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The feventeenth Booke of 



Chap. xt. 



^ The maftper df trunjl^itmg and re^UntingyOut of one fmi-fiarie or nource-garden unto 

 affother-iHopElmes are to kplaftted.Alfeyas touching iremha. 



Ome would have us td rcmoove plants out of one feminarie into another^ before they bee 

 I let indeed where they fhould be for to continue : which mee thinkes is a matter of more toile 

 and curiofitie than neceffitiejhowroevcr they make promifcjlhat by fuch tranlplantingjthe 

 leaves will pro*?clarger and broader. 

 ^■i.Thcfirftof NowforElmes^theitfeedorgraineis to be gathered about the ^Calends of March, when it 

 March. bcginncth to turnc yellowjand before the leaves break forth. After it hath been dried in the ftiad- n 

 dow for two daieSjit is to bee fowne thicke in a plot of ground well broken up and laid hollow be- 

 forchand^andthcn muft there be mould fe reed over through a fine riddlcjto the fame thickneffe 

 as we have appointed for the Cyprefle.In cafe no raine doe fall in ductimCjit ought to be wate- 

 red by hand. After oneyearCjthe plants thatcomehercofjmuilbe taken up out of the trenches n 

 and raunges wherein they came upland tranflated diredly in,to the Elme plots^where they are to 

 grow, with this care and good regard, thatthcy Ibndafootatleaftcverieway diftant one from 

 anoiher.As for the male Elmes,unto which Vines arc wedded, becaufe they are whhout feed, it 

 is better they were planted in the Autumne : and for thatthey want fced,they would bee fet of 

 plants.Here with us aboutRome fide^they ufe to replant them againe in their grove plots^when 

 they be five yeares old, or,as fome would have it, fo foone as they bee come to twemic foot in j 

 *Ninefootdi- height.The manner whereof is this,in a trench or ditch called ^Novenarius, three footdccpe 

 ftom'^ano^bc? i^^heground, and as many broad, or rather more, they are fct: which done, for three foot in 

 for tices were height evcty way about thcfoot of each tree from the ground as it flandethjthere muft be banks 

 planted ordi- raifcd offomeearihjafter the manner of thofe feats which they call Arula^ in Campanie. Asfor 

 dilt' fpaclf be- ^^^^ Ipaccs between tree and tree, they ought to be fet out and difpofed according to the nature 

 twccne.as may and fituation of the placejand as the ground will give leave. In the champion and plaine coun- 

 n^'SX^ccf" ttey,thofe would bee planted that are of a drier nature, and likewife in a thinner courfe. Asfor 

 next c apccr. ^^^^^ audPoplats ^bccaufe they make haft to fpring, leafc, and bud out betimes,iE is meet that 

 *i The rj day their plants likewifc were let and ranged with the fir{f,ihat is tofay,about the *Ides of Februarie 5 

 of Fcbruant. ^j^^y ^^^^ plants, and may well be replanted. ^ 

 Now for the order of fetting trees cither in groves, hortyardsjOr vineyards,we ought to follow 

 theufuall manner of chccquerrow,calledQu^incuntiaIl, which is not lb commonjbut it isalfb 

 asnccefrarie:notonely good to admit all kinds of wind to paffebetweene, butalfofaire and 

 plcafant co the eie, confidering,that which way Ibever a man iookes,there offer to his fight both 

 theailiesjand rewes,dire6lly raunged in order. 



The Opiets or Wich-hazcls are fowne of feed after the fame manner as Elmes : in like fort al- 

 fothey tobeeremooved and tranlplanted out of their nource-plots, asiftheywerewild,drawne • 

 from the very forrefts. 



Moreover,above all things this would be confidered^that a tree to be rcmoved^ought to bee 

 tranflated either into the like ground from whence it came,or elfe into a bettcr.For we muff take 

 heed how we do remove plants out of warme grounds,& where the fruit is earely ripe,into others 

 that be colder or late in ripening. Semblably,out of cold and hard places,they would not bee 

 tranflated into warmejmellow5and forward, Item^Uk be poffible,letthe trenches bee caff and 

 digged fo long before,that a good thicke greene Iburd be overgrownc againff the time that you 

 meane to plant. Ukt^go is of opinion,That the faid ditches or trenches fhould fland made a year 

 before at the leaff ^that they might be fully feafoned with the Sunne, and receive all raine,wind, 

 and weathcr,throughly.B ut in cafe it fall out otherwife that the opportunitie iherof be overflipt, 

 or our leifure will not lerve,hc would have fires to be made in the middef^ of them two moneths 

 before,and in no cafe any trees to be fet but after fhowers of raine. And if the ground be tough 

 or hard,andflanding upon the clevjihe ditches ought(according to U^4g<>) for to bee three cu' 

 bites deepe every way: and if they be for to plant Plum-trees, hee would have them bee a hand- 

 breadth more or a fpan in deapth,and digged on every fide hollow,and vaulted in manner of a 

 furnace,with a narrower mouth in the top. In a blacke veine of groundjby his ciiredion jit is fuf- 

 ficientthat ihey bctwocubitesandahandbreadth orfpandeepe^ and made fourelquarem man- 

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