110 OF PLANTING. SECT. VIII* 



blossoms of % trees shall escape, when in the former, 

 unkind winds shall cut them off; not that valleys 

 are always safe, for they have sometimes destructive 

 blasts from mists. 



Peas sown to stand the winter, in a garden on a 

 hill, and m another only a hundred yards below, in 

 a vale, the former exposed, and the latter well shel- 

 tered, will demonstrate what situation will do ; for 

 the peas below will live when the others are cut off, 

 and perhaps come in a week earlier, when both 

 survive the winter apparently uninjured. 



In very exposed places, especially northwards, lit- 

 tle fruit can be expected from the more delicate 

 wall trees ; it is prudent therefore to avoid planting 

 in cold places the tenderest, or the earliest, or the 

 latest sorts. The difference of latitude between 

 Middlesex and Northamptonshire makes commonly 

 a fortnight in the coming in of many things ; so 

 that, generally speaking, what is called an October 

 peach, is of little worth in the latter county though 

 in the former it may do well : Without plenty of 

 walling for experiment) therefore, do not plant late 

 fruit fer northwards of London. 



The farther north, however, is not a certain rule 

 for the productions of the garden being propor- 

 tionally later ; for in some parts of Yorkshire they 

 produce vegetables and fruits, nearly as early as 

 about London. This has been ascribed to subter- 

 raneous heat from coal beds, or minerals, acting as 

 natural hot-beds; but it may be attributed simply 

 to a rich, warm, and deep soil, having gravel below 

 it, especially when in a valley sheltered by winds on 

 the cold side. 



With regard to situation, we should consider the 

 garden itself, and not plant choice fruits in a cold 

 or shaded part of it : the aspect must be good for 

 them as well as the soil. From an error of this 



