7^ A DiftoHrfe of For eft -Trees. 



fiabcinttmc? ^nDtxitCfrbptDoCeraitgtonttnuaHp, anU plenty 

 fullp Cpjing^ng, nottDittjAanDing Co Oeatlp twounDeD , totjat a 



tommoDir J) ftOUlD ari(e to t\)t Owner^ anO t\)t Commonwealth 



if ujooD wtrc c!)ertC()eD, anD o^Derlp 0?ef8*o. Cljc toafte boughs 

 tlofclp , anD jibilfullp tafeen aWap , tooultj gibe ugt fto?e of 



Fences, 8nt) Fuel i anD tlje bulfe Of tbc Tree in time tBOUlD 



gcoti) of l^uge lengtD anD bigncf^ : Xut bere (metljinfee) 3 

 . beat an Unjsfetlful Arborift tap, tijat %tm babe tbeir feberal 



forms, eben bP nature > tbe Pear, tbe Holly^ tbe Afpe, See. grotiJ 



long tn bulfe, tottb ftbJ anD little armejs* €be Oak bp nature 

 bmb, anD (utb libe* 311 tbtis 31 grant: TSut grant me alfo, 

 tbattberetjs a profitable enD anDufeof eberpTree, fromtobttb 

 ■ if it Decline (tbougb Dp Nature) pet Man bp Art map map mutt; 

 to?re(t it* il3ob3 otber enD of Trees 3 neber toulD learn, tban 

 gcoD Timber, Fruit mutb anDgooD, anD pleafure : WLk» Phyiical 

 bintier notbing a gooD fo?m, 



JQeitbtr let anp Man eber To mucb Si» tbinfe, tbat it im unpjo- 

 bable, mutbjlefe unoofeible, to refojm anp Tree of tobatfeinb 

 foeber : IFo? (Deliebe me) 3 babe trieD it : j tan b^ing anp Tree 

 (beginning bp time) to anp fo?m» tlOe Pear, anD Holly map 

 be maDe fpread, anD tbe Oak to clofc. 



Thus far the good Man out of his eight znd forty years expert- 

 etice concerning Timber-trees : He defcends then to the Orchards 5 

 which becaufe it may likewife be acceptable to our induftrious 

 rlaftter, I thus contract. 



6. Such as ftand for Fm^j fhould be/»<«r^e^from within two 

 foot (or thereabouts) of the earth i fohigh, as to give liberty to 

 drefs the Root, and no higher-i becaufe of exhaufting the Cap that 

 (hould feed his Fr«i* .• For the boal will be firft, and beft ferved 

 and fed, being next to the rvot, and of greateft fubftance, Thefe 

 fhould be parted into two, three, or four Jrms , as your graffs 

 yield twigs 5 and every .Arm into two, or more Branches, every 

 Branch into his feveral Cj/ons : ftill fpreading by equal degrees 5 

 fo as his lojvef} fpray be hardly without the reach of a mans hand^ 

 and his highefi not paft two yards higher : That no /jr/g f efpeci- 

 ally in the middeftj touch his fellow , let him fpread as far as his 

 lift without any mafter-bough, or top, equally 5 and when any 

 fall lower then his fellows (as they will with weight o{ Fruit) 

 eafe him the next jpring of his iupernuous tvpigs, and he will rife : 

 When any amount above the reft , top him with a nip between 

 your fingers, or with a kpife : Thus reform any Cyon-^ and, as 

 .your Tree grows mjiature, and Jirength, lb let him rife with his 

 tops, hmfiovply, and early --, especially in the middeft, and equal- 

 ly in breadth alfbj following him upward, with lopping his un- 

 dicr-growth, and vpater-botighs, keeping the fame diftance of trvo 

 yards, not above three, m any wifc^ betwixt the loweft and 

 higheft twigs. 



I. Thus Ihall you have handfome, clear, healthful, great and 

 lafting Irees. 



2. Thus 



