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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    fometimes lain on them to my great refrefhment: fo as of this Tree it may properly be faid, -—Sylvadomm, cubiliafrondes. Juvenal. Swine may be driven to Matt about the end of Augutt. CHAP. VI. Ajb. Of the AJb. mm the Ajh is with us Male and Female, the one affefting c the higher grounds : ...-Steriles faxojis montibus orni. Geor. 2. The other the plains, of att^ferwood, and rifing many times to a prodigious ftature 5 fo as in forty years from the Key, an Ajb hath been fold for thirty pounds Sterling : and I have been credi¬ bly inform'd, that one per Jon hath planted fo much of this one fort of Timber in his lifetime as hath been valu'd worth fifty thou¬ sand pounds to be bought. Thefe are pretty encouragements, for a fmall, and pleafant induftry. . . 2. The Keys being gather’d when they begin to tall (which is about the end of 0Bober 9 and the enfuing Moneth) are to be fow’d 5 but not altogether fo deep as your former Matts ; Thus they do in Spain : A very narrow Seminary will be fumcient to (tore an whole Country: They will lye a full^e^rin the giound before they appear, therefore you muft carefully Fence them all that time and have patience: But if you would make a confidera- ble Wood of them at once. Dig or Flow a parcel of ground, as you would prepare it for Corn, and with the Corn (01 what other Grain you think fitted) fow alfo good ftore of Keys, Ibme Crab- kernels, &c. amongft them: Take off your crop of Corn, or Seed in its Seafon, and the next year following it will be cover’d with young Apes, which will be fit either to ftand, or be Transplanted for divers years after, and thefe you will find to be far better then any you can gather out of the Woods (efpecially Suckers which are worth nothing) being removed at one foot ftature (the fooner the better) provided you defend them well from Cattel: The reafbn of this hafty tranfplanting, is to prevent their obfti- nate,and deep rooting > tantus atnor terr£-which makes them hard5 to be taken up when they grow older, and that being re¬ mov’d, they take no great hold till the fecond year, after which they come away amain : Yet I have planted them of five and fix inches diametre, which have thriven as well as the fmaller wands. Cut (