A Difcourfe of Forcft-Trees. 



moved) I will finifh what I have to fay concerning thefc Trees 

 in the Seminary , and (hew how they are there to be Raifed^ 

 Tra»Jblaf/ted, and Govern d till they can (hift for themfelves. 



CHAP. II. 



Of the Seminary. 



I, /^^ViVineam^ ml Arbtijiumcoitfiituere volet ^ Seviwariafriui 

 Semtr-y. V.^/'*^^''^ delehit , was the precept of Columella, l.^.c^. 

 fpeaking of Vineyards and Fruit-trees : and, doubtlefs, we cannot 

 purfue a better Courfe for the propagation of Timber-trees : For 

 though it fecm but a trivial defign that one ftiould make a Nurfery 

 of Forejiers 5 yet is it hot to be imagin'd, without the experience 

 of it, what prodigious Numbers a very CmaWjpot of Ground well 

 Cultivated, and deftin'd for this purpofe would,be able to furnifh 

 towards the fending forth of yearly Colonies into all the naked 

 quarters of a Lordjhip, or Demeafnes ^ being with a pleafant In- 

 dujiry liberally diftributed amongft the Tenants^ and difpos'd of 

 about the Hedge-rovps,2itidiOt\itr tVajie^za^. uncultivated places, for 

 Timber, Shelter, Fuel, and Ornament, to an incredible Advantage. 

 This being a cheap, and laudable Work, of fo much pleafure in 

 the execution, andfo ccvtamproft in the event 5 to be but once 

 •well done (for, as I affirm'd, a very fmall Nurfery will in a few 

 Years people a vaft extent of Ground) hath made me fometimeJ 

 in admiration at the univerfal negligence. 



^ 2 . Having therefore made choice of (bme fit place of Ground, 

 vfcM Fenced, veUpcding the South-eaji, rather then the full .S^«M, 

 and well protcded from the North and Weji , let it be Broken uf 

 the Winter before you fow, to mellow it, efpecially if it be a Clay, 

 and then the furrow would be made deeper 5 or fo, at leaft, a« 

 you would prepare it for Wheat : Or you may Trench it with the 

 Spade, by which means it will the eafier be cleanfed of whatfo- 

 ever may obftruft the putting forth, and infinuating of the ten- 

 der Roots : Then having given it a Cecondjiirring, immediately 

 before you fow , caft, and difpofe it into Ril/s, or fmall narrow 

 Irenches of four, or five inches deep, and in even lines, at two foot 

 interval, for the more commodious Runcation, Harving, and dref- 

 fing the Trees : Into thefe Furrows ( for a Confeminea Sylva ) 

 throw your Oak_, Beech, Jp, Nuts, all the Glandiferous Seeds, 

 Mafi, and Key-bearing kinds, fo as they lye not too thick, and then 

 cover them very well with a Rak§, or fine-tooth'd Harrow, as they 

 do for Feafe : Or, to be more accurate, you may fet them as they 

 do Beans (efpecially, the Nuts and Acorns) and that every 

 Species by themfelves, which is the better way : This is to be done 

 at the latter end of October, for the Autumnal fowing , and in the 

 lighter ground, about February for, the Vernal. 



3. Your f/<i«^/ beginning now to peep Ihould be earthed up, 



and 



