The PraBice Part II 



fliorter tliat were damaged and gnawed by thefe Infc*5is^ 

 which faften efpecially upon young Horn-beam. 



Turks are certam white Worms that get into Trees and 

 eat Holes in them, running betwixt the Bark and the Stem 

 of the Tree , 'tis one of the mod dangerous Infeds, for it 

 ..not only attacks young Plants, but the big^eft Foreft-Trees 

 are not fecure from them. Thefe Worms luck out the Sap^ 

 and flop it entirely. To deftroy them, you niuft, with- 

 out any Lofs of Time, lay the Roots of the Tree bare, and 

 peel off all the Superficies of its Bark, as far as is attacked 

 by thefe Infefts, youthen difcover them in their Holes, out 

 of which you muft get them, or kill them as they lie, with 

 the Point of an Iron ; without this, going namrally higher 

 ftill, they befet the Tree fo ftrongly, as to kill it the fecond 

 Year. 



There are, befides thefe, other Sorts of Worms that we 

 have no Name for, which faften only upon the Leaves of 

 Trees, and eat them in Holes like Lace, which are deftroy'd 

 in the fame Manner as the others. 



B E SI D E s all thefe Animals and Infeds," Trees have alfo 

 other Diftempers, as Cankers, Mofs, and Putrefying. 



Canke RS are taken off with the Point of a Knife, cut- 

 ting away all the Part affeded, and applying Cow-dung to 

 the Wound, kept on by a Linnen Rag tied about the Tree 

 with a String. 



Moss is extremely hurtful to Trees, being a kind of 

 Scurf that hinders their Growth and Beairty. To remove it, 

 you muft fcrape the Stem of the Tree with wooden Scrapers, 

 or rub it with ftiff Brufhes, or a Wifp of Straw. This Work 

 fliould always be done after Rain, for then the Mofs comes 

 off more eafily than in a dry time i for in rubbing it too hard 

 you may chance to peel off the Bark. 



As to Putrefadion, if it feize any Part of a Tree, whe- 

 ther Roots or Branch, there is no other way but to cut and 

 trim it to the Quick ; by which means the Sap will convey 

 itfelf to the Place again, and nourifli and ftrengthen it a- 

 new. 



