Chai\ V. of Gardening. 145 



frcfli Land^ and is very fubjed to Caterpillars and May-- 

 Bugs. 



The Maple has this peculiar Excellency, that it grows in 

 the Shade, and under great Trees. It rifes to a moderate 

 Height, but fomewhat crooked ; its Wood is very hard and 

 full of Veins, and is madeUfe of for feveral Moveables, and 

 Mufical Inftruments i its Bark is very rugged, its Leaf of a 

 pale Green, and not fo handfome as that of the Beech or 

 Horn-beam. 'Tis made ufe of to fill up aWood^ and to 

 plant Palifades, and is at prefent much in Requeft. It yields 

 Seed which grows very faft, and the Tree is fomewhat fub- 

 jeft to Mzy-Bugs. 



The Afli is the meaneft of allthefe Trees j 'tis not but 

 that it grows fine and ftrait, but the little Greennefs it af- 

 fords, and its unwholfome Shade, makes it feldom ufed in 

 Gardens, unlefs it be in Woods 5 its Leaf is extremely 

 fmall, and of a pale Green ^ its Timber is very fmooth and 

 free from Knots, which makes it ufeful for feveral Pur- 

 pofes. This Tree is very fubjciSl to the Flies Cantharidey^ 

 and yields a Seed by which it is propagated. 



T HE Sycomore rifes pretty high^ its Wood is very tender, s/mmc,. 

 and when broken, there comes a Milk out of ft, as out of 

 the Fig-Tree it is fit for little or no Ufe ; its Rind is 

 foiooth enough, and its Leaf, which is much like that of 

 the Vine, is very large : It lafts not long, and a little Mat*- 

 ter kills it : The beft Quality it has, is, that it grows very 

 faft, and. in any Ground. This Tree is fo fubjed to alh 

 Sorts of Vermin, that it is not much fought after for Gar- 

 dens : It produces a great deal of Seed, which falling of it- 

 felf, grows with as much Eafe as Weeds do*. 



The Birch is. one of the leaft Trees, tho' it rifes to^a fuf- Birek. 

 Scient Height. Its Wood is white, and good for nothing 

 but to make Brooms^ and fuch trifling BufinelTes ; its Rind, 

 is whitilh, and fomewhat rough. It aifords but little Shade, , 

 its Leaves being very fmall, and like thofe of the Poplar.. 

 This Tree helps us to the firft Verdour of the Spring, andJ 

 is liable to no Sort of Vermin, which is the beft that can be^ 

 faid of it, but it is very fubjeit to weeping. There is fome- 

 Controv.erfy amongft Authors^ vvhether this Tree be of the- 



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