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£ts hotnefs : It may notwithftanding be laid frcfh as 
ft comes out of the Pigeon-houfe, to the Foot of old 
Trees, to renew them ; but then you muftTpread >t 
in the beginning of November two inches thick only, 
and be careful that it lie no nearer than within a foot 
of the Stem, and not to bury it till Spring, that all 
the Winter it mayreceive all the Rain and Snow. 
fn Countries where Dung is hard to come by, you 
may ufe the cleanfing of Pools and Lakes of the 
Earth ; alfo Turfs cut on the Highways; the fcour- 
ing of Ponds are fat and good for fuch Lands as are 
light and wanteth moifture : But thefe muft not be 
us’d till the Sub and Froft have been upon them a 
Year or two. The Mould of a Turf cut upon the 
Highway, is always the fatteft and beft of the whole 
Country, becaufe it is lea ft us’d, and alfo becaufe it 
receives the Dung of Beafts that pafs-over it ; you 
muft not take of it above the depth of 6 inches, or 
at moft, according to the goodnefs of the Soil ; 
you muft remember to cut and chop it into fmail 
pieces before you bury if, and then it will mix the 
better with the natural Mould, and yields its good- 
nefs unto if. This fort of Earth being very fofd, 
without heaf, and mighty nourilhing, is excellent to 
he put into holes about the Root of the Trees, when 
they are planted, Phat it may lie clofe about them, 
and fill up all the Vacuities, for which reafon it muft 
be made very fbort and fmail. 
All Planters knowing the quality of their Ground, 
and a4fo the quality of all forts of Dung, and other 
"Manure which may be us’d, willeafily judge which is 
beft for to mend his Ground. But this Knowledge 
will avail little, if he know not how to ufe it ; for if 
Dung is not rightly apply’d, it may hurt the Trees-,, 
and fpoil them, inftead of doing good to them. 
A Planter can never be too careful in preparing 
his Ground well before it is planted, becaufe the Ex- 
cellency and Beauty of h : a Trees depends wholly 
noon itj.and the. Faults thas is there at the firft made. 
