TREATING OF CONTRIVANCE 



10 inches broad, will quickly go through them in 

 summer, and cut the weeds at their first peeping : 

 this would certainly be a great improvement : and 

 whether you apply to corn or grass, fruit or forrest- 

 trees, I would advise you to keep them thus clean 

 of weeds, and if ever you repent it, blame me. 



A sixth way of planting trees, is, to make all the 

 walkes or intervals open from the house propor- 

 tionally, so as, when you stand at the house, the 

 walkes may appear all of an equal breadth to the 

 eye ; this would suit well my contrivance of the 

 house, being like the sun sending forth his beams. 



The distance of trees in thickets and orchards, is 

 either according to the quality of the ground, trees 

 to be planted, or methode of planting. 



If a good and deep soil, there trees will live long, 

 grow to a great magnitude, and require a large dis- 

 tance. Apples planted the first, second, and third 

 way may be from eight to ten ells distance. Pears 

 so planted, at ten, or twelve ells : and of these planted 

 the fourth way, may be at the least distance men- 

 tioned ; because they will stand near the greatest, 

 when every second is removed : but if planted the 

 fifth way, they may be from sixteen to twenty ells 

 one way, and from eight to ten the other. Cherries 



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