AGRICULTURE AND PLANTING. 77 



On Transplanting Trees. 



or ten tons to the acre. Roll the sward both length and cross ways, till the sur- 

 face is pretty well broke; then sow after the rate of seven pounds of white clo- 

 ver, four pounds of trefoil, and four pounds of cow clover to an acre ; dress the 

 whole close both length and cross ways with the sward-dresser, clear the close 

 of all the rubbish collected by dressing it, then roll it well down with the plain 

 roller, after Avhich no stock should be admitted for some time. 



DISSERTATION VI. ■ • 



On Transplanting Trees, 



VJTROUNDWORKS, consist chiefly of shrubberies, extensive lawns, and 

 fields interspersed with large plantations of forest trees, and flowering shrubs, 

 planted in the wilderness way,- Avith serpentine walks, &c. running through the 

 whole. 



In planning and designing these works, it frequently happens that for want 

 of a variety of proper sized trees, the most stately designs are very 

 defective. 



In order to supply that defect, plenty of various kinds of proper sized trees 

 ought always to be at command, for the purpose of transplanting them into bare 

 fields, parks,'or about new buildings; or into any other places where they would 

 imitate most t]:iat charming negligence of nature, which is so ravishing to the 

 senses. 



In preparing young trees for being transplanted when large, they should 

 continue in the seed bed for two years and a half, and then planted out into 

 greater distances, reducing the tap roots considerably, and the lateral roots spar- 

 ngly. x; - _ 



