4 2 4 Difconrfe of For eft-Trees. 



take it of two foot and half long as big as your wrj/? 5 Graff at 

 both ends a Figne, and Mulberry Cion of a foot long, and fo (with- 

 out clayifjg) fet xhtfiock^io far into the ground as the plant may 

 be three or four inches above the earth : This will thrive exceed- 

 ingly thcfirji year, and in three be fit to tran^lant. The feafon 

 for this curiofity is February. 

 Q . I. Oz./er J are commonly diftinguifh'd from Sallyes^ as Sallejs 



zxeixomlVithiesj being fo much fmaller then the Sallyes ^ and 

 Ihorter liv'd^ and requiring more conftant moiflure^ and yielding 

 more limber, and flexible tvpigs for Baskets^ Flaskets, Hawperty 

 chairs. Hurdles, Stages, Bands, ^c. likewife for filh Wairs, and 

 tofupportthe Banks of impetuous it/z^erx : In fine, for all Wick$r 

 and Ttpjggy Works ; 



VmJnibus Salices 



2. But thefe fort of Oz^iers would be cut in the new JI)oot ^ for 

 if they fVand longer they become more inflexible •-, cut them dole 

 to the head (a root or fb above earth) about the beginning of 

 O&ober j unlefs you will attend till the cold be pafl, which is 

 better ; and in the decreafe , for the benefit of the Workman 5 

 though not altogether for that of the Jiock., and fucceedingy&oo* .* 

 When they are cut, make them up into bundles, and give them 

 fhelter , but fuch as are for White-rf>ork.(zs they call it) being thus 

 faggotted, (hould be fet in water, the ends dipped ; but for blac\, 

 and unpeel'd, preferv'd under covert only : The peelings of the 

 former are for the ufe of the Gard'ner. 



5. We have in England thefe three z^«i^(?r forts ^ one of little 

 worth, being brittle, and very much refembling the fore-menti- 

 on'd Sally, with reddifh twigs, and more greenifh, and rounder 

 leaves : Another kind there is, call'd Perch, of limber and green 

 twigs, having a very flender leaf^ the thirdCovt is totally like the 

 Jecond, only the twigs are not altogether fo green, but yelbwijb, 

 and neer the Popinjay : This is the very beii for Vje^ tough and 

 hardy. 



4. Thefe choicer forts of Oziers, which are ever the fmalleSi 5 

 alfothe^<>We»-^e//<?n'andn'/'i^e which is preferr'd for propagation 

 and to breed of, ihould be planted oi Jlips of two, or three 

 years growth, a foot deep, and half a yard length, in Moorijh 

 ground, or Banks, or elfe in Furrows 5 fo as the roots may fre- 

 quently reach the water 5 for Fluminibus Salices and at three, 



or four foot diflance. 



5. Thefiajbn (or planting is in mid-February -^ hut Cattel being 

 exceffively licorifh of their leaves and tender buds, fome talk of 

 ^graffing them out of reach upon Sallys, and by this to advance 

 their fprouting 5 but as the i*'*?/*^, would conlume time , fb have I 

 never feen it ^cceed. 



6. Some do alfb plant Oziers in their Eights like ^ickrfits, 

 thick, and (neer the water) keep them not more then half a foot 

 above ground 3 but then they muft be diligently cleani*d from 



