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when the Weeds are grown large : 

 befide, there will be great Hazard 

 of cutting off or injuring the young 

 Plants, when they are hid by the 

 Weeds ; and fmall Weeds, being 

 cut, are foon dried up by the Sun ; 

 but large Weeds often take frefh 

 Root, and grow again, efpecially if 

 Rain lhould fall foonafcer, and then 

 the Weeds will grow the fafter for 

 beir^ ilirred ; therefore it is not only 

 the . Method, bin alfo the ch ear- 

 eft Huibarsdry, to begin cleaning 

 early in the Spring, and to repeat it 

 as often as the Weeds are produe'd. 



The firft Summer, while the Plants 

 are young, it will be the heft Way 

 to perform thefe Hoeings by Hand ; 

 but afterward it may be done with 

 the Hoe- plough ; for as the Rows 

 are four Feet afunder, there will be 

 room enough for this Plough to 

 work; and this will ftir and loofen 

 the Ground, which will be of great 

 Service to the Plants : but there will 

 require a little Hand labour where 

 the Plough is fis'd, in order to de- 

 ftroy the A'eeds, which w. II come up 

 in the Rows between the Plants ; for 

 thefe will be out of the Reach of the 

 Plough; and if they are not deftroy- 

 ed, they will foon overgrow and 

 bear down the young Plants. 



After the Plants have grown two 

 Years, it will be proper to draw out 

 fome of tl.em, where they grow too 

 clofe ; but, in the doing of this, 

 great Care mould be had not to in- 

 jure the Roots of thofe left; for as 

 the Plants which are drawn out are 

 only fit for Plantations defign'd 

 for Pleafure, fo thefe fhould not be 

 fo much regarded in their being re- 

 moved, as to facrifice any of thofe 

 which are defign'd to remain. In 

 the Thinning of thefe Plantations, 

 the Plants may at the firft time be 

 left about one Foot afunder^ which 

 will give them room enough to grow 



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two or three Years longer : by which 

 time it may be eafy to judge which 

 are likely to make the belt Trees. 

 Therefore thefe may be then nV4 

 on, as Standards to remain : though 

 it will be proper to have a greater 

 Number at this time mark'd than 

 can be permitted to grow, becaufe 

 fome of them may not anfwer the 

 Expectation : and as it will be im- 

 proper to thin thefe Trees roo much 

 at one time, fo the leaving double 

 the Number intended at the fecond 

 Thinning wi 1 not be amifs. There- 

 fore, if they are then left at about 

 four Feet Diltance in the Rows, they 

 will have room enough to grow three 

 or four Years longer : by which 

 time, if the Plants have made good 

 Progrefs, their Roots will have 

 fpread over the Ground ; therefore 

 it will be proper to take up every 

 other Tree in the Rows. But by 

 this I do not mean to be exact in 

 the Removing, but to make choice 

 of the beil Plants to fta-d, whichever 

 Rows they may be in, or if thev 

 mould not be exactly at the Diftance 

 here alTign'd : what is intended 

 here, is, to lay down general Rules, 

 which lhould be as nearly comply 'd 

 with as the Plants will permit : 

 therefore every Perfon fhould be 

 guided by the Growth of the Trees 

 in the Performance of this Work. 



When the Plants have been re- 

 due'd to the Diftance of about eight 

 Feet, they will not require any more 

 Thinning. But in two or three 

 Years time, thofe which are not to 

 regain will be fit to cut down, to 

 make Stools for Underwood ; and 

 thofe which are to remain, will have 

 made fuch Progrefs as to become a 

 Shelter to each other; for this is 

 what mould be principally attended 

 to whenever the Trees are thinn'd : 

 therefore in all fuch Places as are 

 much expos'd to the Wind, the Trees 

 4 E 3 fhould 



