The PraElice Part II. 



If you have Holes and Trenches to dig in made Ground, 

 or that which is fandy and bad in itfeif, whether for plant- 

 ing Paiifades or Rows of Trees, you rnuft then make 

 Trendies clear from one End to tlie other, of four Foot 

 'deep, and bring in good Earth to fill them up with j in 

 which you may boldly plant your Trees, that would other- 

 wife do nothing but languilh and die away. 



As to what relates to Woods and Groves, they are di- 

 ftinguiflied into fix Sorts, as has been before mention'd in the 

 fixth Chapter of the firft Part^ namely, Foreft-Woods, 

 Coppices, Groves of a middling Height with tall Palifades,^ 

 'Groves open and in Compartiment, Woods planted inQuin- 

 ' ounce, and Woods of Ever-Greens. I fliall fpeak of all 

 thefe one after another, and diftinguiili the feveral Ways of 

 planting them. 



Forests and great Woods of high Trees, are ordinari- 

 ly fown with various Seeds and Fruits. 'Tis fufficient to 

 give the Ground defigned for thefe one Ploughing, and then 

 to fow your Acorns, Chefnuts, &c. as you do Corn ; or elfe 

 you may fet your Acorns into the Ground "at every fix Foot 

 Diftance, in Rills made by a Line with the Mattock, which 

 does it very quick, and makes the Trees appear, in time, at 

 regular Diftances. 



The beft way of planting Woods, is to do it with rooted 

 Plants, fetting them at fix Foot Diftance one from another, 

 and obferving, above all, not to cut their Heads, for that 

 would hinder their growing and fliooting up one Day to a 

 lofty Stature. 



Coppice-Woods are planted or fown in the -fame 

 manner as Foreft-Woods, but with thefe two Differences, 

 that the Plants are fpaced out, or the Fruit fet at three Foot. 

 Diftances, and the Heads of the young Plants are to be cut 

 to make them put out Branches, and fpread themfelves to a 

 bufliy Tuft. Coppices fliould be cut at every nine Years^ 

 and taken down to the old Stumps, which flioot again im- 

 mediately. 



The Groves of a middling Height, with tall Palifades;' 

 require more Care in the Manner of planting them. After 

 you have dug the Ground, meliorated it in cafe of Need, 



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