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grave be paved \vith ftone where Pomgranatc trees ilionld ftand, the Apples or fruit that they G 

 bearcwcU never burft nor cleave upon the trees. Alfo^that the roots of trees when they are to be 

 fet,fhould be laid bending atone fide^ and not ftand diredand fticighr. Moreover, that the tree 

 in any cafe bee fet juft in the middeft of the ditch or hole made for ii.It is faid moreover^ that if a 

 man plant a Fig tree^togcther with the fea-onion^ScillaCwhichis alind of the Bulbi)it will make 

 haft to bcareFigSjUnd ihofe will not be liibjedt to the worme: and yet other fruits will be worm- 

 - eaten neverthelefle, fet them with the faid Scilla as well as you can . As for the roots of a tree, 

 who maketh any doubt,that great care (hould be had in the taking of them up?fo as they might 

 lecme rather drawne forth genilyjand not plucked up vioIently3utmypu!:pofeisnotto dwell 

 in thefe maitcrsjnor to ftand much upon fuch points^which have a maniteft reafon5and w hereof 

 no man is ignorant or doubtfull ; to wit, that the earth is to bee well driven and beaten downe H 

 clofe with a rammer, that it may liefaft about the roots, which Cato judgeih to bee a principal! 

 point for to bee obfervcd in this bufinefle: who alfogiveth a rukj that the place where a tree is 

 cut in the bodie^fliould be plaiftcrcd over with dung, covered over alfo,and faff tied with leaves* 



Chap. xii. 



^ of the fpms anddiftmes tkit ought to he hetmene trees flmed : of iheir find- 

 dowes and droppings : of the place where they flou/d he planted, 



IT bclongcth to this place properly for to Ipeake of the diff aiiccs betweene tree and trce,in the 

 fccting.Some writers are of opinion^That Poragranat trees^Myttle trees^and Lawrels, fhould I 

 be planted thicker than ordinarie, howbeitjwith this regardjthat they be fet nine foot afunder 

 one from anotlier. As for Apple trees, they may ftand a Tittle more at large, Pearc trees fome- 

 what wider than they. Almond trees and Fig trees yet a little more than all the reft. But herein 

 muft we be ruled and directed by the boughs Iprcading more or lelTc,by the rowme of the place 

 it fclfe,and according to the fhaddow that each tree cafteth.There is not (I fay)any one of theie 

 confiderations to bee negle(Sied, and the fhade eipecially of all others would bee obfcrved. For 

 fuch trees as doe braunch round as it were in compafte, although they bee otherwilc great, as 

 namely, Apple trees & Pyrries,yet they yeeld no great fhaddow : whereas a man l"halllee Cher- 

 rietreesandLawrclstakeupanexcecdmgdealeof ground with their fhade. Nowthefe fliad- 

 dov^esof trees havetheirpropertiesby themfelvcs, for that ofthe Walnut tree is noifome and K 

 hurtfullevcntoman, breeding heavinelTe in the head : and an ill neighbour it is befides to all 

 plants either under or nearc unto it.The Pine tree alfo with her fhaddow nippeih and killeth the 

 young fpring of all plants vwithin the reach thereof. Howbeit, both it and alio the Walnut tree 

 refift the force of winds notably,and therforc they ferve in goodfteed to prote6i vineyarciS,and 

 are projeded againft the winds to breake their violence. The dropping of the Pine, Oke, and 

 Maft-holme, by reafon of the raine water wherewith they are much ch;irged,is very heavie and 

 ponderous,and therefore hurrfull. As for the Cyprelfe tree,it droppeth little or nothing, by rea- 

 fon that it rcceiveth fo fmall a dealeof raine in truth of all others the fhade isleaft,thc boughs 

 are knit and cruft fo roundjand run up fharpe pointed in the top. The Figtrcegivethno thicke 

 fhaddowjhowever the boughs ipread large ynoughj which is the caufe, that no man forbiddeth L 

 the planting ofthem in Vineyards among Vines. And asforElmes, t heir fhade is fo mild and 

 thin,that it nouriiTieih whatfoever it overTpreadcth under it.Howbeir,^//zf is of opinion,TbaE 

 the fhaddow of Elmesisoneof thethickeft and mofthurtfull: neither doe I make any doubt 

 thercofjif they be let to Ipread into great armes and boughs at libertie : marie, if the braunches 

 thereof, or of any tree within-forth be fhrigged,! thinkcthar the fhade will doe no harme at all. 

 The Plane tree carieth a heavie head,and therefore cafleth aihicke fliade, howbeit^pleafant is 

 is,and refrellieih thole that fit under it : faferefting there is upon the grafle,rather than the bare 

 ground rand there is not a tree againc where grafle grpweth thicker and longer, to cover the 

 bankes and feats under it. As for the white Poplar or Afpen irce,it makerh little or no fhade atall, 

 the leaves keepe fuch a wagging and trembling,and never hang ft ill. The fhaddow of the Alder M 

 tree isfiit and batticjitfeedcth whatfoever is fowne or fet under it. The Vine hath fhade ynough 

 to ferve herowne turne : the leaves arc ever ftirring, and by their motion and turning often toa 

 and fro,thcre is a good temperature of fhade and Sunne by that meanes : they ferve alfo in ftecd 

 of a eouYcrtin time of raine, and beare off a good fhower. Geiierallyj all trees in manner that 



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