OF FOREST-TREES. H'r

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fui Remark ; but whether the setting, or sowing ° r , means

make them thrive the more ( as T /j ^ 4 " 5 ^'“ S ’ W eknow prohibitedFruit-trees ) I leave to Experience. “ythagora P

the eating of them to Women. , ■ , . , h -

ia. dt no Trees (especially hiving an eminent Tab in hetn,^ jj;young and tender too) when either Heat or Cold are in E »

m very wet and fioly Weather; and in this Work u <• P^'f'' “discharge all Tries of unthriving, broken, Wuid-lhaken and

• such as our Law terms CW&«, and to take them off to the quid.

_ ne pars fine er a trdhatur.

And for Ever-greens, especially such as are tender, prune them noafter Planting, till they do radicate, that is, by Ibme htt e re ; ’

discover that they have taken Root. . r , • ■

13. Cut not off the Top of the leading Twig or Shoot (unless verycrooked, and then at the next ere St Buu) when you tranjp^an imher-trees, but those of the Collateral you may shorten, stripping up ereft close to the Stem ; and such as you do spare, let them. not e emost opposite, but rather one above another, to preserve the Part romswelling, and hindring its taper Growth : Be careful also to keep yourTrees from being over Top-heavy , by lhortning the Side Branches com-petently near the Stem: Young Plants nipt either by the Frojt or 1 eetof Cattle , do commonly break on the Sides, which impedes bot ro JJand Spiring. In this Cafe, prune off some, and quicken the leadingShoot with your Knife, at some Distance beneath its Infirmity . u 1it be in a very unlikely Condition dt Spring , cutoff ^close to the veryGround, and hope for a new Shoot ; continually suppressing whateverelse may accompany it, by cutting them away in Summer. .

2.4. Walnut , AJh, and Tithy-trees are safer prune din Summer andwarm Weather, than in the Spring, whatever the Vulgar fancy:

And so,

I will conclude with the TeCnical Names, or dissimilar Parts of Trees^as I find them enumerated by the industrious and learned T>r Merest.Scapus , Truncus , Cortex , Liber, Malic or him, Matrix , Medulla or,fPecten, Circuli , Surculi, Kami, Sarmenta , Ramufiuli,Spadix,l / iuien,Virgultum V Cremium , Vitilia, 7 ale a, Scobs, Termes $ Titriones,Frondes, Cachryas V Hue amentum, Julus £5 Catulus, Coma . T cSpecies Frutex, Sufirutex, Stc. to which add, Alburnum, Capitulum,Cirna, Echinus, Geniculum, Locus a, ‘ Pericarptum , Bet to Ins, <Su-gilta , Gc. All which I leave to be put into good and proper 7 ,;^///«

(as our learned Rhytologijl Mr. has done) by those who ihal onceoblige our Nation with a full and absolutely compleat pith ion ary , asyet a Desiderate amongst us, however of late infinitely improved.

To this I shall add, the 7 rE and Season of the flourishing ot Trees,computing from the Entry of each Month as the Figures denote;that is, ffom March (where the Doctor begins) inclusively, March,-Acer" 3. (i.) from March to May, viz. one Month; G sic de cateris )Topnlus x. Gpucrcus 5. Sorbusi. 'Vlmusx. April, Alnus x. Betula z.Cafianea 4. fiuonymus x. Fagus x. Fraxinns x.Nux-juglans 3. «5Wi.vz. Sambucus x. May, Comus x. Genijta 4. ‘Jumperus, Morns x.Tilia 4 June, Aquifolium x. July, Arbutus x. Feb. Buxus z,

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