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The PraBice of Gardening. 199
and well upon their Feet; this is lome Charge indeed, but it
is ablblutely indifpenfable.
For the letting old Trees to rights which are over-let, or
are crooked, and which many People cut down for the ugly
Figure they make in a Garden, there is an expedient found;
which is to draw them fideways with a Pully and Cords till
they are upright, and then confine and fix them to other neigh-
bouring Trees that ftand raoft conveniently to keep them in
this State, with large Iron-Wire : Leather mould be put under
theLoops of the Wire,left it take off the Barkand cut the Tree.
If the Tree has ib confiderable a Crook that it cannot be re-
duced by the Pully, you may fet a piece of Wood as a fhore
butting directly againft it, with a piece of Leather between the
Tree and the Shore, which may be nailed with large Nails to
keep it from Aiding. This piece fhould continue thus during
the Rile of the Sap, which by its nourifhing Juice renders a
Tree more capable at that time than any other, to take the new
Impreffion one would give it, and together with this the Pully
may alio be made ule of to bring the Head of the Tree to an
Upright with its Foot, and to keep it there with Iron-Wire as
before mentioned. When they are but young ftrait Trees
that only lean afide, you may drive Stakes to the Level of
the Ground to force their Roots, after you have brought them
to rights with Cords. There are feme Trees ib very old and
deformed, that it's almoft impoffible to redreis them: in fuch
cafe therefore it is better to cut them down and plant others
in their room.
Young Hedges ihould be taken in the fecond Year of their
fhoot, after you have new-furnifhed the Gaps, veryclofeon
both Sides, that is to fay, behind and before, clipping them
with Shears, which is the way to make them rife and grow
upright. You muft never touch a riling Shoot, by cutting its Gardeners are
Head to bring it to the fame Height with the reft. For this fi ^cuflomed
hinders their putting out lb ftrait and lb quick, befides that 'tis XhpTowrbi-*
no Deformity to a young Plantation to fee it higher in one place My/aid a-
than another. I am very fenlible I fhall have a great many ^woMcut
Gardeners againft me in this Point, who will never leave their oftheHead of
old way of cutting and butchering Trees perpetually; but lam thnr Fat^er
perfuaded, Men of Senfe will be rather of my Opinion, than
theirs, which is founded only upon an ancient and evil Cuftom.
It
and well upon their Feet; this is lome Charge indeed, but it
is ablblutely indifpenfable.
For the letting old Trees to rights which are over-let, or
are crooked, and which many People cut down for the ugly
Figure they make in a Garden, there is an expedient found;
which is to draw them fideways with a Pully and Cords till
they are upright, and then confine and fix them to other neigh-
bouring Trees that ftand raoft conveniently to keep them in
this State, with large Iron-Wire : Leather mould be put under
theLoops of the Wire,left it take off the Barkand cut the Tree.
If the Tree has ib confiderable a Crook that it cannot be re-
duced by the Pully, you may fet a piece of Wood as a fhore
butting directly againft it, with a piece of Leather between the
Tree and the Shore, which may be nailed with large Nails to
keep it from Aiding. This piece fhould continue thus during
the Rile of the Sap, which by its nourifhing Juice renders a
Tree more capable at that time than any other, to take the new
Impreffion one would give it, and together with this the Pully
may alio be made ule of to bring the Head of the Tree to an
Upright with its Foot, and to keep it there with Iron-Wire as
before mentioned. When they are but young ftrait Trees
that only lean afide, you may drive Stakes to the Level of
the Ground to force their Roots, after you have brought them
to rights with Cords. There are feme Trees ib very old and
deformed, that it's almoft impoffible to redreis them: in fuch
cafe therefore it is better to cut them down and plant others
in their room.
Young Hedges ihould be taken in the fecond Year of their
fhoot, after you have new-furnifhed the Gaps, veryclofeon
both Sides, that is to fay, behind and before, clipping them
with Shears, which is the way to make them rife and grow
upright. You muft never touch a riling Shoot, by cutting its Gardeners are
Head to bring it to the fame Height with the reft. For this fi ^cuflomed
hinders their putting out lb ftrait and lb quick, befides that 'tis XhpTowrbi-*
no Deformity to a young Plantation to fee it higher in one place My/aid a-
than another. I am very fenlible I fhall have a great many ^woMcut
Gardeners againft me in this Point, who will never leave their oftheHead of
old way of cutting and butchering Trees perpetually; but lam thnr Fat^er
perfuaded, Men of Senfe will be rather of my Opinion, than
theirs, which is founded only upon an ancient and evil Cuftom.
It