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or take fome of the upper Mold^ and throw in feven or eight 

 Inches Depth of it into the Bottom of the Hole. 



Before you plant your Trees^ they lliould be cut to 

 eight or nine Foot Height^ by taking off their Heads^ unlefs 

 they are raifed in Baskets^ as lhall be mention'd by and by. 

 Then their Roots muft be trimmed, by cutting away the 

 Extremities of the Fibers, and their broken and bruifed 

 Roots,^ which the French calP Dreffing a Tree. This done, *HabUlerun 

 you fet the Root of the Tree in the Middle of the Hole, Arbre„ 

 Ipreading out all the fmall Roots, and filling in the Earth a- 

 bout them with your Hand, taking Care that no Stones or 

 hollow Places be left towards the Bottom, which would 

 expofe the Roots to the Air,, and hinder their Connexion 

 with the Ground. Your Tree being well fecured, let the 

 Earth be entirely filled in all about it, and fettle it down by 

 treading on it. 



When you have planted two or three Trees in- a Row, 

 as their Places are ftaked out, that is to fay, a Tree at each 

 End, and one in the Middle of the Line, you may then takfe 

 away all the Stakes as ufelefs, thefe three Trees being fuf- 

 ficient Direftion for you to let all the others in the fame 

 Range. It muft not be fuppofed that all the Holes are to be 

 made at the fame Time j you ought to leave Stakes at cer- 

 tain Diftances, till you have planted two or three Trees up- 

 on a Line. This is a general Rule for planting all Sorts of 

 Trees, increafing or diminifliing the Size of tlie Holes, as 

 Occafion requires. 



Those who defire to have a fine Garden in Httk Time^ 

 though it coft them fomething more, make ufe of Trees 

 raifed with their Clod or Earth about them, by which they 

 gain five or fix Years Growth ^ becaufe thefe Trees being 

 raifed with a Body of Earth that covers their Roots,, are 

 planted at their full Height, without cutting ^ whereas 

 other Trees, whofe Roots are bare, not having Strength 

 enough tonourifh their Head, muft neceffarily be taken off 

 to eight. or nine Foot Height, as was juft now mention'do 

 From whence 'tis evident, that a Gentleman, by planting 

 Trees in their Clod, gains the Time thofe Trees necellQiri- 

 ly require to make another Head i befides that they are in- 



