The PraBice 



Part IL 



' To raife Trees in their Clod with Succefs^ you Ihould 

 ' obferve if the Earth has naturally fomething of a Body and 

 '.Tenacity init^ as ftrong Earths have^ if fo^ you may raife 

 them either at the Beginning of the Spring, or before Win- 

 ter, 'tis no matter which the Earth will hang together alike 

 in either of thofe two Seafons. But if the Earth be too light 

 and moveable, which the French CdlWeule^ that^s^ it it 

 have no Binding Quality in it, as loofc fandy Ground, you 

 muft ufe fome Caution in the Performance : And becaufe 

 the Earth cannot hold itfelf together to form the Clod we 

 are fpeaking of, you fliould lay open the Tree before the 

 Frofts come, making a Clod of Earth about the Foot of it^ 

 and leave it thus without railing it, till the feverc Frofts ta- 

 king the Lump harden it fo, that you may remove the Tree 

 without fear of breaking the Clod. This Work ought to 

 be done before Winter, becaufe of the Froft, thefe Sorts of 

 Trees not permitting it to be done in the Beginning of the 

 •Spring. 



If the Clods of your Trees are three or four Foot iti 

 Compafs, which often happens when the Trees are vigo- 

 rous, you Iliould put them into Baskets made on purpofe : 

 Without thefe it would be very difficult to carry the Trees 

 to their defigned Place, without running the Hazard of fpoil-- 

 ing the Earth of the Clod. 



Before you raife a Tree from the Nurfery, you ought 

 '^o prepare the Place where you would plant it, making a 

 Hole for it of a Size and Depth proportionable to its 

 Strength. If the Tree be not of an extraordinary Size 

 nor of too full a Head, two Men will eafily carry it upon a 

 Colt-Stafl-, or Hand^Barrow, while a third fupports it, and 

 keeps it upright with his Hands j but if your Tree ihould 

 be very big, the Clod of great Compafs, and the Head 

 large and well furnilli'd, as are the great Trees planted in ' 

 the Royal Gardens ^ you muft have a Machine on purpofe to 

 remove them, which is a Kind of Skid or Sledge, upon 

 which the Tree is fet a little leaning, and fupported at the 

 Head, for fear the Branches fliould break. This Machine 

 -is drawn by twoHorfes, or more^ if there be Oecafion. 



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