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but as foon as you have taken up 

 thofe that are to be tranfplanted, the 

 whole Ground fhouid be flightly 

 dug, and levelled even : the Diitance 

 thefe Plants mould be left in the 

 Rows where they were fown, ought 

 to be two Feet, which will allow 

 them room enough to grow three or 

 four Years longer, at which time 

 they muft be tranfplanted (efpecially 

 all fuch as are not defigned to re- 

 main for good) : but you mould,, the 

 two precedent Springs dig near the 

 Roots of thofe which are to be re- 

 moved, and cut underneath them 

 with your Spade, to take off the 

 Tap-roots : but you muft obferve 

 not to cut them too clofe to the 

 Plants, left you deftroy them ; this 

 will occafion their pufhing out many 

 Fibres, whereby the Earth will be 

 better preferved to their Roots when 

 they are tranfplanted, and there will 

 be lefs Danger of their not grow- 

 ing. 



It has been directed by mod Peo- 

 ple who have written on thefe Trees, 

 ; to fow the Acorns in Pots ; and 

 when the Plants have grown two or 

 three Years therein, to fhake them 

 out of the Pots, prelerving all the 

 Earth about them, and to plant thern 

 where they are to remain : which is 

 a very good Method for fmall Quan- 

 tities ; but the Trouble of this in 

 large Plantations would be too great, 

 efpecially if we confider, that thefe 

 Plants, while in Pots, will require 

 conftantly to be watered in dry 

 Weather ; otherwife they will be 

 fubjeft to fail, or at leall wiil make 

 but poor Progrefs. And altho' it is 

 generally thought very hazardous to 

 remove thefe Trees, yet I believe, 

 if great Care be taken, firft, to ob- 

 ferve the juft Seafon, which is in the 

 Beginning of April ; fecondly, to 

 preferve as much Earth to their 

 Kocti ar poilib'c ; and, thirdly, not 



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to keep them long above - ground ; : 

 the removing of thefe Trees will not 

 be found fo dangerous as molt Peo- 

 ple imagine. 1 



And I am convinced, that Trees 

 of feven or eight Years Growth are 

 in lefs Danger of fuftering by Tranf- 

 plantation, than thofe that are much 

 younger for in the Year 1727. L 

 removed many of thefe Trees which 

 were five or fix Feet high ; and 

 though they had not been fo well 

 managed in the Place where they 

 were rais'd, as might be wiflied, yet 

 but one of the whole Number fail- 

 ed, notwithftanding the Seafon 

 proved dry for near a Month after. 



Thefe Trees are by many People 

 greatly efteemed for Hedges to fur- 

 round Wildernefs - quarters ; but 

 they are fubjedl to grow too large 

 for that Purpofe, becaufe we fhouid 

 never hide the Tops of the Trees in 

 fuch Places from the Sight ; for they 

 are, if rightly difpofed in the Quar- 

 ters, vaftly more agreeable to the 

 Eye, than the finelt fheared Hedge 

 in the World ; but they may do well 

 enough for a large Fence, to ob-- 

 ftruct the Sight,, or to defend a new 

 Plantation of tender Trees ; for 

 which Purpofe the Acorns fnould be 

 fown in the Place where the Hedge 

 is defigned ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be thinned, 

 where they are too clofe ; and if the 

 Ground is kept clear from Weeds, 

 and every Spring dug about the 

 Plants, they will foon form a good 

 Hedge : but you mould obferve not 

 to let them grow too much in 

 Height before the Lower-part of the 

 Hedge is well ftrengthened, which 

 would occafton its bending, and the 

 Branches would be fubjeit to be 

 difplaced with flrong Winds, or 

 great Snows, and thereby become 

 very unfightly : but if they are re- 

 gularly trained up, they will make 



