jF OKES T-TREES. 21 



Chapter 11. 

 The beech TREE, 



The S" P E C I E s are : 



1. The common Beech. 



2. The yellow-ftrip'd Beech, 



3. The white-flrip'd Beech, 



^ S H E common method of railing thefe plants, is, fowirig their -- 

 -fi- feeds in beds, very thick, early in the fpring, and letting 

 them ftand two years ; or^ by drawing a part of them the lirft 

 and fecond year, leaving the remainder till three years old : Eiit 

 this, however general, is a very bad practice, as the plants thus 

 drawn have moll of their tender fibres torn away, (an injury 

 they will not foon recover) ; and what remains, w'lW be carrot= 

 rooted, and fufier much, by the necefllty of fliortening thefe 

 roots (then hard and woody) before tranfplanting them. I fliall 

 therefore leave the beaten path, and dired: the practice I have - 

 found moft fuccefsful in the culture of this tree, and bringing it 

 fooneft to perfecflion. . 



Being* provided in maft from the ftraighteft and frefliefl trees, 

 as foon in autumn as the huflcs are quite dry, mix them with 

 fand, and lay them. imder an old frame, or other covering, to~ 



