15 8 The PraEliee t art 11. 



finitely more beautiful^ not difcovering their Removal, as 

 thofe do that have been headed. 1 have planted Elms in 

 their Clod 30 Foot high, and as big as one's Thigh^ which 

 ;have taken again to a Wonder j by this Expedient you plant 

 Trees at their full Bignefs, which was never done hereto- 

 fore.^ and enjoy a Garden ten Years the fooncr, by means of 

 this admirable Contrivance. 



Great Care iliould be taken how you follow the Ad- 

 "^rhefeGar- vice of fome"^ Gardeners, who pretend that you may plant a 

 defers have Tree boldly at its full Height without cutting of any thing, 

 Fmh%e{s, of ^^ough it havc no Clod about its Root. Thefe Men^ to fup- 

 rvUch havivg port their Opinion, affirm, that this Body of Earth binding 

 peL^^^e\f>}Ter ^^^^ ^^ots too uuich, which you are obliged tocutHiorr, 

 that Pretext hinders them from doiug their Office, and extending them- 

 feirTdh^d % ^^^^^^ "^'^^^^ Vigour ; whercas, when the Roots of Trees are 

 the%i[ilefrof uncover'd their whole Length, they are placed in Order, and 

 tranfpjanupg filled up with Earth nuTch better ; befides that being thus 

 thelitis bJ- ^^^^i^^^ W€re on all Sides, they more eafily Ihoot and 

 iofiging to fallen themfelves in the Ground. 



dim^tte^c^' This is an Opinion that Experience has often found to 

 ture of which '^^ f^^^^? which I advifc you by no means to follow ; 

 is, ma Man- for when Trccs havc uo Earth about their Foot, or that the 

 Tz^(l^£^^^'^^^ Clod is broke in carrying of them, they are in great Danger 

 of dying, the Sap of itfelf not having Force enough to rife 

 to the Top of the Tree, and to nourifli its Head, unlefs af- 

 filled by tliis Clod of Earth, which is that in which the Tree 

 was railed, and which nourifties and maintains its Roots, till 

 they have Strength enough to penetrate the new Ground 

 that is about them. In the 8th Chapter I lhail defcribe the 

 Manner of raifing Trees in their Clod. 



For planting Palifades, you are to ftrain a Line accor*^ 

 ding to the Draught traced out, or to the Row of Trees, if 

 there be any, and, with the Spade, open a Trench or Rill a 

 Foot deep, taking Care to preferve one of its Sides from 

 flipping down, and to open the Trench upon the Infide of 

 the Walk, which is always bed for the Plants. Tjiis done, 

 kneeling down with your Left Knee upon the Edge of the 

 Trench, take the Plants one by one, after having trimmed 

 ^tlie Extremities of the Roots a little, and fet them two or 



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