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for Pipes to convey Water under- 

 ground, as enduring longer than the 

 Elm, or any other Wood : in Italy 

 it is planted for Coppice-wood, and 

 is very much cultivated in Stools, to 

 make Stakes for their Vines ; which, 

 being ftuck into the Ground, will 

 endure feven Years ; which is longer 

 than any other Stakes will do, by 

 near half the time. The Ufefulnefs 

 of the Timber, together with the 

 Beauty of the Tree, renders it as well 

 worth propagating as any Tree what- 

 ever. 



Thefe Trees are propagated by 

 planting the Nuts in February, in 

 Beds of frefh undung'd Earth : the 

 belt Nuts for fowing are fuch as are 

 brought from Portugal and Spain, 

 and are commonly fold in Winter 

 for Eating, provided they are not 

 kiln- dried, which is generally the 

 Cafe of thofe brough: from Abroad, 

 which is done to prevent their fprout- 

 ing or rotting in their Paflage ; there- 

 fore, if they cannot be procured 

 frelh from the Tree, it will be much 

 better to ufe thofe of the Growth of 

 England, which are full as good to 

 fow for Timber or Beauty, as any of 

 the foreign Nuts, tho' their Fruit are 

 much fmaller : thefe fhould be pre- 

 ferved, until the Seafon for fowing, 

 in Sand, where Mice, or other Ver- 

 min, cannot come to them, other- 

 wife they will deftroy them : before 

 fore you fet them, it will be proper 

 to put them into Water, to try their 

 Goodnefs, which is known by their 

 Ponderofity ; thofe of them that fwim 

 upon the Surface of the Water llhould 

 be rejeded as good for nothing ; but 

 fuch as fink to the Bottom, you may 

 be fure are good. 



In fetting thefe Seeds, or Nuts, 

 the bell way is, to make a Rill with 

 an Hoe (as is commot.ly praclifed 

 in fetting Kidney-beans) about four 

 Inches deep, in which you fhculd 



place the Nuts, at about four Inches 

 Diftance, with their Eye uppermoft ; 

 then draw the Earth over them with 

 a Rake ; and make a fecond Rill at 

 about a Foot Diftance from the for- 

 mer, proceeding as before, allow- 

 ing three or four Rows in a Ped, 

 with an Alley between, three Feet 

 broad, for a Conveniency of clear* 

 ing the Beds, £*fc. When you have 

 fininYd your Plantation, you muft 

 be careful, that it is not deftroyed 

 by Mice, or other Vermin ; which 

 is very often the Cafe, if they are 

 not prevented by Traps, or other 

 Means. 



In April thefe Nuts will appear 

 above-ground ; you muft therefore 

 obferve to keep them clear from 

 Weeds, efpecially while young : in 

 thefe Beds they may remain for two 

 Years, when you fhould remove 

 them into a Nurfery, at a wider Di- 

 ftance : the beft Seafon for trans- 

 planting thefe Trees is either in Oc- 

 tober, or the Latter-end of February ; 

 but OStober is the beft Seafon : the 

 Diftance thefe fhould have in the 

 Nurfery, is three Feet Row from 

 Row, and one Foot in the Rows : 

 you muft be careful, in transplant- 

 ing thefe Trees, to take them up 

 without injuring their Roots, nor 

 fhould they remain long out of the 

 Ground ; but if thefe Trees have a 

 downright Tap-root, it fhould be 

 cut ofT, efpecialiy if they are intend- 

 ed to be removed again : this jiv ill 

 occafion the.r putting out lateral 

 Roots, and render them lefs fubjtcl: 

 to mifcarry when they are removed 

 for good. 



The Time generally allowed them 

 in this Nurfery is three or four 

 Years, according to their Growth ; 

 but the younger they are tranfplant- 

 ed, the better they will fuccecd ; 

 during which, you fhould be careful 

 to keep them clear from Weeds, ob- 

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