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Of the Manner of Planting Forest-Trees, to 
defend Plantations of Fruits from the Injuries of - 
North, Eaft, and Weft Winds. 
TOGOMIHE molt proper Kinds of Trees for this Purpofe, are the 
Lime-Tree, the Englifb and Dutch Elms, Horfe-Chefnuts, 
Abeles, Poplars, oc. 
. THE firft Work to be done, is to prepare the Soil fit to plant in ; 
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mon Trenching’ is sing-pesform’d_asearly in the Winter as 
the Seafon will permit, which is alfo che beft Time to plant in. 
and if happens to be naturally a good frefh deep Loam, then a com- 
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“BUT if your Land is poor, then you muft help it with frefh Earth, 
Compolt, dc. and if perfectly barren, then you mutt fink Holes of ten 
Feet Diameter, and two Feet Depth, taking away the barren Earth, and 
make good again with frefh untried Earth, Compolt, oc. as recom- 
mended in the firft Chapter hereof. 55 
SOMETIMES it happens that the firft Spit is very good, and the 
next good for nothing, which is much better than when the whole is 
bad, becaufe then the lefler Addition of frefh Earth, dc, will fuffice. 
BEFORE you plant your Trees, place the Turf at the Bottom of 
the Hole, being chopp’d very {mall ; then raifing a fmall Hill of fine ’ 
fe(h Earth where the Tree is to be plac’d, bed the Roots therein, and 
carefully fill in and clofe them well about all cheir Parts, that there be no 
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