eernefs in large Gardens, 6r to plant 

 in Clumps in Parks, &c. but if they 

 are defign'd for Timber, it is by 

 much the better Method to fovv the 

 Acorns in the Places where they are 

 to remain; in order to which, you 

 mould provide yourfelf in Autumn 

 with a fufficient Quantity of Acorns, 

 which mould be always taken from 

 ftrait, upright, vigorous - growing 

 Trees ; thefe mould be gather'd 

 from under the Trees as fcon as may 

 be, after they are fallen, and, if pof- 

 fible, in a dry Time, laying them 

 thin in fome open Room to dry ; 

 after which they may be put in dry 

 Sand, and preferv d in a dry Place 

 until the Beginning of November, 

 when you mould prepare the Ground 

 for planting them. 



The Directions here given are 

 folely for fmall Plantations in a Gar- 

 den or Park, which are only defign d 

 for Pleafure : but where thefe Trees 

 are cultivated with a View to Profit, 

 the Acorns mould be fown where 

 the Trees are defignM to grow ; for 

 thofe which are tranfplanted will ne- 

 ver grow to the Size of thofe which 

 itand where they are fown, nor will 

 they laft near fo long found. For 

 in fome Places, where thefe Trees 

 have been tranfplanted with the 

 greateft Care, and they have grown 

 very faft for feveral Years after, yet 

 they are now decaying, when thofe 

 which remain in the Place where 

 they came up from the Acorns, are 

 ftill very thriving, and have not the 

 leaft Sign of Decay. Therefore, 

 whoever defigns to cultivate thefe 

 Trees for Timber, mould never 

 think of tranfplanting them, but 

 fow the Acorns on the lame Ground 

 where they are to grow ; for the 

 Timber of all thofe Trees which are 

 tranfplanted, is not near fo valuable 

 as that of the Trees from Acorns. I 

 Hull therefore add feme plain Di- 



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reclions for the fowing of Acorns* 

 and managing of the young Trees, 

 during their Minority, until they 

 are out of Danger, and require no 

 farther Care. 



The nrll Thing to be done is, that 

 of fencing the Ground very well, to 

 keep out Cattle, Hares, and Rab- 

 bets ; for if either of thefe can get 

 into the Ground, they will loon de- 

 Uroy all the young Trees. Indeed 

 they will in a few Years grow to be 

 out of Danger from Hares and Rab- 

 bets; but it will be many Years before 

 they will be pail Injury from Cattle, 

 if they are permitted to get into the 

 Plantation ; therefore durable Fences 

 mould be put round the Ground : if 

 in the Beginning a Pale-fence is made 

 about the Land, which may be clofe 

 at the Bottom, and open above, and 

 within the Pale a Quick-hedge plant- 

 ed ; this will become a good Fence, 

 by the time the Pale decays, againft 

 all Sorts of Cattle ; and then the 

 Trees will have got above the Reach 

 of Hares and Rabbets, fo that they 

 cannot injure them ; for the Bark of 

 the Trees will be too hard for them 

 to gnaw. 



After the Ground is well fenced, 

 it mould be prepared, by plowing of 

 it three or four times, and after ^a^h 

 Plowing, harrow it well, to break 

 the Clods, and cleanfe the Ground 

 from Couch, and the Roots of all 

 bad Weeds. Indeed, if the Ground 

 is Green -fvvard, it will be better to 

 have one Crop of Beans, Peas, or 

 Turneps, off the Ground, before th« 

 Acorns are fown, provided thefe 

 Crops are well hoed to ftir the Sur- 

 face, and deftroy the Weeds : for, 

 if this is obferv'd, the Crop will 

 mend and improve the Land for 

 fowing ; but in this Cafe the Ground 

 mould be plow'd as foon as poffib'e, 

 when the Crop Is taken off, to* pre- 

 pare it for the Acorns : which flic old 



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