THE CONTENTS 



OF THE SECOND PART, WHICH TREATS OF 



THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



CHAPTER I 

 OF THE SEVERAL WAYES OF PROPAGATION 



PAGE 



1. The Introduction. 2. The several waves are : 3. First 

 by seeds. 4. Secondly by off-sets. 5. Thirdly by cuttings. 

 6. Fourthly by laying. 7. Fifthly by circumposition. 

 8. Sixthly by graffing. 9. Lastly by inoculation. 10. Of 

 planting, pruning, &c. . . . . .61 



CHAPTER II 

 HOW TO CULTIVATE AND PREPARE GROUNDS 



1. Of trenching. 2. Of fallowing. 3. Several wayes of 

 improving land. 4. Of the best and worst soyls, and how 

 to enrich them. 5. What manures are proper for the soyls. 

 6. What sorts are proper for plants. 7. How to make hot- 

 beds. 8. Of watering ..... 79 



CHAPTER III 

 HOW TO PROPAGATE AND ORDER FORREST-TREES 



1. How to govern them in seminary and nurserie. 2. 

 When their seeds are ripe, when to sow, in what soyl, when 

 they spring, &c. 3. How to transplant out forrest-trees. 

 4. How to prune them . . . . .92 



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