22 A DifcoHrfe of Foreft-Trces. 



fbmetimes lain on them to my great refrcftiment : fo as of this 

 Tree it may properly be faid, 



'-—.yhadoMUf^ cubiliafrondes. Juvenal. 



Sn>me may be driven to Maff about the end oiAuguSf. 



CHAP. VI. 



Of the AJh. 



AJh. I. /"^Rnus the Ajh is with us Male and Femak, the one afFedlii^ 



V_y the higher grounds : 



' '■ ' Sterilesfaxojfs montibus ortii. Geor. 2. 



The other the plainsj of a jpAiVer wood, and rifing many times to 

 a prodigious nature i fo as in forty years froiTi the Key, an Afi 

 hath been fold for thirty pounds sterling : and I have been credi- 

 bly inform'dj that one perfoft hath planted fo much of this one 

 fort of Timber in his life time as hath been valu'd worth fiftj/ thou- 

 fafid founds to be bought. Thefe are pretty encouragements, for 

 a fmall, and plealant induftry. 



2. The Ke^i being gather'd when they begin to fall (which is 

 about the end of O&ober , and the enfiiing Moneth) are to be 

 fow'd 5 but not altogether fo deep as your former Maiis : Thus 

 they do in Spain : A very narrow Seminary will be fufficient to 

 ftore an whole Country : They will lye a full year in the ground 

 before they appear 5 therefore you mufl: carefully fence them all 

 that time and have patience : But if you would make a confidera- 

 ble Wood of them at once. Dig or Vloro a parcel of ground, as you 

 would prepare it for Corn^ and with the Corn (or what other 

 Grain you think fitteft) fow alfo good ftore of Keys^ Ibme Crab- 

 kernels, &c. amongft them : Take off your crop of Corn, or Seed 

 in its Seafon, and the next year following it will be cover'd with 

 young 4/&ej-, which will be fit either to ftand, or heJranJpUnted 

 for divers years after ^ and thefe you will find to be far better 

 then any you can gather out of the Woods ( efpecially Suekers 

 which are worth nothing) being removed at one foot ftature (the 

 fooner the better) provided you defend them well from Cattel : 

 The reafon of this hafty tranfplanting, is to prevent their obfti- 



nate,and deep rooting » tantm amor terr£ which makes them 



hard to be taken up when they grow older, and that being re- 

 rnovM, they take no great hold till the fecond year, after which 

 they come away amain : Yet I have planted them of five and ^\yi 

 inches diametre, which have thriven as well as the fmaller wands. 



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