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New Principles of Gardening. 
rather than to plant large Trees from the Nurfery, whofe for- 
mer Life were not acquainted with the different Juices of fuch 
Soils, which thofe young Trees raifed from the Acorns will di- 
geft, being by Birth naturalized thereunto; and the like of gra- 
velly, flinty, and rocky Lands. 
A good ftrong Land, like unto a light Brick-Earth, or a 
a Loam inclinable to Clay, produces the beft and tougheft Oaks, 
and the fooneft of all other Soils. 
Gravel will produce Oaks of a noble Stature, very ftreight, 
and a fine Grain, but they foon decay. 
If at any Time the Heads of your young Oaks fhould be too 
heavy for their Bodies, and thereby be inclinable to hang down 
and be crooked, cut away thofe Side-Shoots of their Heads as is 
the Caufe; but ’tis beft to lead them up, tied to ftraight Stakes 
plac’d on Purpofe,which if practis’d, and the Side-Budsa!ways rub- 
bed off, the Timber produc’d by fuchTrees would be perfectly found 
and clear from Knots, which renders it of much greater Value 
than that whichis otherwife. | 
The proper Diftance as Oaks fhould be planted from one an- 
other, in Woods, Groves, Parks, Sc. fhould never be lefs than 
thirty five Feet. | 
And thus the Means of raifing Woods I fing ; 
Tho from the parent Oak young Shoots may [pring, 
Or may tranf{planted flourifh, yet I know .~ 
No better Means than if from Seed they grow. . 
°Tis true this Way a longer Time will need, 
— And Oaks but flowly are produc’d by Seed : 
Yet they with far the happier Shades are bleft, 
for thofe that rife from Acorns, are the bef, 
_ With deep-fix’d Roots beneath the Earth defcend, 
So their large Boughs into the Air afcend. — 
Perhaps becaufe, when we young Sets tranflate, 
They loofe their Virtue, and degenerate ; 
While Acrons better thrive, fiuce from their Birth, 
They have been more acquainted withthe Earth. 
Thus we to Woods by Acorns Being give : 
But yet before the Ground your Seed receive, 
To dig it firft employ your Labourer, 
Then level it ; and, if young Shoots appear 
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