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stems, and of jircventing- the attacks of Hares and Rabbits by 

 snieaiing^ the trunks wilh a mixture of Cow dung, and Urine, 

 rvre practices still in uso. Chap. 9. Is of the transplanting of 

 Evergreens. Chnp. 10. Is of the ordering of Vines, a Fruit 

 Tree he says formerly grown in abundance in Vineyards, espe- 

 cially by the Monks, the Wine of which supplied them year by 

 year; "but they have long since been destroyed, and the 

 knowledge how to order a Vineyard is also utterly perished 

 with them," lie mentions many gentlemen having tried to 

 liave them, bringing Frenchmen over to attend them, but the 

 produce was uniformly " small and heartless;" and the Vine 

 in his time was scarcely attended to, even when grown against 

 a Wall. Chap. 11. Is of preserving Grapes through the Win- 

 ter in sand, kc. At page, 657, commences his list and de- 

 scriptions of the Fruits " proper for our climate." Raspberry 

 r^d, white, and thornless — Currants red 2, white and black. — 

 Goosberries or Fleaberries6. — Barberry — Filberts 3 — Grapes 

 23 — Figs 3 — Service 2 — Medlars 3 — Lote 3 — Cornell 2 — Cher- 

 ries 36 — Plumbs Gl — Apricots 6 — Peaches 21, and others with- 

 out names. Nectarines (" have been with us not many years") 6. 

 — Almonds, bitter, and sweet — Oranges, which he says were 

 grown in large boxes, to be pulled into the house, or under a wall 

 covered with a sear cloth, and " some comfort in the colder 

 times" was given them by a stove. This is the first rude attempt 

 that we have notice of by an English writer, approaching to the 

 idea of a hot-house, or conservatory, but with the notice we have 

 before of Bell-glasses, was evidently leading to their construction ; 

 no tent or mean provision, he continues, will preserve them. 

 Apples 78. and many others, or perhaps merely names for others 

 already specified. Quinces 6 — Pears 64 — many others, and the 

 varieties increasing yearly. Walnut — Sweet Chesnut, just come 

 from Turkey, and but little known — he confounds it with the 

 Horse Chesnut — Mulberries 3. His Corollary to the Orchard, 

 commences at page 598, and contains the Bay, Pine, Fir, Ever- 

 green Oak, Cypress, Arbutus, Evergreen Privet, Pyracantha, 



