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You may likewife jay in the bottom of the Trench, 
a Bed of Stones of a foot depth, or elfe fo much ftony 
and gravelly Earth, to draw the Waters to the bot- 
tom, and caufe them to drain away; then it. mutt 
be fill’d up with (harp Sand, or Plaifter, Stone and 
Marl, mix’d with good Mould, todiminifh the too- 
abundant Moifture, and make the Trees to profit 
the more, and to bring forth their Fruits of a better 
Colour and Tafte. It is alfo very good in Rich moift 
Soils, at the beginning of November, when the Earth 
at the foot of the Wall-Trees hath been ftirr’d, to 
fpread fome Marl half a foot deep upon it, and fix 
foot broad, which is to be bury’d in the Spring, when 
the Winter, Snow, and Froft has palled upon it. 
Having planted the Trees with the Care above- 
mention’d, if the Stems of the taller Plants be any 
thing feeble, you mutt itrike in a Stake at the Foot 
of each of them, both ftrong and five foot in length 
above Ground, to keep the Trees fteddv, and hin- 
der the Winds from fhaking them ; but let this Stake 
be (horter than the Stem of the Tree, left it wry the 
Branches that (hoot forth. 
Further, it is needful in places where Beatts are 
paftur’d, to put Thorns about each Tree, to l<eep 
them from it, .and from rubbing them helves againft 
it ; but that the Thorns may not grate and hurt the 
Bark, which is yet tender, and fo caufe the Trees 
to canker, which doth kill them, their whole Stem 
jmuft, before the Thorns are put about them, be co- 
ver’d with long Litter or Pother, and then be bound 
about wirh Straw. 
You mutt uie the fame Method with Trees that 
have been bred in a Nurfery ; for having been al- 
ways (haded and cover’d from the Sun, their Baik is 
1b tender,- that if >t is on a bidden expos’d to hard 
Froft?, or great Heats of the Sun, efpecially if the 
Soil be drv and hot, it will become with-rr’J, whitlfh, 
and moil', : For fhis Reafon, would you prefrrve it 
neat and bandfome, it mutt be cover’d with Straw 
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