A Difeourfe of Forcft-Trees. 7j 



four broad, a;id eight foot long ; the content iq8 cubique feet. 



Fagotf ought to be a ful] ^ard in length, and trt>o toot in «>- 

 cumference, made round, and not )?<«/ 3 for fo they contain le(s 

 f we/, though equal in the bulk appeiaring. But of thefe particu- 

 lars when we come to fpeak exprefly of Fuel. 



10. In the mean time it were to be wilh'd, that fome ap- 

 prov'd Experiments were (eduloutly try'd fwith the advice of 

 (kilful and ingenious P/yj;fz^»0 for the making of Seer without 

 Hops j as poffibly with the white Marruhium fa Plant "of Angu- 

 lar virtue) or with dry'd Heath-tops (viz. fh&t fort which bears 

 no Berries) or the like, far more wholefom, and lefs bitter then 

 either Tamarkk^, Carduus, or Broom, which divers have ellay'd 5 

 it might prove a means to fave a world oi Fuel, and in divers 

 places young Tiniher and Copfe-wood , which is yearly fpent for 

 foles 5 efpecially in Countries where Wood is very precious. 



CHAP. XXVIII. 

 Of Pruning. 



1. T^Runing I call all purgation of Trees from what is fuperflu- Trming,{ 



i ous. The ^««e»f J found fuch benefit in Pruning, that 

 they feign'd a Go^e/? praefided over it, as Arnobius tells us : And 

 in truth, it is in the difcreet performance of this Work^ that the 

 Improvement of our Timber and Woods does as much confift as in . 

 any thing whatfoever. A fkilful Planter mould therefore be early 

 at this work : Shall old Cratius give you Reafon and Direction ,«' 



Nun^uam Jpontefua procerus ad vera termes 

 Exiit, inque ipja cnrvanturjiirpe geniji£. 

 Ergo age luxuriam primo fetufque nocenteis 

 Detrahe : frondofas gravat indulgentiafilvas. 

 Poji ubi procerus generofajiirpibus arbor 

 Se dederit, teretefqueferent ad^dera virg£, 

 Stringe not as circum, (j^ gemmanteis exige verfus. 

 Hk, fi qujs vitium nociturufjuficit humor, 

 Vifceribusphit, C^ venas durabit inertes. Gra. fal. 



Cynjeget. 

 And his incomparable Interpreter thus in Englijh. 



Twigs of themfelves never rife ftrait and high. 

 And Under-woods are bow'd as firft they (hoot. 

 Then prune the boughs -^ and Suckers from the root 

 Difcharge. The leavji wood fond pity tires '-, 

 After, when with tall rods the tree alpires, 

 And the round ftaves to heaven advance their twigs. 

 Pluck all the buds, and ftrip off all the fprigs , 



M Thefe 



