2-ir 



-Q A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. 



very frequent in the places before mention'd)they are to be cut, 

 and kept in order with a Sythtoi four foot long, and very little 

 falcated i this is fixd on a long fneed or ftreight handle , and 

 does wonderfully expedite the trimming of tbefe and the like 

 Hedges. 



CHAP. XIII. 



" ** ■■ 

 Of the Lime-Tree. 



Limutrte, '• 'TPHe Lme-Tree^ {Tilia} is of two kinds ^ the Male^ which is 

 JL harder, fuller of knotSjand of a redder colour ^ but pro- 

 ducing neither Florver, nor Seed, as does the Female, whofe Blof 

 foftte is very odoriferous perfuming the Air : The Wood is likewife 

 thicker, of fmall pith, and not obnoxious to the Worm. We fend 

 commonly for this Tree into Flanders and HoUand, toourexcef- 

 five coft, whiles our own Woods do in (bme places (pontaneouily 

 produce them, from whence I have received many of their Ber- 

 ries 5 fb as it is a Ihameful negligence, that we are no better pro- 

 vided of Nurferies of a Treeio choice and univerfally acceptable. 

 For ft) they may berais'd either of the seeds in OSfober 5 or (with 

 better fuccefs) by the Snckers, and Plants, after the fame Method, 

 and in as great abundance as the Elme^ like to which it (hould be 

 cultivated. 



a.The Lime-tree afFefts a rich feeding Soil;In ftich Ground their 

 growth will be almoft incredible for fpeed and fpreading. They 

 may be planted as big as ones Leg 5 their Heads topp'd at about 



iV'^'i'*^'^' fvaioot hole j thus it will become (of all other) the moft proper 



and beautiful for Walks, as producing an upright Body, fmooth and 



even Bark_, ample Leaf, fweet Blofom, and a goodly fiade at di- 



ftance of eighteen or twenty foot. The Prince Kleitor did lately 



'* remove very great Lime-Trees out of one of his Forejis, to a ftcep 



rj^ i^Tvt hill exceedingly expos'd to the heat of the Sttn at fiidelhourg ^ and 



that in the midft oi Summer : They grow behind that ftrong 

 Tower on the South-weji, and moft torrid part of the eminence 5 

 being of a dry reddilh barren earth j yet do they profper rarely 

 well : But the heads were cut off, and the pits into which they 

 were tranfplantcd were(by the induftry and direftion of one Mon- 

 fteur de Son, a Frenchman') fiU'd with a compofition of Earth and 

 C<;»-^«/;^ which was exceedingly beaten, and fb /^//w^e^^ with wa- 

 ter as it became almoft a liquid pap : It was in this that he 

 plunged the Roots, covering the furface with the turf : A Angular 

 example of removing fo great Trees at fuch zfeafon^ and there- 

 fore by me taken notice of here exprefly. 



4. The Timber of a well grown Lime is convenient for any ufe 

 that the WiUoTv isibut much to be preferr'djas being both ftronger, 

 and yet lighter > whence l^irgil alls them t/lias leves 5 and there- 

 fore 



