. Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. thecutting away of Boughs and Suckers attheRoot andBody, doth make Trees grow high > andcontrariwife, the Poling and of the top, maketh them grow, fpred, and bufhy ; as we fee in Pol-lords, &c. It is reported, That to make haft/ growing Coppice-wood, the way is,to take Willow, Sallow, Popler, Alder, of fomefeven years growth •> andto fet them, not upright, buta-flope, a reafonable depth under the Ground $and t
. Sylva sylvarum; or, A natural history. In ten centuries; whereunto is newly added the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. thecutting away of Boughs and Suckers attheRoot andBody, doth make Trees grow high > andcontrariwife, the Poling and of the top, maketh them grow, fpred, and bufhy ; as we fee in Pol-lords, &c. It is reported, That to make haft/ growing Coppice-wood, the way is,to take Willow, Sallow, Popler, Alder, of fomefeven years growth •> andto fet them, not upright, buta-flope, a reafonable depth under the Ground $and then inftead of one Root they will put forth many, and fo carry morefhoots uponaStem. When you would have many new Roots of Fruit-Trees, take alowTree, and bow ir, and lay ail his Branches a flat uponthe ground, and call-Earth upon them,and every twig will take Root. And this is a very profitableExperiment for coftly Trees ; ( for the Boughs will make Stocks withoutcharge) fuch as are tyipricots, Peaches, Almonds, Cornelians, Mulberries, Figs, &c* 93 42 I ExpefimeBtsin Confort,touching theMtlioratlonof Fruit. Trees > |and Plants. 4ais 424= 4-5 427. 4^8« 429. 430. 43i. » ZhQtturdl Hiflory; 451. 433 & The like is continually pradifed with Vines, Rcfcs, Musk-Rofcs, From May to July you may take off the Bark of any Bough, being ofthe btenefs of Three or Four Inches, and cover the bare place, fomewhatabove and below with Loam, well tempered with Horfc-dung, binding itfaft down. Then cut off the Bough about JlhotUntide m the bare place, andfet it in Ground, and it will grow to be a fair Tree in one year. The caufemay be, for that the Bearing from the Bark, keepeth theSap fromdefcend-ina towards Winter, and foholdethitintheBough; and itmay bealfo, thatLoam and Horfe-dung applied to the bare place, do moiftcn it and cherlfilit and make it more apt to put forth the Root. Note, thatthis may be agcneralmeansforkeepinguptheSapof Trees in their Boughs, whichmay ferve t
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