A Difconrfe of Fore/l-Trees. 1 1 



foUowed of Gentlemen that have Land and Living ^ but Envy faith 

 The Voox TPtU breaks dovpti our Hedges, and rvejljall have the leafi 

 part of the Fruit > but forward in the Name of Cod^ Graff, Set 

 Plant, and nourijl) uf Trees in every corner of your Ground i the 

 labour // fmall^ the coft is nothings the commodity »• great ; your 

 felves paU have plenty , the poor pall have fomevphat in time of 

 want to relieve their neceffity^and God Jhall reroardyour good minds 

 and diligence. Thus far honeft Gerard. And in truth with how 

 fmall a charge and infinite pleafure this were to be effefted, every 

 one that is Patron of a little Nurfery can eafily calculate : But by 

 this Expedient, many thoulands o£ Acres, fow'd now yearly with 

 Barley, might be cultivated for Wheat, or converted into Pajiure 

 to the increafe of Corn, and Cattel: Befides theTimber which the 

 Pear-tree affords, comparable (for divers curious Vfes") with any 

 we have enumerated. But of this I am to render a more ample 

 Accompt in the Appendix to this Dijcourje. 



4. I would farther recommend the more frequent planting and 

 propagation of Fir, Pine-trees and feme other beneficial Materials 

 both for Ornament znA. profit 5 efpecially, fince we find by experi- 

 ence, they thrive fo well, where they are cultivated for Curio- 

 fity only. 



CHAP. XXI. 



Of the Fir, f*ine, Pinafter, Pitch-tree, C^c. 



I. ' I "^Hey are all of them eafily rais'd of the Kernels, and Nuts^ p. 



X which may be gotten out of their Cones and Clogs, by "'* 

 cxpofing them a little before the^re till they begin to gape, and 

 are ready to deliver themfelvesof their burthen. 



2. There areof the Fir two principal Jl^e«ex 5 the ^-«le 'which 

 is the bigger Tree, and of a harder wood ^ the Female, which is 

 much the fofter, and whiter. They may be fown in beds, or 

 cafes, at any time during March ^ and when they f ee/>,carefully de- 

 fended with Furzes, or the like fence from the rapacious Birds, 

 which are very apt to pull them up, by taking hold of that lit- 

 tle infecund part of the yee^/ which they commonly bear upon 

 their tops : The Beds wherein you fow them had need be uiel- 

 ter*d from the Southern AJpeSs with fome screen of Reed, or 

 thick hedge : Sow them in Ihallow rills, not above half-inch- 

 deep, and cover them with fine light mould : Being rifen a finger 

 in height , eftablifti their weak. Jialks , by fiefting fome more 

 earth about them 5 efpecially the Pines, which being more top- 

 heavy are more apt to fwag. When they are of two, or three 

 years growth, you may tranj^lant them where you pleafe i and 

 when they have gotten good root they will make prodigious 

 ihoots 3 but not for the three or four firft years comparatively. 



I 2 3. The 



