390 A TREATISE OF 



if the trees are of good forts, and the land 

 in which they grow be either proper, or 

 capable of being made fo. 



That is the firfl: thing neceffary to be 

 obferved^ and if manures are wanting, 

 fuch forts muft be applied as the nature of 

 the foil requires, that is, for fandy-land ap- 

 ply foot, or pigeon-dung, and for ftrong 

 clay, lime or coal-afhes : cover the ground 

 over for the fpace of ten feet round the 

 ftem of each tree that is defigned to re- 

 main; lay it about a quarter of an inch 

 thick, and when the trees are properly cut^ 

 let the ground be dug over in fuch a thin 

 manner as not to cut the roots. If a tree 

 is covered with mofs, or makes large fhoots 

 in the fummer, which canker and die at 

 their upper ends in the winter, it is a fign 

 it is planted too deep, or elfe the foil too 

 wet in which it grows. 



The mofs m.uft be fcraped off; and if it 

 is too deep planted, and a moveable tree, 

 the brandies and roots fhculd be cut as 

 before directed^ then take it up with a 

 fern, if large, and lay earth under the roots, 

 till the upper ones be even witli the fur- 

 face of the ground; then make a hill round 

 the fi:em, in proportion to the length of the 

 8 roots. 



