THE SCOTS GARD'NER 



and plumes from five to seven ells, being planted 

 the first, second, third, or fourth way. As for the 

 distance of dwarfs and wall-trees, see the next 

 chapter. 



At the same distance with pears, plant oak, elm, 

 ash, plane, beech, walnut, chesnut : with apples, 

 plant greens, service, limes, poplars. At the distance 

 of plum and cherrie, plantmaple, horn-beam, hassel, 

 birch, laburnum, aspen, alder, will owes, pine, firr, 

 yew. 



If the ground be level, plant such trees as grow 

 lowest, at the south side, and still higher by degrees 

 towards the north, that the tallest and strongest 

 may be on the north side ; so shall the northern 

 blasts be guarded off, and the sun-beams the better 

 received in amongst them. If the ground be not 

 level, plant such as grow low on the highest ground, 

 and the contrary. And set alwayes the crooked or 

 leaning side towards the south-west, whence come 

 the strongest winds, whichin a fewyears will make 

 them the more erect ; for you may observe that all 

 trees that are not well sheltered from these westerly 

 winds, lean or decline towards the east. 



When the ground is all marked out with stakes, 

 put on the rounding-string, and make the holes : I 



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