Oj Propagating Fruit-trees. 
adhere to the Roots,which otherwife would 
ly light and hollow about them: the Air 
much incommoding the Root of any Plant 
whatever. 
According to the nature of the ground 
or depth of the Mold, fo make your hole 
more or lefs deep wherein you plant your 
Tree; if it be a cold or fpringy ground, 
then plant near the furface of it, and raife 
the Earth at fbme diftance round the Tree} 
but in any ground, plant not too deep: for 
you may obferve in many Plantations,Trees 
thrive beft where the Roots run near the 
furface, and not at all where planted deep. 
The Roots of themfelves naturally tend¬ 
ing cither wide or deep, as they find nutri¬ 
ment, although you plant them (hallow 5 
butifyou plant them deep, it’s againff the 
nature of Roots to tend upwards, although 
fometimes it may fo happen, but rarely. 
It is good to dig the hole or fofs deep 
and wide, and to fill the bottom with good 
Mold, either theTurfor paring of Land, or 
well-tempered Street-dirt, or the Sediment 
of hafty Currents that fettle in bottoms of 
Pools or Ditches, or rotten Vegetables, or 
burnt Earth, or any thing that will either 
mend or alter the ground, and that is pro- 
p er for your Trees: fill it to fuch a conve- 
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