a5 A Difconrfe of Foreft-Trees. 



have him ftand s, for which they may be prepared by bedding 

 them (being dry) mfand^'or good earth, till March^ from the time 

 they fell, or were beaten on the Tree : Or if before they be fet 

 with A;Kf A.and all upon tliem , for the extream bitternefs thereof 

 is moft exitial and deadly to worms : Some fupple them a little 

 in warm Cows-milk^'-^ but being treated as before, you will find 

 them zheady Jprouted^ and have need only to be planted where 

 they are to abide ^ bccaufe (as we faid long fince) they are moft 

 impatient of tranfplanting : But if there be an abfolute neceffity 

 of removing, let your 7ree be about four years old, and then by 

 no means touch the head with your k»ifc, nor cut away fo much 

 as the very Tap-root , fince being of a pithy and hollow Tubftance, 

 the leaft diminution, or bruife, will greatly endanger the killing. 



2. The Wall-vut delights in a dry, found and rich land > cfpeci- 

 ally, if it incline to a feeding cA<i/A., ox Mark ; and where it may 

 be proteftedfrom the cold , as in great Pits, Vallies, and High- 

 way fides •■) alfo in Stony-grounds, and on Hills efpecially Chalkje : 

 likcwifc in Corn-fields : Thus Burgundy abounds with them, where 

 they ftand in the middeft of goodly Wheat-lands 2it fixty and an 

 hundred foot diftance ^ and it is fo far from hurting the crop^ that 

 they look on them as a great preferver, by keeping the grounds 

 warm; nor do the roots hinder the Plow. Whenever they fell 

 a7r«e(which is only the old, and decay'd) they always plant a 

 young one ncer him ; and in feveral places 'twixt Hanavp and 

 Frandfort ivi Germany^ no young F^rw/er whatfoever is permitted 

 to Marry a Wife^ till he bring proof that he hath planted, ,and is a 

 Father of fuch a ftated number o(fVall-nut-trees, as the Law is in- 

 violably obferved to this day for the extraordinary benefit which 

 this Tree affords the Inhabitants : And in truth, were this limber 

 in greater plenty amongft us, we (hould have far better Vtenfiles 

 of all forts for our houfos, as Chairs^ Stools^ Bed-Heads^ Tables^ 

 Wainfcot, Cabinets^ C^c. in ftead of the more vulgar Beech^ fubjeft 

 toth&vporm^ weak and unfightly. 



3. They render moft graceful Avenues to our Country dwel- 

 lings, and do excellently m hedge-roxvs j but had need be planted 

 at forty, or fifty foot interval 5 for they affedt to fpread both their 

 roots and branches. The Bergjiras (which extends from Heidel- 

 berg to Darmiiadt) is all planted with Wall-nuts-^ for fo by another 

 ancient Lavp the Bordurers were oblig'd to nurfe up, and take 

 care of them ; and that chiefly for their ornament and ftiade; fo 

 as a man may ride for many miles about that Country, under a 

 continu'd Arbour^ oxClofe-VPalk^'-^ The Traveller both refrefli'd with 

 the Fruity and the shade : How would fuch publick Plantations 

 improve the glory and wealth of a Nation! but where ftiall we 

 find the fiirits amongft our Country-men ? Yes, I will adventure 

 to inftance in thofe Plantations of Sir Richard Stidolph^ upon the 

 Downs ncer Lether-head in Surrey ; and fo about Cajjauhon^ where 

 many thoufands of thefe 'Irces do celebrate the indu^iry of the 

 Owners ; and will certainly reward it with infinite improvement^ 

 as I am afll^ur'd they do in part already, and that very confiderably; 



befides 



