^o A Difconrfe of Foieft-Trecs. 



2. There are two principal forts of thefe IVit hies, the koary, and 

 the red Withy which is the Cree\'^ tougheft, and fitteft to bind 

 whiles the twigs are flexible and tender. 



Salhtf. '• ^^^y^^ grow much fafter, if they are planted within reach of 



n>ater, or in a very moorijh ground, or fiat plain 5 and where the 

 foil is, by reafon of extraordinary moifture, unfit for Arable, or 

 Meadew ; for in thefe cafes it is an extraordinary improvement •• 

 In a word, where Birch, and Alder will thrive. 



3. Beforeyoup/tfw* them, it is found beft to turn the ground 

 with a Spade j efpecially, ifyoudefign them for aflat. 



3. We have three forts of Sai/ys amongft us : The vulgar, 

 which proves beft in dryer banks, and the hopping Sallys which re- 

 quire a moiflier foil, growing with incredible celerity : And a 

 /Air (^ kind, of a different fflA?»r from the other two, having the 

 twigs reddijb, the leaf not fo long, and of a more dufky green j 

 more brittle whilfl: it is growing in troigs , and more tough 

 when arriv'd to a competent fize : All of them ufeful for the 

 Thatcher. 



4. Of theje, the happing Sallys are in greatefl efteem, being of 

 a clearer ter^e grain, and requiring a more Jucculent foil; beft 

 planted a foot deep, and a foot and half above ground (though 

 fome will allow but a foot) for then every branch will prove ex- 

 cellent for future fetlings. After three years growth ( being 

 cropp'd the lecond and third) the firji years increafe will be 'twixt 

 eight and twelve foot long generally ; the fecond years growth 

 ftrong enough to make Rakes and Pike-fiaves 5 and the third foj- 

 M, Elithes's trenching Plow, and other like Vtenfils of the Huf- 

 bandman. 



5. If ye plant them at full height (as fome do, at four years 

 growth, fetting them five, or fix foot length, to avoid the bi- 

 ting of Cattel) they will be lefs ufeful foK {ira.\ghtjiaves, and for 

 fetlings, and make lefs fpeed in their growth , yet this alfo is a 

 confiderable improvement. 



6. Thefe would require to be planted at leaft five foot diftance 

 (fome fet them as much more) and in the ^incunx order : If 

 theyaffe6tthe)2ii/, the leaf w'lW come large, half as broad as a 

 mans hand , and of a more vivid green, always larger the firft 

 year, then afterwards : fome plant them floping, and crofs-wifo 

 like a hedge -^ but this impedes their wonderful growth 5 and 

 (though PUny feems to commend it, teaching us how to excorti- 

 cate {owe p]zceso( each fet, for the fooner produdion of (hoots) 

 it is but a deceitful Fence, neither fit to keep out Swine, nor sheep j 

 and being fet too neer, inclining to one another, they foon deftroy 



• each other. 



7. The worft Sallys may be planted fo neer yet, as to be in- 

 ftead oijiakes in a hedge, and then their tops will fupply their 

 dwarfiflinefs ; and to prevent Hedge-breakers many do thus plant 

 them ; becaufe they cannot eafily be pull'd up, after once they 

 have ftruck root. 



8. If fome be permitted to wear their tops five or fix years, 



their 



