2i8 Of Efpaliers^ 



the Horn-beam, Spruce Fir, Pine, and Scotch 

 Fir, Lime, Privet, Yew, Holly, Laurel, 

 White thorn, Maple, Alder, Apple, Pear. 



The Dutch and the Witch Elm^iQ the 

 freeft Growers, and come foooeft to Per- 

 h^\on '^ And if .they are for ai frame of 

 Wood, and to be ferviceable the firft Year, 

 they are to be chofen of two Sizes^. the 

 firft aKuit eight or ten Foot hij^h, and the 

 fecond about four or five Foot in Height ^ to be 

 good bruihy Trees from Top to Bottom as near 

 as may be, and let them be pruned, but 

 fo that the Side-Boughs may remain to fpread 

 out and be faften'd to .the Frames. The 

 large ones are to be planted about three 

 Foot Diilance from each other, and between 

 them are to be planted the lefTer fiz!d ones. 

 But if your Efpaiier Hedges are to be made 

 without a Frame of Wood to fupport them, 

 then the Trees muft be of a fmaller Size, 

 the largeft to be not above fix Foot in Height, 

 and the fmall ones of about three or four 

 Foot high 5 they are to be planted as the 

 others, but the Boughs muft be cut with- 

 in an Inch or two of the Stem, and as 

 they grow they are to have frequent Clip- 

 pings to make them thicken in Brufti, and 

 grow upright and uniform, whereby they'll 

 appear like a Wall. 



llie Horn^beam and Beach are inferior 

 to none, for -du Efpaiier, of thofe Sorts of 

 Trees as fhed their Leaves^ but they can- 

 not be planted fo large as Elms, Chufe 



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