^8 A Difcourfe of Foreil-Trees. 



port be true, which I had from an ocular teftimony, and am now 

 making an eflay of, becaufe I am more then fomewhat doubtful 

 of iuch Allyanccsy though fomething like it in Palladium fpeaks it 

 not fo impoffible -, 



Inferitur latiro Ceraftfs^ p^^f^§r ^o^^'^ 

 tiitgit adoptivus virgink ora, pudor. 



4. They are rais'd of the seedi or Berries vs^ith extraordinary 

 facility, or propagated by Layers and ettttings where-ever there is 

 (hade and moifture. I have finifti'd now my Tlanting : A word 

 or two concerning their Prefervation , and the Cure of their In- 

 firmities. 



CHAP. XXVI. 



Of the Infirfftities of Trees. 



Inprmtties. ^~l~^He Dijeafes of Trees are various, affeding the feveral parts : 

 X Theie invade the Roots 3 Weeds^ Suckers^ Fern, Wet, Mice, 

 and Moles. 



1. Weeds are to be diligently pull'd up by hand after Rain, 

 whiles your Seedlings ale very young, and till they come to be 

 able to kill them with jhade and over-dripping : And then are you 

 for the ob^inate to ufe the Haw, Fork_, and Spade, to extirpate Dog- 

 grafi. Bear-hind, Sec. 



2. Suckers (hall be duly eradicated, and with a (harp jpade 

 dexteroufly leparated from the Mother-roots, and Tranfplanted 

 in convenient places for propagation, as the Seajon requires. 



5. Fern is beft deftroy'd by /^r/;^/»^ off the Tops, as Tarquin 

 did the heads of the Poppies : This done with a good wand or 

 cudgel, at the decreafe in the Spring, and now and then in Summer, 

 kills it in a year or two beyond the vulgar way of Mowing, or 

 burning, which rather encreafes then diminifhes it. 



4. Over-much Wet is to be drain'd by Trenches, where it infefts 

 \k\Q. Roots of fuch kinds as require drier ground : But if a drip do 

 fret into the body of a Tree by the head, (which will certainly de- 

 cay it) cutting firft the place fmooth,/i^<?;? and cover it with loam 

 and hay till a new harh^ fucceed. 



Thefe infeft the Bark, Barkcbound, Teredo, or Worm, Conys, 

 Moj?.^ Ivy, &c. 



5 .The Barkcbound are to be releafed by drawing your kpife rind- 

 deep from the Root, as far as you can conveniently ; and if the 

 gaping be much, filling the rift with a little Cow-dung ^ do this 

 on each fide, and zt Spring, February or March -^ alfo cutting off 

 fome branches is profitable , efpecially fuch as are blalied or light- 

 ning-druck. 



6. The 



