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Eoots, and confcquently do often 

 mifcarry. 



In Planting of thefe Trees, great 

 'Care (hould be taken not to bury 

 their Roots too deep, which is very 

 injurious to them, efpecially if they 

 arc planted on a moift Loam or Clay, 

 in which Cafe, if the Clay is near 

 the Surface, it will be the beft Way 

 to raife the Ground in a Hill, where 

 each Tree is to be placed, which 

 •will advance their Roots above the 

 Surface of the Ground, fo that they 

 vrill not be in Danger of rotting in 

 Winter with Moifture. 



When thefe Trees are propagated 

 by Suckers taken from the Foot of 

 old Trees, they are commonly lay'd 

 into the Ground very clofe in Beds, 

 where, in dry Weather, they may 

 be frequently vvater'd, to encourage 

 their putting out Roots : In thefe 

 l^eds they are left two Years, by 

 which time thofe that live will be 

 well rooted (though a great many 

 of them generally die) i then they 

 iliould be tranfplantcd into the Nur- 

 icry, and manag'd as hath been di- 

 xcCired for the Layers. 



There are fome who raife the 

 Wltch-Ehti from Seeds, which it 

 generally produces in great Plenty, 

 and arc ripe in April. Thefe fliould 

 be fbwnupon a Bed of frefli, Ipamy 

 Eartn, and gently cover'dj in dry 

 \Vcather they fnould be water'd, 

 and if the Bed is fhadcd from the 

 violent Heat of the Sun, it will be 

 of great Service to the Seeds (for I 

 always obfcrve, the Plants to come 

 up better in the Shade than when 

 fxpofcd to the Sun) j when the 

 flints come up, they fliould be care- 

 fully clear'd from Weeds, and after 

 they have flood two Years in 

 the Seed-bed, they will be fit to. 

 plant out into the Nurfery, where 

 fhey r^iuft be marjig'd a: the 

 |brmer. 



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Sometimes the common Englif?) 

 Elm will produce Seeds, but it is 

 not fo conftantly fruitful as the 

 Witch-Elm, which feldom fails to 

 produce great Quantities, when 

 they have arriv'd to a due Maturity, 

 which Seeds will fall to the Ground j 

 and when they light upon a Spot 

 which is not dilfurb'd, the Plants 

 will come up in great Plenty. 



The Timber of the common 

 Englifl} Elm is generally preferr'd to 

 the reft, though that of the Witch- 

 Elm is often as good, and is the 

 largeft: Tree, when planted on a 

 kindly Soil : But the Dutch Elm 

 affords the worft Timber, and 

 never will grow to the Stature of 

 either of the other Sorts, fo that 

 this fiiQuld not be cultivated for the 

 Timber j therefore the beft Way to 

 be fare of the Kinds which a Perfon 

 would chufc to propagate, is to 

 have a Nurfery of Stools, in order 

 to furnifli Layers ; for when they 

 are grubbed up from Hedge-Rows, 

 there v/ill often Le many Sorts inter- 

 mix'd, efpecially if the People who 

 go about to gather 'cm do furnifli 

 them, becaufe they take 'em in- 

 differently where-ever they can pro- 

 cure them 5 fb that when they are 

 planted out thus blended together, 

 there will be a conliderable Dift'e- 

 rence in the Growths, v/hich Will 

 deface the Plantation. 

 URTICAi The Nettle, 



The Characters are i 

 It hath an apetaloHs FloTver, con- 

 fifting of many Stamina included in an 

 Empalement, hut thefe are barren > 

 for the Embryo's are produced either 

 on different slants, or on di^erent 

 Farts of the fame Tlant, without any 

 'vlfible Flower, which afterrpards be^ 

 £ome a b:i;alve Seed-xieffel, fometimes. 

 gathered into round Heads, and ap 

 other times are fmall and hairy, en- 

 clofin^ fever aj Seeds, 



