To thi f lantws 4nd Graffin. 
Looke alfb that the earth ye put t 6 the root?^ *be 
neither wer, nor laid in water : they do common- 
ly leave a good fpace betwixt every Tree, fat the 
hanging boughes, being- nigh togetheri yecannot 
te, fet root?, nor fownothihglto weffurider your trees, 
gttet- nor they will not bear fruit fo well' ; Softie loweth 
;li« fortiefoot^ fomethirtiefoot, fomethirtie betwe^ ^ 
)i«l every Tree : Your plants ought to be greater then 
Itlii the handle ofalhovell, and theleffer the better : See 
loll they be ftraight,. without knots, or«knobs, having 
eat ai! a long ftraight graine of barke, whieh fliall the (boner 
weak beapttotake Graffes, and when ye (et branches or 
roffjj boughes of old Trees, choofe the yo^ngeft and 
tkoj ftraighteft, branch thereof, and thofe Trees which 
joodlj have borne yearlic good fruit before, take of thole 
that grow on the Sunny (ide, fooner then thofe that 
grow in the covert or (hadow, and when ye take up 
^ or alter your plants,ye (hall note to what winds your 
y](j[j5 plant is fubjed, and fo let them be fet againe, but 
thofe which have grown in dric grounds, let them 
be fet in moift ground : Y our plants ought to be cut 
ofFthree foot long. If ye will fet two or three plants 
alit| together in a hole,y e mud: take heed the roots touch 
not one anotherpfor then the onejyili peiiftLand rot 
the o'ther, or die by Wormes or other Vermin, and 
Jjjj when you have placed your plants, in the earth, it 
(hall be good to ftrike down to the bottome of every 
fliejii hole,two fhort (lakes as great as your armcjon either 
lade your hole, one ; and let them appear but a little 
’ ^ above the earth, that ye may (thereby tn Sommer) 
give water unto the roots if need be. Your young 
plants, and rooted Trees are commonly letinAu^ 
B 2 tumne,^ 
