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New Principles of Gardening. 
fine Earth, about two Inches tn Thicknefs; for if they lielong 
in the Air before they are cover’d, ‘twill be a Prejudice to them, 
as alfo will the Weeds, if they are fuffer’d to grow amongft 
them. The Firft Year they fhoot but little, to what they will 
the fecond after which they muft be trafplanted into the Nur- 
fery, as before directed, &c. 
When you tranfplant an Afh-Tree, young or old, obferve to 
prune its Side-Branches, but never meddle or cut off the leading 
Shoot. 
Athes, in general, are of fuch a Nature, as to extend their 
Roots toa very great Diftance from the Bodies to which they 
belong, and entirely deprive all other Trees of their proper 
Nouri{hment ; and, indeed, even Corn, and all other Vegitables of 
the like Nature, will languifh and pine away to nothing. 
And feeing that this Tree is pernicious to all others, there- 
fore I advife that Plantations of Afh be by themfelves, that 
nothing may be wrong’d by their ravenous Nature, and their 
Diftance from each other be about twenty five Foot. 
Thus in fome even Fields the Afh delights, 
Where a good Soil the gen’rous Plant imvites: 
For from an Afb which Pelion once did bear, 
Divine Achilles took that happy Spear, 
Which Hektor kill’d, and in their Champwn Fate 
Involv’d the Ruin of the Trojan State. 
The Gods were kind, to “let brave Hektor die 
By Arms as noble as his Enemy. 
Ath, like the ftubborn Hero in his End, 
Always refolves to break rather than bend. 
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