A DifcoHrfe of Fore/l-Trees, jjp 



CHAP. XI. 



Of the Sycamor. 



I, '"jr^^cSycantor is much more in reputation for itsjhade then ^J'c<"««'"» 



X itdeferves^ for the Leaves which ^11 early (hke thofe 

 of the yiP) turn to a Mucilage^ and putrifie with the firft moifture 

 of the feafon > fo as they contaminate ^flj^mar our Wal^f, and are 

 therefore (by my confent) to be banifh'd from all curious Gardem 

 and Avenues : There is in Germany a better fort of Sycamor then 3. 

 ours, wherewith they make Saddle-trees, and divers other things 

 of ufe j our own is excellent for Cart and Plovp-timber, being lightj 

 toughj and not much inferiour to Ap it (el£ 





CHAP. XII. 



Of the Horn-Beam. 



I,'' h'^UeHorn-heam, in Latifte the Carpiftuf, is planted of ^efj- 5 Eom-beiin^ 



X. though it may likewife be railed from the Seeds, which 

 being mature mAugnft ftiould be fown in 05?(?/>er ; but the more 

 expeditious way, is, by Sets of about an inch diametre, and cut 

 within half a foot of the Earth : Thus it will advance to a confi- 

 derable Tree. The places it chiefly defires . to grow in are in cold 

 hills, and in the barren and moft expos'd parts of Woods. 



2 . Amongft other ufes which it ferves for, as Mills (for which it 

 excels either Tevp or Crab) Xoakztimher (whence of old 'twas call'd 

 lyTitt ) heads of Beetles , Stock/ , and handles of Tools ( for all 

 which purpofes its extream toughnefs commends it to the Huf 

 handmau) being planted in fmall Fojfes, or Trenches, at half a foot 

 interval , and in the fingle row it makes the nobleft and the 

 ftatelieft Hedges for long Walks in Gardens, or Farks, of any Tree ^^ 



whatfoever whofe leaves are deciduous, and forfake their branches 

 in Winter ; becaule it grows tall , and fo fturdy as not to be 

 wronged by the Winds : Befides, it will furnifli to the very foot of 

 the Jiem, and flourilhes with a gloffie and polifti'd verdure which 

 is exceeding delightful,, of long continuance, and of all other the 

 harder Woods the fpeedieft Grower^ maintaining a (lender, up- 

 ri^tjiem, which does not come to be bare, and (Vicky in many 

 years. That admirable Ejpalier-hedge in the long middle walk 

 of Luxembourg Garden at Park (then which there is nothing more 

 graceful) is planted of this Tree , and fo is that Cradle or Cloje- 

 tvalk^, with that perplext Canopie, which covers the (eat in his Ma- 

 jejiies Garden at Hampton-Court, Thefe Hedges are tonple j but 

 where they are maintain'd to fifteen or twenty toot height(which is 



fK, very 



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