The feventeenth Boolce of 



ftockcs are gtownc and united together. But in the fourth ycare it is cut wholly from the oyvnc G 

 mothcrjand is become altogether an adopted child to th^ Fig treejwherein it is incorporate. A 

 prctie dcvifcj afllire you, to make a Figgc-tree beare Oli vcsjthe fecret whereof is not knowne to 

 every man -.but I myfclfc doe conceive and fee the reafon of itwellynough. 



Moreover, the fame regard and confideration above rehearfed, as touching the nature of 

 gcoundsjwhetherthcy bee hotCjCold,moift,or drie, hath fhewed us alfo the manner of digging 

 furrowes and ditches. For inwateric places it will not bee good to make them cither decpe or 

 large : whereas contrariwife^in a hotc and dricfoile they would be of great capacitiCjboth to re- 

 ceive and alfo to hold ftorc of watcr^ And vcrily,this is a good point of husbandrie for to prc- 

 ftrvc not onely young plants^but old trees alfo. For in hote countries^men ufc in Summer time 

 to raife hillockes and bankes about their roots^and cover them well therewith^ for feare leaft the n 

 extrcamc heat of the Sunnc fliould fcorch and burnc them.But in other parts the manner is to 

 dig away the earth^and to lay the roots bare, and let in the ^Ivind to blow upon them. The fame 

 men alfo in wintcidoc banke the roots about^and thereby preferve them from thefroft.Contra- 

 tiwifcjothcrs in the winter open the ground for to admit moift ure^ to quench their thirft. But in 

 what ground Ibevct it be where fuch husbandrie is requifite^thc way of clcanfing tree rootSjand 

 lidding the earth from themjisto dig a trench three foot round about. And yet this muft not bee 

 doneinmcddowes/orasmuchasfotthelovcof the Sunnc, and of moiftutCjthc roots of trees 

 run ebbe under the face of the earth. And thus much verily may fuffice in generall/or the plan* 

 ling or gratfing of all thofe trees that are to bcarc fruit. 



Chap. xx. I 



?5» of Willow And &ifier plots : of places where reeds and canes are ndur/fted : 

 alfo ^of other trees ihat be ufuallj cut for poles ^rops^and flakes, 



IT remaineth now to (pcake of thofe trees which arc planted and nourifhed for oihersjand for 

 Vines efpecially: to which purpofc, their wood is ufually lopped to fcrve the turnc. Among 

 whichjWillowcs and Oifiers are the checfcj and to bee placed in the formoft ranke : and or- 

 dinarily they love to grow in moifl and watcric grounds.Now5for the better ordering of the Oi- 

 ficr,thc place would be well digged beforCjand laid foft two foot and a halfe decp^and then plan- 

 ted with little twigs or cuttings of a foot and a halfe in length, and thofcprickt in : or elfe ftored 

 with good big fcts,which,thc fuller and rounder they be in hand, (b much better they are for to K 

 grow;,and fooncr will they prove to be trees.Betweenc the one and the otker,thcre ought to bee 

 a fpacc of fixe foot. When they are come to three yearcs growth, the manner is to keepc them 

 downe with cutting,that they Hand not above ground more than two foot, to the end that they 

 might fpread the better in breadth, & when time (crvcs be lopped and fbrcdmorceafily, without 

 the hclpeof ladder. For the Withie orOifieris of this nature, that thencarer it growcth to the 

 groundjthc better head it bcarcth. Thefc trees alfo,as well as others, requirc(as men fay)to have 

 the ground digged and laid light about them every ycar,in the month of Aprill. And thus much 

 for tlie planting and ordering of Oifier willowes, wliich muft bee emploicd in binding and win- 

 ding^As iot the other Willow,which affourdcth big boughs for poIes,pcrches jand props,thofc £ 

 maybecfctlikewifeof twigs and cuttings, and trenched in the ground after the fame manner, 

 Thefe lightly every fourth yeare will yeeld good poles or ftaves,andfor that purpofc would they 

 then be ordinarily cut and lopped.If thelc trecsbecome oldjthcir boughsby propagation may 

 ftill maintaine and rcplenifh theplacc,to wit,by couchingthem within the ground, & after they 

 have lien fo one yearc,and taken root,by cutting them elcanc from the ftocke-father. An oiftcc 

 plat of one acre ftored thus,will yeeld twigs fufficient for wihdingsand bindindsi^o fcrve a vinc^* 

 yard of five and twcntie acres. < • J^.^h? ?ir ' , 



To the fame purpofe men are wont to pkfit the white Poplar or Afpc, in maniicr following, 

 Firftjapeecc of ground,or a quartcr,muft be digged and made hollow twofbot deepe:and thcr- 

 in ought to be laid cuttings of a foot and a halfe in length,after they have had two daies dry ing ; ^ 

 but fojas they ftand oricfroiti another,a foot and a handbreadth,& be covered over with moultj 

 twocubitcsthicke. 



As touching canes and reeds, they love togrow in placcsHiore wet and waterifh than either 

 the Willowes and Oificrs abovcfaidjor the Poplars. M^n ufe to plant their bulboWs roots, which 



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