Chap. VL of Gardening. 



You may obferve, that in dry Grounds efpecially, \li 

 l)ctter to plant before Winter ^ that the new-planted 

 Trees may have the Advantage of the Rains, and Melt- 

 ing of the Snow, which they are in mighty Want of to 

 allay their natural Drought s whereas in moift Places you 

 may ftay till the Month 'of Manh^ or till fuch Time the 

 Earth is difcharged of the Glut of the Winter's Wet, when 

 it will be more proper for the young Plants to take Root, 

 in it. 



You ftiould always choofe a dry Time for Plant- 

 ing, becaufe the Earth being dry, infmuates itfelf braer 

 about the ^Roots, without leaving any Vacancy, and is 

 not -made Mortar of, which is very prejudicial to xht 

 Trees taking Root. 



^OME Perfons pretend, rfiat tins Obfervation fliould be 

 tnade in planting a Tree, to tura it to the fame Expo- 

 fition of the Sun, as it was in before tranfplanting : 

 This at moft can lignify nothing, unlefs for Fruit-Trees ; 

 .2thd I look upon it as one of thole Niceties you ought 

 never to infift upon, bdug, in my <9pinion, very ufelefs 

 ^nd frivolous. 



W he-n you fometimes meet with a Tree whofe Stem 

 lias a dittle Groolc or ^Elbow in it, you may, in plant- 

 ing it, obferve to tm^n the Elbow oppofite to the Sun's 

 Pla<:e a-t Nocf^, which by this means will be drawn towards 

 it, and reaified ; ^but unlefs it be in this Gafe, you Ihould 

 always turk a Tree that way which will appear the ftraiteft 

 in the Line it ftaads in. 



There ^ay happen another Difficulty proper to be 

 refolved, which conlifts in this : When a Defign is traced 

 out, dfpecially that of a Wood where there are turning 

 Walks, the Trees of which cannot be ranged one by an- 

 'Other i you have a great deal of Trouble, after the Hole is 

 made, and the Stake taken away, to plant a Tree without 

 any Line of Range or Meafure to dire^a you. 



As an Expedient to rid you of this Trouble, before you 

 dig the Hole, and take away the Stake, fet four others that 

 fhall range acrofs the Stake which is to be removed, as you 



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