I could not tell what tree to call it that these stakes were cut from. I was surprised, and yet very well pleased, to see the young trees grow; and I pruned them, and led them up to grow as much alike as I could; and it is scarce credible how beautiful a figure they grew into in three years; so that though the hedge made a circle of about twenty-five yards in diameter, yet the trees, for such I might now call them, soon covered it, and it was a complete shade, sufficient to lodge under all the dry season.
Rimasi sorpreso, e da vero gratamente, al vedere cresciute queste giovani piante; le potai lasciandole crescere ad una certa uguaglianza per quanto potei. È appena credibile la bella comparsa ch’esse fecero in capo a tre anni; in guisa che, se bene la palizzata formasse un cerchio di circa venticinque braccia di diametro, pure i miei alberi (che così dall’ora in poi poteva chiamarli) copersero presto tutto il frascato, e formarono una compiuta ombra, bastante ad alloggiarvi sotto per tutta la stagione asciutta.