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Thefe Plants mould be perm'tted 

 to grow rude two Years ; during 

 which time the Ground between 

 mould be carefully clean'd and dug 

 every Spring : by this time they will 

 be ftrongly rooted, and have made 

 pretty ftrong Shoots, fo that they 

 may be laid in the Ground. The 

 manner of performing this being al- 

 ready defcrib'd in the Article of 

 hayn s, I fhall forbear repeating it 

 in this Place. 



When thefe Layers are well root- 

 ed, they mould be taken off, and 

 tranfplanted out into a Nurfery : 

 which fhould be upon a good Soil, 

 and well prepaid (as before for the 

 Stools). The Plants mould be 

 planted in Rows four Feet afunder, 

 and two Feet Diftance Plant from 

 Plant in the Rows. This fhould be 

 done in Autumn, as foon as the 

 Leaves begin to decay ; and if there 

 is fomc Mulch laid upon the Surface 

 of the Ground about their Roots, it 

 will preferve them from being hurt 

 by Froft in Winter, and from drying 

 Winds in Spring, and thereby iecure 

 them from all Hazard. 



The follovvingSummer thcGround 

 between them mould be conftantly 

 kept clean from Weeds, and in Au- 

 tumn they mould be pruned up, 

 cutting off all ltrong lateral Shoots, 

 which, if left on, would impede 

 their upright Growth ; but there 

 muft be fome of the fmaller Shoots 

 left on to detain the Sap, in order to 

 augment the Stems of the Trees : for 

 where they are pruned up too naked, 

 they are apt to grow up too {lender 

 to fupport themielves ; fo that their 

 Heads will recline to the Ground, 

 and caufe their Stems to grow 

 crooked. 



In this Nurfery they may remain 

 five or fixYears, obferving conflant- 

 ly to dig the Ground between them 



every Spring, and to trim them as 

 before directed ; which will promote 

 their Growth, and render them 

 ftrong enough to tranfplant out 

 where they are to remain, in the time 

 before-mention'd. 



Thefe Trees are very proper to 

 plant in Hedge-rows, upon the Bor- 

 ders of Fields, where they will thrive 

 much better than Cvhen planted in a 

 Wood, or clofe Plantation ; and their 

 Shade will not be very injurious to 

 whatever grows under them ; but 

 when thefe Trees are tranfplanted 

 out upon Banks after this manner, 

 the Banks mould be well wrought 

 and clear'd from all other Roots, 

 otherwife the Plants, being taken 

 from a better Soil, will not make 

 much Progrefs in thefe Places; 

 About Michaelmas will be a good 

 time for this Work, for the Reafons 

 before afiign'd ; but when they are 

 planted, there fhould be fome Stakes 

 fix'd in by them, to which they 

 fhould be faftcn'd, to prevent their 

 being difplac'd by the Winds ; and 

 Part of their Heads fhould be taken 

 off before they are planted, vvhich 

 will alfo be of Ufe in preventing 

 their being eafily overturn'd by^ 

 Winds; but by no means mould their 

 leading Shoot be ftopp'd, nor their 

 Branches too clofely cut off ; for if 

 there are not fome Shoots left on to 

 draw and attract the Sap, they will 

 be in Danger of mifcarrying. 



Thefe Trees are alfo proper to 

 plant at a Difiance from a Garden 

 or Building, to break the Violence 

 of Winds; for which Purpoie there 

 is not any Tree more ufeful; for 

 they may be train d up in form of 

 an Hedge, keeping them cut every 

 Year ; which will caufe them to 

 grow very clofe and handfome, to 

 the Height of forty or fifty Feet, 

 and be a great Prottclion agamlt 



