THE CULTURE OF PLANTS 



need is. Also dig up and dibble in these cast up by 

 the frosts, as well as shade and shelter them in time 

 of necessity. Let them stand, some but one, others 

 two years in the seminary after they rise; then 

 remove and plant in the nurserie, in distance a foot 

 one way, half a foot the other, or five rowes in the 

 bed (if six foot broad) in straight lines, having first 

 prun'd their roots, especially toped the main root 

 that runs straight down ; so shall they send f urth 

 syde or seeding roots and agree well with trans- 

 planting thereafter. Also proportion the head to 

 the root, by pruning up the side boughes, reserving 

 some of the smallest afterwards all the way on the 

 body, to stop the sap in its course, that the tree may 

 grow great with its hight, and this will prove the 

 best fortification against the winds. 



Cut not the tops of these trees you ordain for 

 timber, except some grow crooked in the nurserie ; 

 these, save greens, may be fell'd near the ground 

 in the spring, or at mid-summer, and train up the 

 streightest shoot again to be the tree. When they 

 have stood three years at most in this nurserie, re- 

 plant them at a wider distance in spade-bit trenches, 

 three foot one way, and two the other, where they 

 may stand till they be ready for planting out in 



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