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your Ground is ready where they 

 are to be planted : but if you intend 

 to let them remain longer, you 

 fhould take up every other Tree in 

 the Rows, and tr.tr.fplar.t out ; for 

 otherwife their Roor^ will be matted 

 together, fo that it will render it 

 cirricult to tranfplant them, as alfo 

 endanger the future Growth of the 

 T;ees. Thefe Plants mould by no 

 means be let Hand too long in the 

 Nurfery, before they are tranfplant- 

 ed oat for good ; becaufe the Roots 

 do not mat together fo clofely as 

 thole of many o:ner Sorts of ever- 

 green Trees, whereby they may be 

 taken up with good Balls of Earth 

 to the-r Roots ; but the Roots of the 

 Cyprefs are apt to extend out in 

 Length ; ib it is one of tne molt dif- 

 ficult Trees to remove when grown 

 1 irge ; therefore molt curios Per- 

 fons cnoofe to plant the young Plants 

 into imall Pots, when they firlt take 

 them out of the Seed-bed ; and fo 

 train them up in Pots for two or 

 three Years, until they are fit to 

 plant out, where they are to ftand 

 for good ; and, by this Manage- 

 ment, they are fecure of all the 

 Plants ; and thefe may be fhaken out 

 of the Pots at any time of the Year 

 without Danger, and planted with 

 their whole Ball of Earth, which is 

 Hkewife a great Advantage. When 

 they are planted out for good (if 

 they are deugned for Timber), they 

 fnouid be planted about eighteen or 

 twenty Feet Diitance every Way ; 

 and be very careful in removing 

 them, not to (hake the Earth from 

 their Roots ; to prevent which, you 

 fnould open tne Ground about each 

 Tree, cutting o.T all long Roots ; 

 then working under the Bail of 

 Earth, cut the downright Roots off ; 

 and a<rer naving pared o:T all the 

 Earth from the Upper-pare of the 

 Hall, as alio reduced the Dulk of it, 



fo that its Weight may not be too 

 great for the Fibres to fupport, they 

 may be earned upon an Hand-barrow 

 by two Perlons to the Place where 

 they are to be planted : but if they 

 are to be carried to a very dillant 

 Place, they mould either be put into 

 BaCtets, or their Roots clofely mat- 

 ted up. When they are planted, you 

 muil fettle the Earth clofe to tneir 

 Roots, as before, laying a little.Mulch 

 upon the Surface of the Ground 

 about their Stems, to prevent the 

 Sun and Wind from entering the 

 Earth to dry their Fibres ; and wa- 

 ter them well, to fettle the Ground 

 to their Roots ; which mull aifo be 

 repeated (if the Weather be dry) un- 

 til they have taken Root ; after 

 which time they will require little 

 more Care than to keep them clear 

 from Weeds. 



The firft, which is the mod com- 

 mon Sort in England, ■ feluom pro- 

 duces good Seeds in this Country; 

 it is therefon; the belt way to have 

 the Cones brought over intire from 

 the South Farts of France or Italy, 

 where they ripen perfectly well, and 

 take the Seeds cut juft before you 

 fow them ; for they will keep much 

 better in the Cones than if they are 

 taken out. The Method to get the 

 Seeds out is to expofe the Cones to 

 a gentle Heat, which will caufe them 

 to open, and eafiiy emit their Seeds. 



The fecond Sort produces very 

 good Seeds in England ; (o that we 

 may hope to be fupplied with Seeds 

 in Plenty, in a few Years, from Trees 

 of our Growth: and as this is the 

 more valuable Tree, it will be no 

 frnall Advantage to our Plantations 

 of Timber to introduce it amongft 

 them, efpeciaily tnofe of ever-green 

 Trees : thefe Trees have been by- 

 all the former Writers on Botany 

 put down as two diftinct Species ; fo 

 I have alio mentioned them here as 



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