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close off, replanting them immediately : Those which grow at moreCH ap. V.Distance, may bd separated, with some of the old Root, if you find the'- / ^^ >0-Succer not well furnished.

To produce Succers , lay the Roots bare, and slit some of them hereand there discreetly, and then cover them.

6. Layers are to be Sent down and couched in rich Mould, aud ifyou find them stubborn, you may slit a little in the Bark and Wood,but no deeper than to make it ply, without wounding the tender Heart.

Shitting forth Root is assisted by pricking the Bark , flitting or binding■a Pack-thread about the Part you would have them spring from.

The proper Season is, from the early Spring, or Mid-August,and in all dry Seasons to keep them diligently watered.

7- Slips and Cuttings (by which most Trees may be propagated)taken in. moist Ground, from August to the End of April frequentlytnoistned, should be separated at the Burs , Joints, or Knobs, two orthree Inches beneath them : Strip them of their Leaves before you bu-ry them, leaving no side Branches, or little Top. Some slit the Endwhere it is cut off; at two Years end is the soonest they will be fit totake up ; Layers much sooner.

8. In transplanting , omit not the placing of your Trees towardstheir accustomed AstpeB .- And if you have Leisure, make the Holesthe Autumn before, the wider the better: Three Foot over and twodeep, is little enough if the Ground be any thing stiff; often stirringand turning the Mould, and mixing it with better as you may findCause : This done, dig or plough about them, and that as near theirStems as you can come, without hurting them, and therefore rather usethe Spade for the first two or three °Tears ; and preserve what youplant steady from the Winds and Annoyance of Cattle, &c.

9. Remove the softest Wood to the moistest Grounds, as inNumb. 1.

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Georg. ii.

10. Begin to transplant Forest-trees when the Leaves fall after Mi-chaelmas', j you may adventure when they ar ctarnijhed and grow yel-low : It is lost Time to commence later, and for the most Part of yourTrees, early Transplanters seldom repent; for sometimes a tediousBind of Frost prevents the whole Season, and the Baldness of the Treeis a Note of Deceit; for some Oaks, Horn-beam , and most Beeches,preserve their dead Leaves till new ones push them off.

11. Set deeper in the lighter Grounds than in the strong ; but shal-lowest in Clay .- Five Inches is sufficient for the driest, and one or twofor the moist, provided you establish them against Winds.

ix. : Plant forth in warm and moist Seasons; the Air tranquil andserene ; the Wind westerly, but never whiles it actually freezes, rains,or in misty Weather ; for it moulds and infects th q Roots.

13. What you gather and draw out of Woods, plant immediately,for their Roots are very apt to be mortified, or hardened and witheredby the Winds and cold Air.

14. Trees produced from Seeds, must have the Top-roots abated (theWalnut-tree, and some others excepted, and yet if planted merely forthe Fruit, some affirm it may be adventured on with Success) and thebruised Parts cut away : but sparing the fibrous , for they are the

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