48'^" THE PLEASURE GARDEN. [aPR'» 



The reason why the end of July or first of Au- 

 gust is next to be considered the best time (some 

 think it preferable) for transplanting evergreens, isj 

 that they then take on a second growth, and that 

 w^e generally have showery weather at that season. 

 Plants moved then, get fully estabHshed before win- 

 ter, while those moved later in autum.n do not; and 

 so often perish altogether. 



On the manner of arranging shrubs, and the dis- 

 tances at w^iich they should be planted, I have al- 

 ready been explicit in Sect. I. and on Planting, in 

 January. I shall therefore only here add, that be- 

 fore planting, the ground should be well dug or 

 trenched ; and if that have been done last autumn, 

 or in winter, it should now be spaded over. Also-, 

 if places have been left for the evergreens, among 

 deciduous shrubs that have been planted some 

 months, such places should be stirred up to a good 

 depth and breadth. 



If the weather prove dry, let them be well w^a- 

 tered; w^hich repeat, as necessity shall direct. In a 

 plantation of considerable extent, it maybe thought 

 too much to say that they should all he mulched, as 

 formerly directed for Fruit Trees j but for a few, 

 and for the choice, high-priced sorts, it would very 

 probably turn out to be a saving, both of time and 

 money. 



This is also a proper time to plant evergreen 

 hedges, as Holly, Evergreen Privet, Yew, &c. which 

 should generally consist of plants that have been two 

 years nursed, and which may be planted at eight or 

 liine inches apart, if stout and well rooted -, but i( 



