Way, will be 

 very great i but as this has been 

 fully treated of by Mr. Evelyn, fo I 

 ihall not repeat it in this Place, but 

 refer the Curious to his valuable 

 Treatife o^ For eft-Trees, where they 

 will find enough faid to encourage 

 all Gentlemen of Eftates, to lay out 

 fome of their prefent Fortune, to 

 enrich their Families. 



QUICK, delights in a Ground 

 that is more dry than wet, (for 

 watery Places it abhors.) Plant 



<^mck in the following Manner: 



L°t the firfl Rows of Sets be 

 pkc*d in a Trench of about half a 



Foot deep, even with the Top of 



the Ditch, in fomcwhat a Doping 

 or inclining Pofture ; then having 

 rais'd the Bank near a Foot upon 

 them, plant another Row io as their 

 Tops may juft peep out over the 

 Middle of the Sp.iccs of the firft 

 Row : Thefe cover again to the 

 Height and Thicknefs of the other, 

 and place a third Rank oppofite to 

 the firfi:, and then finilh the Bank 

 to its intended Height. 



The Diftances of the Plants fliould 

 not be above one Foot j and the 

 Scafon to do the Work in, may be. 

 from the Beginning of February 

 till the End of March, or elfe in 

 September to the Beginning of De- 

 cember. 



When this is finilh'd, you mud 

 guard both the Top of the Bank, 

 and the utmoil Verge of the 

 Ditch with a fufficient dry Hedge 

 interwoven from Stake to Stake 

 into the Earth (which commonly 

 they do on the Bank) to fecure 

 the 3M.ick from the Spoil of 

 Cattle?" 



You muft alfo be careful to re- 

 pair fuch as decay, the following 

 Spring, by fupplying the dead, and 

 trimming the reftj and after three 

 Years Growth, intermix ibme Tim- 

 ber-trees amongft them, fuch as 

 Oaky Ajh, Beech, Maple, Fruit or 

 the hke j which being drawn young 

 out of the Nurferies may be very 

 ealily infer ted. 



Some, indeed, objecSl againfl fcat- 

 tering thefe Mafts and Keys among 

 Fences, which being grown, over- 

 top the Hedge that grows under it, 

 and may prejudice it with their 

 Shade and Drip : But this may be 

 prevented by planting Hollies (which 

 are Proof againfl iheic Impediments) 

 in the Line or Trench where you 

 would raife Standards, as far as 

 they ufually ipread m many Years, 

 and which, if plac'd at good 



Diflances, 



