A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trecs. ^ 



fully ftor'd with them; bccaufethey require room, andfpaceto 

 amplifte and expand themfelves, and would therefore be planted 

 at more remote diftances, and free from all encumbrances : And 

 this upon confideration how Jlowly a full-grown Oak. mounts up- 

 wards, zndhow jpeedil)/ they fpread, and dilate themfelves to all 

 quarters, by dreffing and due culture 5 fo as above fertjj/ears ad- 

 vance is to be gain'd by this only Induftry : And, if thus his Ma- 

 jejiies Forefts, and chafes, were ftor'd ; vi%. with this ^reading 

 tree at handfome Intervals, by which Gr<?!2i;»g might be improv'd 

 for the feeding of Deer and Cattel under them, benignly vilited 

 with the gleams of the Sun, and adorn'd with the diftant Land-- 

 skjfs appearing through the glades, and frequent Vallies 



Cternla dijlinguens inter plaga currere pojjit 

 Per tumnlos, ^ convalles, campofqueproptfi .* 

 1}t nunc ejje vides vario diflinSa tepore 

 Omnia, qu<e pomis interflta dulcibus ornant 

 Arbufifque tenent felicibus ohfita circum. 



As the Voet incomparably defcribes his Olive-groves, 



' betwixt 



Whole rows the azure shje is feen immix'd, 



With Hillocks, Vales, and fields, as now you fee 



Diftinguifti'd with a fweet variety ^ 



Such places which wild Apple-trees throughout 



Adorn, and happy yZirw^j grow all about. 



Lucret.XT^o. 5. 

 (For fo we might alfo fprinkle Fruit-trees amongft them (of which 

 hereafter) for Cider and many lingular ufes) we lliould find fuch 

 goodly Plantations the boaft 6i our Rangers, and Forefls infinitely 

 preferrable to any thing we have yet beheld, rude, and negleCied 

 as they are : I fay, when his Majefy (hall proceed (as he hathde- 

 fign'd) to animate this laudable pride into fafhion, Forefls and 

 IVoods (as well as Fields and Inclofures) will prefent us with ano- 

 ther face then now they do. And here I cannot but applaud the 

 worthy Induftry of old Sir Harbotle Grimflone, who (I am told) 

 from a very fmall Nurfery of Acorns which he fow'd in the negleft-. 

 ed corners of his ground, did draw forth fuch numbers of Oaks of 

 competent growth ^ as being planted about his Fields in even, and 

 uniform rows, about one hundred foot from the Hedges j bufti'd, 

 and well water'd till they had fufficiently fix'd themfelves, did 

 wonderfully improve both the beauty, and the value of his De- 

 meafnes. But I proceed. 



4. Both thefe kjnds would be taken up very young, and Tranf- 

 planted about oBober 5 and though they will grow tolerably in 

 moft grounds ^ yet do they generally afteft thejound, black., deep 

 zndfafl mould, rather warm then over wet and cold, and a little 

 ri(ing ;, for this produces the firmeft Timber , and fo our former 

 Naturaiift 



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