SECT. IX. OF SHRUBS, SHRUBBERIES, &C, 115 



new planted trees, or shrubs. Let the outside plants 

 of a new shrubbery, towards the sun, be covered 

 about the roots all summer : Turf will be neatest. 



What has been said of the act (or method) of 

 planting fruit trees, should be observed of shrubs. 

 In dressing the roots of shrubs, shorten them mo- 

 derately, prune the heads so as to form them hand- 

 somely. Settle the ground to the roots by watering, 

 and leave a little hollow round about them for future 

 watering, if the season should require it. Let the 

 taller plants be tied to stakes, as the wind is apt to 

 disturb them, and hinder their speedy rooting. 



The proper disposition of shrubs, where there are 

 many to be planted, should be considered in several 

 particulars ; for the beauty and prosperity of a plan- 

 tation depends greatly upon it. 



The distances must be according to the size they 

 usually attain. Some grow off slow at first, but af- 

 terwards get large ; but still these should be rather 

 considered in a middling way, otherwise the ground 

 will be a long time naked. Some sorts will require 

 not more than a three feet distance, others four, five 

 or six ; but as they are small, when first planted, 

 and perhaps much of a size, the future height and 

 spread are frequently not considered. See Sect. 19. 



The situation, to accommodate them as well as 

 may be, according to their tender or hardy nature, 

 should be attended to ; not to plant evergreen shrubs, 

 or the more delicate deciduous sorts, on the outside 

 towards the N. or JV". E. and as there may be an 

 irregularity in the ground, the lower parts and deeper 

 soil will be more suitable to some, and the higher 

 and shallower may do very well for others. 



Tender shrubs should not only be sheltered for 

 protection, but be planted in a dry spot open to the 

 sun : Some things will live abroad in a dry and poor 

 that would seldom survive a winter in a rich 

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