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[T. I. p. 156.] The 10th March, 1748. 

 Trans plantering. The planting of trees. 



Whilst I was visiting at Woodford I often went about 

 with Mr. Richard Warner, an English gentleman. He had 

 inherited from his forelders a fine property, which he, in 

 the English fashion, had rented out to farmers or tenants, 

 and now lived on his rents out here on his estate, free 

 from all unrest and oppressive cares. Few can be com- 

 pared to him in a peculiar disposition to be of service in 

 all things, both to natives and foreigners. He had 

 travelled much, had a deep insight into nearly all sciences, 

 but particularly horticulture .in which his principal pleasure 

 consisted. In his garden were nearly all the trees and 

 bushes that could endure the climate of England, and 

 these stood the whole year out in the fresh air, and under 

 the open sky. They were planted in mazes, laby- 

 rinther, and in many other ways. One can see a list of 

 such trees as will stand the climate of England in Miller's 

 Gardeners' Dictionary, at the end. I amused myself some- 

 times in the daytime in standing by and seeing how he 

 planted all sorts of different kinds of trees. He was not 

 very tender about it. The earth in the garden consisted 

 of a yellowish-red mould mixed with sand. A little pit 

 was dug for the tree which was to be planted, which was 

 sometimes only 18 inches or 2 feet, but sometimes 6, 8, or 10 

 feet high. Thepitwas then adjusted to the size of the root. 

 He generally took care that, when the tree was taken 

 up out of the nursery, tra-scholan, or the open country, 

 enough earth accompanied the roots, but still it often hap- 

 pened that the roots were quite bare. When they were 

 set in the hole, gropen, there was no manure laid undei 

 or around the roots, but the [T. I. p. 157] earth which 

 had been cast up when the hole was dug was cast on to 

 and around the roots, and was afterwards trampled down ; 

 but I remarked that sometimes, after the root of the tree 



