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ftraight^ and all the Sizes of Efpaliers, for 

 thefe Frames, are to be fo regulated, that the 

 Trees or Plants may be of a handfome uni- 

 form Growth, and (bfficiently furnifh'd with 

 Side Boughs, to thicken and fill up the feve- 

 raJ Spaces. 



The Form of the Ground for Efpaliers 

 ought to be oblong 5 and in laying it out, the 

 two- longeft parallel Sides fhould run North 

 and South, or thereabouts 5 and as for the 

 Extent, you are to proportion it according to 

 the Number of the tender Greens and Plants 

 which you defign it (hall receive ^ always 

 allowing for proper Diftances in placing 

 them, and for Allies. The Situation ought 

 not to be remote from the Grcen-houfe, for 

 Convenience in removal of the Greens, for- 

 ward and backward, as Seafons fhall require. 

 In marking out the Dimenfions make Allow- 

 ance likewifc for the Borders, which (hould 

 be anfwerable to it, and well trench'd, two 

 Foot and an half or three Foot deep ^ for if 

 the Soil happens not to be naturally good fo 

 deep, and you do not enrich it, after the 

 Trees have been planted fome Years, when 

 they come to ftrike Root, they'll penetrate 

 down to the poor barren Eirth, and become 

 thereby exceedingly hindered in their Growth. 



Efpaliers deaden the Violence of the Winds 

 with greater Security to tender Greens and 

 Plants than the beft Brick or Stone Wall, by 

 Reafon Walls, being compaft and clofe built, 

 have a ftronger Power to drive them back 



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