and Efpalier Hedges. ii'j 



adds to their UfefuJnefs, is their long Du- 

 ration. 



Before Gentlemen begin to make their Gar- 

 dens, thefe Plantations of Efpnliers ought to 

 be finifh'd, that no Time may be loft, or In- 

 jury enfut to the render Plants for want of a ne- 

 ceffary Security. They arc to be planted at a 

 reafonableDiftance without the utmoft Bounds 

 or Wails, and the Method of doing it is 

 this 5 Firft draw Lines for two or three 

 Rows, pretty thick, having Regard to the 

 Ufe they are for 5 and when the firft Line 

 is fet, Jet the iecond be planted in fuch 

 Order, that every three Trees may make an 

 ^Equilateral Triangle, by which means the 

 firfl Rai>ge will be clos'd by the fecond 5 

 after this, a third Line is to be planted, 

 which muft bear the fame Proportion to the 

 fecond, as the fecond dees to the firft : And 

 with thefe Ranges of three Rows the whole 

 Plantation, or Garden, may be encompafs'd, 

 if it can be conveniently done. 



This Way of Planting is of excellent Ufe 

 and Benefit to all Perfons who intend to 

 make large Plantations of Firs and Pines 

 for Avenues, Views, or Walks of Shade in 

 Pafturc Grounds, Parks, or other grazing 

 Grounds, or to bound their Gardens by de- 

 lightful Vifto's. And if you are to make Efpa- 

 lier-Tledges, for the Defence of tender Greens 

 and Plants, from malevolent Winds, the 

 Trees for your Ufe are the following 5 the 

 Diitcb Witch and En^lifi Elms, as before, 



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