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Earth, to make it take Root, and produce a Tree of the 

 fame Kind. Whereas to propagate by Layers is quite ano- 

 rher thing, being to choofe out the Suckers and pendent 

 Shoots about the Foot of a Tree, and without cutting them, 

 to lay them down five or fix Inches deep in the Earth to 

 make them take Root^^ and the fecond. Year to feparate them 

 from the Body of die Tree, and tranfplant them. 



I COME now to the Defcription of all thefe feveral 

 Trees, particularizing tliem one after another, and fpeaking 

 of their good and bad Qualities, which it is very material 

 ^ to know well, in order to make a good Choice of them : I 



begin with the Oak. 

 iS:e0dL. The Oak is, as it were, the King of Trees, being one- 



of the fineft the Earth produces : It is very long a growings 

 but then it is likewife of the longeft Duration. It ftrikes a 

 Root into the Earth almoft as long as the Shoot it makes 

 above Ground, which fecures it againfl: the higheft Winds^. 

 It grows tipxight and tall. Its Wood is very hard, and moft 

 coveted of any for Building. Its Leaf is fine, and affords a 

 great deal of Shade. The Oak is more proper for Woods 

 and Forefts, than to form (Irait Walks, and is fomewhat 

 * thefe are by ftibjcit tQ Mdj-Bugs^ and other Vermin. It yields a Fruit 

 §ome called called an Acorn, which is fown or fet in the Earth, by 

 c\^^-chaiers, '^^^^'^^^ propagated. This Fruit ferves alfo to feed and: 

 fatten Hogs. 



MM^ The Elm, hkewife, is one of the ffneft Trees that grow*. 



'Tis faid of this, and of the Oak, that they ai"e a Hundred 

 Years a growing, a Hundred Years at a Stay, and a Hun- 

 dred Years decaying ; from whence you may judge they laft. 

 a long Time. It flioots up ftrait, and very high : Its Leaves 

 are fmall, but very thick i its Wood hard, and very proper 

 for Wheelwrights Work > its Bark is fomewhat rugged and. 

 uneaven. The Elm grows fafter than the Oak, and is more, 

 efteemed for planting Walks and Groves. It is- at prefent 

 very much in Ufe, tho' many People will not plant it ; be- 

 caufe they fay the Elm is too luxuriant, fpreading its Roots, 

 very far, in great Abundance,, and almoft eaven with the 

 Surface of the Ground^ which is, all about them: It is very 

 fubjewl to the Caterpillar and Worms > it produces Seed^ 



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