Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions / By J. E[velyn] esq.; as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, [1662], upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honorable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy. To which is annexed Pomona; or, an appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider; the making and several ways of ordering it. Published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium hortense; or, gard'ners almanac. Directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year.

  • Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
Date:
1664
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Credit: Sylva, or a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions / By J. E[velyn] esq.; as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, [1662], upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the honorable the principal officers, and commissioners of the Navy. To which is annexed Pomona; or, an appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider; the making and several ways of ordering it. Published by express order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium hortense; or, gard'ners almanac. Directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    makefeveral Chops, putting afmall fione into every cleft, to hinder their clofure, and give accefs to the wet then cover thetn with three or four inch thick of Earth ; and thus they will fend forth Suckers in abundance, which after two, or three Tears, you may feparate, and plant in the Vlmarium, or place defign'd for them $ and which if it be in plumps (as they call them) within ten or twelve foot of each other, or in Hedge-rows, it will be the better: For the Elm is a Tree of Confort, Sociable, and fo affeding-to grow in Company, that the very bed: which I have ever feen do almoft touch one another : This alfo proteds them from the Winds> and caufes them to (hoot of an extraordinary height 5 fo as in lit¬ tle more thenjfert^ years they even arrive to a load of Timber > provided they be fedulouily and carefully cultivated, and the foil propitious. For an Elm does not thrive fo well in the ForeJl7 as where it may enjoy fcope for the Roots to dilate and fpread in thefides, as in Hedge-rows and Avenues, where they have the Air likewife free. 5* Of all the Trees which grow in our Woods, there is none which does better fuffer the Transplantation then the Elm 5 for you may remove a Tree of twenty years growth with undoubted iuc- cels : It is anExperiment I have made in a Tree almoft as big more asmy wafte, but then you muft totally disbranch him, leaving only the Summit intire 5 and being careful to take him up with as much Earth as you can, refrelh him with abundance of water* This is an excellent and expeditious way for great Terfins to plant the Accefiesoi their Houfes with 5 for being dilpos’d at fix* teen, or eighteen foot Interval, they will in a few years bear good¬ ly headsj and thrive to admiration. Some that are very cauti¬ ous emplafter the wounded head of fuch over-grown Elms with a mixture of clay, and horfe-dung, bound about them with a wijp of Hay or fine Mofi^ and I do not reprove it. But for more ordinary plantations, younger Trees, which have their bark, fmooth and tender, about the feantling of your leg, and their heads trimnfd atfive or fix foot height, are to be preferred before all other. Cato would have none of thefe forts of Trees to be removed till they are five or'fix fingers in diameter 5 others think they cannot take them too young , but experience (the beft Miftrif) tells us, that you can hardly plant an Elm too big. There are who pare away the Root within two fingers of thejtem^ and quite cut off the Head$ but I cannot commend this extream feverity , no more then I do the ftrewing of Oats in the pit, which fermenting with the moi- fture, and frequent waterings^ is believed much to accelerate the putting forth of the Roots 5 not confidering, that for want of air they corrupt, and grow Mufty, which more frequently fuffbeates the Roots, and endangers the whole Tree. 6. The Elm delights in a founds fweet andfertile Land, fomc- thing more inclin’d to moifture, and where good Pafiure is pro¬ duced 5 though it will alfo profper in the gravelly, provided there be a competent depth oi moulded be refrefh’d with fpringsrin de- fed of which, being planted on the very furface of the ground (the