j8 A Difcourfe of Forc(}-Ti"ce«t. 



thc2i«/c/mention'd, would increafe the beauty of f<jrfi?j, and 

 value of Timber^ more in ten, or twelve years, then ail other 

 imaginable Vlantations (accompanied with our ufual negleft) can 

 do in forty or fifty. 



lo. To conclude, in the time of this Work would our ingeni- 

 ous Arhorator frequently . incorporate , mingle , and unite the 

 Ar/ffs and Branchet oi ibmc young and flexible 7rec/ which grow 

 in confort^ and neer to one another ; by entering them into their 

 mutual /"(irA/ with a convenient itifition: This, efpecialiy, about 

 Fields, and Hedge-rovps (ot Fence and Ornament i alio* by bowing, 

 and bending of others, efpecialiy Oakland Jjl) ^\nio virions flexures, 

 curbs and pojiures, oblig'd to ply themfelves into different Jldodes^ 

 which may be done by humbling and binding them down with 

 tough bands and withs, till the tenor of the j^/?, and cuftom of 

 ' being fo conftrain'd,did render them apt to grow fo ot themlelveSj 



without power of redreffing 5 This courfe would wonderfully ac- 

 commodate Materials for Knee-timber and shipping, the Wheel- 

 vpright and other ufes , conform it to their Moulds, and lave inh- 

 nite labour, and abbreviate the work ot hevping and wajie, 



adeo in tetierk confuefcere multum eSi. 



the Foet, it feems, knew it well, and for what purpofes. 



Continue in Sylvjs magna vi flexa domatur 



In burim, (^ curviformam accipit Vlmus aratri : Geo.i. 



fo as it'Cven half made the FIovp to their hands. 



CHAP. XXIX. 



Of the Age^ Stature^ and felling of Trees. 



Ftllinz. I • 1 T is riot till a Tree is arriv*d to his perfeft Age, and full vigor, 

 J. that the itfr^/ of the Foreif (hould conlult, or determine 

 concerning a Felling. For there is certainly in Trees fas in all 

 •things elfe) a time of Increment, or growth ; a Status or fealbn 

 when they are at be^ (which is alfo that of Felling) and a ^«:re- 

 we/?^ or j^enW when they decay. 



To the firfV of thefe they proceed with more, or lefs lelocity, 

 as they confift of more ftrict and compaftcd particles, or are of 

 .a (lighter, and more Inxed contexture--^ by which they receive a 

 fpeedier, or flower dejiuxion of Al.ment : This is apparent in 

 Box, and WilJovp :, the one of a harder , the otl cr of a more 

 tender Jabllance : hat as they proceed, fo ^^^Y likewife 

 continue. 



By the Jiate of Trees I would fignifie their utmoft effort, growth, 



and 



