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filled with earth of the light soft loamy kind, 

 being plunged in a bark hot- bed, and well shaded 

 and watered. When they have taken root, they 

 should be gradually inured to the full air, in 

 order to be placed in a warm situation in it till 

 the autumn, when they must be protected in 

 •the green-house. 



The layers may be laid down in the early 

 spring, and when they have stricken good root be 

 taken off, and planted out in separate pots in 

 the same manner as the cuttings, and afterwards 

 .managed in the same way. 



The proper periods.of removing these plants 

 are the early spring and autumn. 



They require little water in the winter season; 

 but in the summer frequent waterings are ne- 

 cessary, as two or three in the course of the 

 week. 



They afford ornament and variety among other 

 potted plants. 



GROVE, a sort of avenue formed by trees of 

 stately growth, disposed in rows, in grass- 

 grounds, gardens, and parks, on or contiguous 

 to spacious lawns, &c. designed for ornament, 

 shade, and shelter. These sorts of walks are 

 .much less in estimation at present than for- 

 jnerly. 



In extensive gardens or grounds they may be 

 formed in different parts ; a large one conti- 

 guous to the dwelling, where it may be conspi- 

 cuous, is often proper, both to effect ornament, 

 and that it may afford convenient shade for oc- 

 casional walking in th<; heat of summer; others 

 may be stationed more remote, on the bounda- 

 ries of lawns or other open spaces of grass- 

 ground, and near garden buildings, such as 

 summer-houses, temples, and other structures ; 

 as, wherever they are situated, they always ex- 

 hibit an air of grandeur, and are great orna- 

 ments to spacious gardens. Such gardens are 

 indeed incomplete without one or more of such 

 plantations. 



The trees in forming groves are usually dis- 

 posed in several straight rows, and at such di- 

 stances as their branches may so far approach 

 each other, as to afford a moderate shade from 

 the summer's sun; yet so distant, that each tree 

 may have full scope to spread its branches all 

 around, so as to exhibit their straight trunks 

 and spreading heads distinct, according to their 

 natural growth, and that a due portion of air 

 and light may be admitted to promote the growth 

 of the grass between and under them, so as to 

 form a close, firm sward, and constant verdure. 

 They are also sometimes formed with the trees 

 placed irregularly, and the spaces between 

 planted with various sorts of shrubs to form un- 



derwood, and with serpentine gravel-walks va- 

 riously winding through the whole. The trees 

 and shrubs that are most proper for this use, 

 are those of the deciduous and evergreen 

 tall-growing kinds, which form handsome 

 heads. 



They are distinguished into two sorts, open 

 groves and close groves. 



For the first sort, the handsomest growing or- 

 namental forest-trees with the most spreading 

 heads should be chosen, and disposed in ranges 

 from fifteen to twenty or thirty feet wide, and 

 the same distance between the trees in each row, 

 that each tree may have full scope to form a 

 spreading head, and so as to admit of the growth 

 of grass under them without injury. Where a 

 shady grove is required to be formed as soon as 

 possible, it may be planted contiguous, but 

 distinct from the above, arranging the rows only 

 at ten or fifteen feet distance ; by which it will 

 afford shade several years sooner than the other ; 

 and, as exhibiting a more dark and gloomy 

 shade, will afford the greater variety in contrast 

 with it. Open groves, chiefly for shade, may 

 also be formed by disposing all the trees irregu- 

 larly, that they may produce an imitation of a 

 natural grove, and sooner afford a perfect shade 

 and gloominess, which they effect considerably 

 sooner than in straight rows. 



The latter sort of groves are formed of large 

 trees, some planted in straight lines, others ir- 

 regularly disposed, having the ground between 

 them filled with various under-shrubs, and 

 gravel or sand-walks continued through them in 

 winding or serpentine turns ; and are sometimes 

 continued round the out-boundaries of pleasure- 

 grounds, parks, &c. as ornamental plantations, 

 and to afford shady and private walking, as well 

 as shelter from the inclemency of cold cutting 

 winds. The various shrubs formiog the under- 

 wood have a delightful effect in the whole of the 

 walks quite round. 



In forming groves in general, it sometimes 

 happens, when gardens or pleasure-grounds are 

 laid out, that large old trees are found growing 

 in a proper situation to constitute a grove, which, 

 if they do not too greatly approach to the habi- 

 tation, or obstruct any principal prospect or di- 

 stant view, should be preserved with care; and 

 although they should stand ever so irregularly or 

 close, they may be somewhat regulated by grub- 

 bing up the most irregular and ill-formed, or 

 thinning out some, where they form too close a 

 thicket for the design, either for an open or 

 close grove. By proper care in this respect a 

 grove may often be formed in a very short 

 space of time. 



