y, to all this I
would add that other chearful vehicle, light; which the gloomy and
torpent north is so many months depriv'd of; the too long seclusion
whereof is injurious to our exotics, kept in the conservatories, since
however temper'd with heat, and duly refresh'd; they grow sickly, and
languish without the admission of light as well as air, as I have
frequently found.

FOOTNOTES:

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Nam specimen sationis, & infitionis origo
Ipsa fuit rerum primum natura creatrix:
Arboribus quoniam baccae, glandesque caducae
Tempestiva dabant pullorum examina subter, &c.

_Lucret._ l. 5.

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CHAPTER II.

_Of the Seminary and of Transplanting._

1. _Qui vineam, vel arbustum constituere volet, seminaria prius facere
debebit_, was the precept of Columella, l. 3. c. 5. speaking of
vineyards and fruit-trees: and doubtless, we cannot pursue a better
course for the propagation of timber-trees: For though it seem but a
trivial design that one should make a nursery of foresters; yet it is
not to be imagin'd, without the experience of it, what prodigious
numbers a very small spot of ground well cultivated, and destin'd for
this purpose, would be able to furnish towards the sending forth of
yearly colonies into all the naked quarters of a lordship, or demesnes;
being with a pleasant industry liberally distributed amongst the
tenants, and dispos'd of about the hedg-rows, and other waste, and
uncultivated places, for timber, shelter, fuel, and ornament, to an
incredible advantage. This being a cheap, and laudable work, of so much
pleasure in the execution, and so certain a profit in the event; to be
but once well done (for, as I affirm'd, a very small _plantarium_ or
nursery will in a few years people a vast extent of ground) hath made me
sometimes in admiration at the universal negligence, as well as rais'd
my admiration, that seeds and plants of such different kinds, should
like so many tender babes and infants suck and thrive at the same
breast: Though there are some indeed will not so well prosper in
company; requiring peculiar juices: But this niceness is more
conspicuous in flowers and the herbacious offspring, than in foresters,
which require only diligent weeding and frequent cleansing, till they
are able to shift for themselves; and as their vessels enlarge and
introsume more copious nourishment, often starve their neighbours. Thus
much for the nursery and _Conseminea Silv