io6 A Vifconrft of Forefl-Trce^. 



Divipe arboribus patri£ •■- * 



7. Begin to Tranfplant Foreji-trees when the leaves faS after 

 Mchadmas ^ you may adventure when they are tarmjh'd^ and 

 grow yellow : It is loft time to commence later^ and for the moft 

 part of your Trees, early Trattf^lanters feldom repent ; for fome- 

 times a tedious band of Frofi prevents the whole^e^j^^, and the 

 haldnef of the Tree is a note of deceipt ; for fome Oaks , and 

 moft Beeches , preferve their dead-leaves till new ones puih 

 them off. 



8. Set deeper in the lighter grounds than in the Jiroftg'j but 

 fhalloweft in Claji : five inches is fufBcient for the dryeft, and 

 one or two for the moift, provided you eftablifti them againft 

 ivinds. 



9. Flant forth mwarm^ and moifi feafbns ^ the ^/r tranquil artd 

 ferene 5 the rvind weftcrly ; but never whiles it aftually freezes^ 

 rains^ or in mijiy weather 5 for it moulds, and infefts the Roots. 



10. What you gather, and draw out of JVoods^ plant imme- 

 diately, for their roots are very apt to be mortified by the winds 

 and cold air. 



11. Tree/ produc'd from feeds muft have the Tap-roots zhzteA. 

 (the Walmt-tree , and fome others excepted ) and the bruifed 

 parts cut away ; but fparing the fibrous^ for they are the princi- 

 pal feeders 5 and thofe who cleanfe them too much, are punifti'd 

 for the miftake. 



12. Injuring rub off fome of the Collateral Buds, to cheek the 

 exuberancy o(fap in the Branches , till the Roots be well efta- 

 blifli'd. 



13. Tranjplant no more then you well Fence ^ for that negledi- 

 ed. Tree-culture comes to nothing : Therefore all young fet Trees 

 (hould be defended from the xcinds, and Sun 5 efpecially the Fajiy 

 and Norths till their roots are fixed 5 that is, till you perceive them* 

 Poot ^ and the not exaftly obferving of this Article is caufe of the 

 perilhing of the moft tender Plantations '-, for it is the invafion of 

 thefe two aflailants which does more milchief to our new fet, and 

 lels hardy Trees ^ then the moft fevere and durable Frojif o{ a. 

 whole Winter, 



14. The properefty^i/, and moft natural, apply to diftinft Spe- 

 cies^ Nee vero terr£ ferre omnes omnia pojfunt. Yet we find by 

 experience, that moft of our ForeU-trees grow well enough in 

 the courjeji lands ^ provided there be a competent depth of mould : 

 For albeit moft of our n>ild plants covet to run juft under they«r- 

 face , yet where there is not fufficient depth to cool them, and 

 entertain the A^oijiure and Influences, they are neither lafting, nor 

 profperous. 



15. IVood well planted will grow in Moorijh, Boggy, Heathy, 

 and thejionieii grounds : Only the white and bkw C/ay (which is 

 commonly the bcft Pajiure) is the worft for wood , and fuch gcod 

 Timber as we find in any of thefe (^Oaks excepted) is of an 



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