-JO Of Propagating Fruit-trees. 
mix and temper it well with an equal part 
of Cow-dung, and as much Water as will 
make it into a liquid Pap } fill the Hole al- 
mofl: with this, and then let the Root of 
the Tree gently fink into it} cover it over 
with dry Earth or Turf: This Tree will 
proffer very well. 
This is a good way to plant a Tree at 
other times withall, but then you need not 
ufe Co much Cow-dung. 
As for the diftancc of Trees, it ought to 
be according to the nature of the Trceand 
Soil. If it be a large (pleading Tree, and 
a rich Soil, forty toot is a good diftance} 
if a Redttreak or fuch-like dwarfifti (hort- 
liv’d Tree, twenty foot is enough between 
them, elpecially if the ground be but indif¬ 
ferent. 
Always obferve, that the greater the di- 
ftance, the better the Sun meliorates the 
fruit} and ifthe ground be good, the bet¬ 
ter do the Treesthrive} ana the poorer or 
drier the ground is, the Trees being thick, 
the better they fhadow it, and the more 
do the Trees pro(per. 
If you defign a Plantation of many forts 
of Fruits in one Plot, then may you plant 
your Apples and Petrs the farther apart} 
and between them, or in fubordinate rows 
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