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21Z The Third Part. Chap. IV.
cannot hold itf elf together to form the Clod we are fpeaking
of, you fliould lay open the Tree before the Frofts come,
making a Clod of Earth about the Foot of it,, and leave it
thus without railing it, till the levere Frofts taking the Lump,
harden it ib, that you may remove the Tree without fear
of breaking the Clod. This Work ought to be done before
Winter, becaufe of the Frolt, thefe forts of Soils not per-
mitting it to be done in. the beginning of the Spring.
I f the Clods of your Trees are three or four Foot in Corn-
pals, as it happens when the Trees are vigorous, you lhould
put them into Baskets made on purpole: Without thefe it-
would be very difficult to carry the Trees to their defigned
Place, without running the hazard of fpoiling the Earth of
the Clod.
You fliould always make the Clods as large as poflible,
to take in the more Roots, and if in railing the Tree you
have means of preferring any long Roots,, tho' hanging out of,
the Clod, you ought to take the Advantage of ib doing ;,
they will be greatly ierviceable to the future growth of the
Tree, though they are not. covered with Earth. You have no,
more to do but to trim thefe long Roots at the fmall Ends,
and extend them in the Hole, filling them in well with Earth
as ufual, and thus you have the benefit of every part of them.
Before you raife a Tree from the Nurfery, you ought
to prepare the Place where you would plant it, making a;
Hole for it of a Size and Depth and proportionable to its
Strength. If the Tree be not of an extraordinary Size, nor of
too full a Head, two Men will eafily carry it upon a Colt-StafF,
or Hand-Barrow, while a third fupports it, and keeps it up-
right with his Hands; but if your Tree fhould be very big,
the Clod of great Compafs, and the Head large and well fur-
nifhed, as are the great Trees planted in the Royal Gardens j
you muft have a Machine on purpole to remove them,, which
& a kind of Skid or Sledge, upon which the Tree is fet z,
little leaning, and fupported at the Head, for fear the
• Branches fhould break. There is alfb another Machine rather
more convenient, which is a kind of Cart with two great
Screws and Chains for railing and hanging up the Clca of the
Tree, for keeping it without tiouble in the carrying, and for
lowering it into its Place. Thefe Machines are drawn by two
Horfes, or more, if there be occafion. I-
cannot hold itf elf together to form the Clod we are fpeaking
of, you fliould lay open the Tree before the Frofts come,
making a Clod of Earth about the Foot of it,, and leave it
thus without railing it, till the levere Frofts taking the Lump,
harden it ib, that you may remove the Tree without fear
of breaking the Clod. This Work ought to be done before
Winter, becaufe of the Frolt, thefe forts of Soils not per-
mitting it to be done in. the beginning of the Spring.
I f the Clods of your Trees are three or four Foot in Corn-
pals, as it happens when the Trees are vigorous, you lhould
put them into Baskets made on purpole: Without thefe it-
would be very difficult to carry the Trees to their defigned
Place, without running the hazard of fpoiling the Earth of
the Clod.
You fliould always make the Clods as large as poflible,
to take in the more Roots, and if in railing the Tree you
have means of preferring any long Roots,, tho' hanging out of,
the Clod, you ought to take the Advantage of ib doing ;,
they will be greatly ierviceable to the future growth of the
Tree, though they are not. covered with Earth. You have no,
more to do but to trim thefe long Roots at the fmall Ends,
and extend them in the Hole, filling them in well with Earth
as ufual, and thus you have the benefit of every part of them.
Before you raife a Tree from the Nurfery, you ought
to prepare the Place where you would plant it, making a;
Hole for it of a Size and Depth and proportionable to its
Strength. If the Tree be not of an extraordinary Size, nor of
too full a Head, two Men will eafily carry it upon a Colt-StafF,
or Hand-Barrow, while a third fupports it, and keeps it up-
right with his Hands; but if your Tree fhould be very big,
the Clod of great Compafs, and the Head large and well fur-
nifhed, as are the great Trees planted in the Royal Gardens j
you muft have a Machine on purpole to remove them,, which
& a kind of Skid or Sledge, upon which the Tree is fet z,
little leaning, and fupported at the Head, for fear the
• Branches fhould break. There is alfb another Machine rather
more convenient, which is a kind of Cart with two great
Screws and Chains for railing and hanging up the Clca of the
Tree, for keeping it without tiouble in the carrying, and for
lowering it into its Place. Thefe Machines are drawn by two
Horfes, or more, if there be occafion. I-