A DifcoHrfe of Foreft-Trees. §p 



6. The teredo, CoJJiy and other Worms, lying between the Body 

 and the Bark.-, poyfon that paffage to the great prejudice of fome 

 Trees 5 but the holes being once found, they are to be taken out 

 with a light Ittcifwu. 



7. Conies and Hares by barking the Trees in hard Winters fpoil 

 very many tender Plantations : Next to the utter deftroying them 

 there is nothing better then to anoint that part which is within 

 their reach with jiercus humanum, tempered with a little Water or 

 Vrine, and lightly brttfied on 5 this renew'd after every great Rain. 



8. Moji is to be rubb'd and fcrap'd off with fome fit inftrument 

 of Wood^ which may not excorticate the Tree, or with a piece of 

 Hair-cloth after a fobbing Rain : But the moft infallible Art of 

 Emufcation is taking away the caufe, which is fuperfluous moijiure 

 in cUyie and Ipewing grounds. 



9. Ivy\s deftroy'd by digging up the Roots, and loofhing its 

 hold : Mifsleto, and other Excrefcences to be cut and broken off. 



10. The Bodies of Trees are vifited with Canker, Hollownefs, 

 Hornets, Earveigs, Snails, ^c. 



1 1 . Cankers (caufed by fome ftroak or galling J are to be cut out 

 to the quicks the fears enfplaijired with Tar mingled with Oil, and 

 over that a thin fpreading of loam j or elfe with clay and Horf-dnngj 

 or by laying Wood-apes, Nettles, or Fern to the roots,c^f . 



12. Hollovpnejrxs contrafted when by reafon of the ignorant or 

 careleft lopping of a Tree the wet is fuffer'd to fall perpendicularly 

 upon a part, efpecially the Head : In this cafe if there be fuflBcient 

 (ound vpood cut it to the quicks and clofe to the body, and cap the 

 hollow part with a Tarpaulin, or fill it with good ftiff loam and fine 

 hay mingled. This is one of the worft of Evils, and to which 

 the Elm is moft obnoxious. 



i^. Hornets and Wa^s, d^c. by breeding in the hollownefs of 

 Tree/ infell: them, and are therefore to be deftroy'd by flopping 

 up their entrances with Tar and Goof-dung, or by conveying the 

 fumes of brimjione into their Cells. 



14. E^rjf/^j- and -y^^i/j- do feldomeinfeft Fore^-^reex, but thofe 

 which are Fruit-bearers, and are deftroy'd by enticing them into 

 fweet waters, and by picking the Snails off betimes in the Morn- 

 ing, and rainy Evenings. Laftly, 



Branches, Buds, and Leaves extreamly fuffer from the Blaffsj 

 Jaundies, and Caterpillars, Rooks,^c. 



15. The blajied parts of Trees are to be cut away to the quick.':, 

 and to prevent it, fmoak. them in fufpicious weather, by burning 

 moiji Jiran> wk\\ the jvind, or rather the dry and fuperfluous c«/- 

 tings of Arromatick plants, fuch as Rofemary, Lavender, "juniper, 

 Bays,%Lc. 



. Mice, Moles, and Pifmires caufe the Jaundies in Trees, known by 

 the difcolour of the Leaves and Buds. 



16. The Moles may be taken in Tr^^/Ji-, and kill'djas every Wood- 

 wan knows : It is certain that they are driven from their haunts 

 by Garlick. for a time, and other heady fmells buried in their 

 paflages. 



17. Mice 



