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cf the fun ', but during this feafon, they muft befre- 

 quencly retrcfhcd with water. 

 They may b" propagated by laying down the young i 

 branches in autumn, which fliould be treated in the 

 fame manner as is before directed for the Benjamin. 

 The tenth fjrt requires a ftove to prefer/c it through 

 the winter in England ; this is propagated by feeds, 

 which muft be procured from the country where it 

 grov/s naturally. 



This plant requires the fame treatment as the CofFee- 

 tree, fo fhould be planted in a ftove, with that and 

 other tender plants of thofe warm countries, and al- 

 ways reniain there. 



The eleventh and twelfth forts have been generally 

 confounded by moft, if not all the writers who have 

 treated of them -, though tlieir bark, which is the ma- 

 terial part of thefe trees in ufe, is pretty cafily dif- 

 tineuiihcd by the dealers in thefe commodities. 



DrT Linnaeus is certainly miftaken in referring the 



latter to the figure of Dr. Burman, which he has given 



in his Hiliory of Ceylon plants, by the title of Cin- 



namomum perpetuo florens, &c. which is a true re- 



prefcntation of tlie male Cinnamon-tree, and is not 



the Caffia Lignea •, but as there are plants cf all thefe 



forts now in the Britifn Iflands of America, fo we may 



hope foon to have their fpecies better afcertained. 



i ne plants of both thefe kinds are not fo tender as 



moft people do imagine, and the treating of thofe 



plants which have been brought to England fo ten- 



j, derly has deftroyed them \ for fo far as I have made 



trial of their culture it has appeared, that great heat 



.' is very prejudicial to them^ therefore I would advife 



thofe perfons who may have any of the plants come 



under their care, to treat them in a different manner, 



otherwife there will be little hopes of keeping them ; 



for wlien the plants have taken new root in the pots, 



■ they fnould in fummer be placed in a glafs-cafe, where 



■ they may have plenty of air in warm weather, arid in 



. . winter placed in a ftove kept moderately warm,. « * : 



LAURUS ALEXANDRINA. -' See Ruscus. 



LAURUS TINUS;- See Tmus.-* . -> f i 



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adjoining to a noble feat, ■'^■ 



■: As to the dimenfions of it, it (hould be as large as the 



- ground will permit; but never lefs, if pofTible, than 

 thirty or forty acres ; but this is to be underftood of 



"Lawns in large parks, for in gardens a Lawn of fix or 

 eight acres is a reafonable fize for gardens of a mo- 



• derate extent, ten or twelve acres for thofe of the 

 largeft fize. 



As to the fituationof a Lawn, it will be beft to be in 

 the front of the houfe, and to lie open to the neigh- 

 bouring country, and not pent up too much with 

 trees. •/. 



If the houfe front the eaft, or fouth-eaft, it will be 

 moft convehient, becaufe the rooms will be ftiaded in 

 the afternoon, and fo the objedts to be viewed from 

 the houfe will be much better feen, by the fun's 

 fhining upon them at that time of the day ; for if the 

 beft room of the houfe front tKe Lawn,- as it'always 

 Jhould do, the afternoon being the moft ufual time 

 for people of faftiion to folace themfelves in fuch 

 rooms, the fun will not be ofFenfive to thofe rooms, 

 nor will the profpecEt be interrupted, but rendered 

 ^more pleafant-, whereas, were it on the weft fide of 

 the houfe, the fun, by fhining from the objeft, and 

 diredly againft thofe rooms, would, by both, hinder 

 the profpect, for the generality of profpefts are moft 

 pleafant when the fun Amines upon the objefts. ' -'i" 

 Befides, there is another inconvenience, if the Lawn 

 be on the weft fide of the houfe, it will give the more 

 way to the weft wind (which is commonly the greateft) 

 to injure the houfe, by its having a free paffage 

 to it. . - 



If the Lawn be on the fouth fide of the houfe, it may 

 do well enough, for the reafons before-mentioned, for 

 the fun's rays being then darted obliquely, will not 

 fo much interrupt the profpeft, and the fun fhining 

 moft part of the day on that fide of the houfe, will 

 ftill add to the beauty of that front, which ought to 



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be tlie beft front in the houfe, therefore aLawn on thar 

 fide will much help the profpeft of the houfe. 

 But the moft defirable afpeft for aLawn is that of the 

 ibutii-eaft, wliich is generally the moft favourable 

 point in England -, for as the fun rifes upon the front 

 of the houfe facing this point, fo it will add a chear- 

 fulnefs to the rooms in the morning, and by noon the 

 rays will be oblique to this front, and in the afternoon 

 v/ill have entirely left thefe apartments. 

 It will not be at all convenient to have the Lawn on 

 the north fide of the houfe, becaufe it will lay the 

 houfe too open to the cold norLh winds, &c. therefore 

 it will be more eligible to plant wilderneffes and woods 

 on the weft and north fides of the houfe, by way of 

 fcrecn to it, provided thefe do not ftaut out agreeable 

 cbjefts. 



As to the figure of the Lawn, fome contend for an 

 exact fquare, others an oblong fquare, fome an oval 

 and others a circular figure ; but neither of thefe are 

 to be regarded, for it will be much better if con- 

 trived fo as to fuit the figure of the ground ; and as 

 there fhould be trees planted for fnade on the boun- 

 daries of the Lawn, fo the fides may be broken by ir- 

 regular plantations of trees ; for if there are not fome 



good profpe6ls beyond the Lav/n, it will be proper to 

 have it bounded on every fide by plantations, which 

 may be brought round pretty near to each end of the 

 houfe, fo that perfons may foon get into fiiadc, which 

 is a very defirable thing in hot weather-, for where 

 that is w^anting, fev/ perfons care to ftir abroad when 

 the fun Ihines v/arm. 

 If in the plantations round the Lawn, the trees are 



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placed irregularly, fom.e breaking much forwarder on 

 the Lawn than others, and not crov/ded too clofe to- 

 gether, they will make a much better appearance than 

 ■ any regular plantations can pofTibly do ; and if 

 'there are varieties of trees properly difpofed, they will 

 ^have'a'godd effeft-, biit it fhould be obferved, that 

 *; 'no other but thofe which make a fine appearance, and 

 " that grow large, ftrait, and handfome, fhould be ad- 

 mitted here, as they are placed In the conftant view 

 from the houfe. - , ' ■ '-- ; ' ; 



'Many perfons have preferred the Lime-tree for this 

 purpofe, on account of their regular growth -, but as 

 the leaves of this tree often change their colour, and 

 begin to fall very foon in autumn, occafioning a great 

 litter in" the garden ; and from the end of July the 

 trees make but an indifferent appearance, fo they are 

 not to be efteemed for thefe plantations. 

 The Elm, Oak, Beech, and Cheftnut, among the 

 deciduous trees. 



to be preferred to all others, as 

 they keep their leaves late in autumn ; and thefe are 

 all of them^ large growing trees, fo are very proper for 

 this purpofe. 



If there are fome clumps of Evergreen trees intermixed 

 with the deciduous trees in this plantation, if they are 

 properly difpofed, it will add to the beauty, efpecially 

 in the winter feafon ; the beft forts for this purpofe 

 are Lord Weymouth's Pine, the Silver and Spruce 

 Firs, which will grow faft, and become large trees ; 

 and as the two latter forts always grow pyramidically, 

 fo they will have a good effeft to the fight, if they are 

 rightly placed, but they fhould nort be intermixed in 

 the fame clumps with the deciduous trees; but as thefe 

 generally feather out their branches near the ground, 

 they fliould be planted where they do not obftruft the 

 view of any diftant objefts.' 



But as moft perfons who take pleafure in beautifying 

 their feats in the country, are in hafte for fhade, they 

 generally plant the trees too cloie together, and okta 

 in fuch a manner as to render it difficult wiicn the 

 trees are advanced to reduce" their number, without 

 injury to the defign; therefore thofe trees fhould be 

 firft planted, which are defigned to remain, and then 

 there may be fome few others planted for prefent 

 fhade, which may afterward be taken away. When 

 .. perfons who are beautifying their feats meet with full 

 grown trees on the fpot, it is a great pleafure, for thele 

 fhould not be deftroyed, if they can poflibly ftand 

 without prejudice. 



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