34 Tie Art of 
Ho fo ye ought to enlarge the holes j or your trees when ye plant them 
W Hen as ye fee the trees in the h^les, ye niuft then enlarge 
the roots in placing theqij and fee that they take all down- - 
wards, without turning any roots the end upward; and ye mtift 
not plant or fet them too deep in the earthjbut as yc {hall fee caufe. 
It {hall be fufficient for them to be planted or let ( half a foot, or 
there abouts } in the cai th, fo that the earth be above all the roots 
half a foot or more, if the place be not very burning and ftonie. 
Of dung an d good earthy for your Plants and Trees. 
A Nd when as ye would replant or let, ye muft have of good fat , 
earth or dung, wel mingled with apart of the fame earth, 
whereas yc took your plants out of, with all the upper crefts of the 
earth, as thick as ye can have it ; the fa ;d earth which ye fhal put 
about the roots, mtifl not be put too nigh the roois, for doubt of 
the dung being laid toonigh,which wil put the faid roots in a heat, 
but let it be wel mingled with the other eaith,and wel tempered in 
the holes, and the fnaalleft and flendereft Ciuiis that turne up a- 
mongthofe roots, ye may plant therewith very wel, . 
If ye have rvortnes amongji the earth of your roots ^ 
I F there be wormes in the fat earth or dung, that yc put about ; 
your roots, ye muft mingle it wel alfo with the dung of Oxen or ^ 
Kine, or flekt Sepe alhes about the root, which wil make the 
wormes to die,for otherwife they wil greatly hurt the roots. 
To dig well tk e. earth about the tree roots^ 
A Lfo yemuft dig wel the earth, principally al round about th^ 
roots, and more often if they be dry, then if they be wet ; ye, 
muft not plant or fet trees when kraineth, nor let the earth be very 
raoift about the roots. The TitQS that be planted or fet in vallies, . 
eammonly prolper wcl by drought; and when itraineth, they that 
be on the hiis are better by watering with drops then others; but 
i f the place or ground be moift of nature, ye muft plant or fet your- 
Trees the deeper thereon. 
7 he nature of the flaetf 
/^N high and drie places, yc muft plant or fet your trees a little - 
l^more deepe, then in the vallics i and ye muft not ftlJ the holes ^ 
in high pi fees, io ful as the other, to, the end that the raine may 
better mpiften them. . 
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