A Difcomfe of Forcft-Trees|?;^ . 



and comforted a little ^ efpecially, after breaking of the greatet 

 frofis^ and when the fweliing mould is apt to fpue them forth , 

 but when they are about an inch above ground you may, in a 

 moifi fesiioni draw them up where they are too thic^^ and fet 

 them immediately in other lines, or Beds prepared for them j ot 

 you may plant them in double fojjer, where they may abide for 

 good and all , and to remain till they are of a competent ftature 

 to be Iran^lanted ^ where they Ihould be fet at liich difiances as 

 their feveral kjnds require ; but if you draw them only for the 

 thinning of your Seminary^ prick them into fbme empty Beds at 

 one foot mtvrval, leaving the reft at two or three. 



4. When your -See^^/z/Tg/ have ftood thus till ^'"^e, beftowahalf 

 digging upon them, andfcattera little /««»g^, half rotten L/^fer, 

 Fearn^ Bean-hame, or old Leaves^ among them, to preferve the 

 Roots from fcorching , and to entertain the moifture ^ and then 

 in March following ( by which time it will be quite confum'd 

 and very mellow J you (hall chop it all into the earthy and mingle 

 it together: Continue i\\\sfroceji for two or three years fuccef- 

 fively, and then for before, if the ftatute of your young Impes 

 invitej you may plant them forth, carefully taking up their Roots^ 

 and cutting the ^/e«/ within an inch o^ the ground ("if the 4?W, 

 of which hereafter, fufFerthe J^w/e^ let them where they are to 

 continue : Some repeat this, the fecond Tear, and after March Cthe 

 Moon decreasing) re-cut them at half a foot from the jkrface 5 and 

 then meddle with them no more ; but this (if the procef be not 

 inore fevere then needs) muft be done With a very fharp Injirii^ 

 ment, and with care, left you violate, and unfettle the Root 5 

 which is likewife to be praftis'd upon all thofe which you did not 

 Tranjplant, unlefs you ftnd them very thriving Trees 5 and then 

 it ftiall fuftice, toprxne off the Branches, and fpare the Tops ; for 

 this does not only greatly eftablifti your Plants, by diverting the 

 Sap to the Roots ^ but likewife frees them from the injury and 

 eoncufiions of the Winds, and makes them to produce handlbme, 

 ftraight j&fl<?*/, infinitely preferable to fuch as are abandoned to 

 nature, and ^faV/ie«^, without this difcipline : By this means the 

 Oak^ will become excellent Timber , Ihooting into ftraight and C\n- 

 glcjients: The Chef-nut, Ajf), &c. multiply into Foles, which 

 you may reduce tojtandards at pleafure. 



5. The Author of the Natural Hiftory, Pliny, tells us it was a 

 vulgar Trrf<j/z//(7«, in his time, that no Tree (hould be Removed un- 

 der two years old, or above three : Cato would have none TranJ^ 

 plantcdXtk then five fingers in diametreh but I have (hew'd why 

 we are not to attend fo Iong,for fuch as we raife oi Seedlings: In thd 

 interim, if thefe direftions appear too bufie, or operofe , or that 

 the Plantation you intend be very ample, a more compendious' 

 Method will be, the confufed fowing of Acorns, c^c. in Fnrroves^ 

 two foot afunder, covered at three fingers depth, and fo for three^ 

 years cleanled, and the firft Winter cover'd with fearn, without- 

 any farther culture, unlefs you Tr4»||>/rf«^ them ; but, as I (hewed 

 before, in Nurferies they would be cut an inch {rom the Ground, 



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