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ingly raised every year in the Nursery, of most 

 of the various kind-, so as to have it alwavs 

 fully stocked with most kinds in ditiereni states 

 of growth; some in secd-ljeds, others trans- 

 planted in nurscry-rovvs ; some one year, othtrs 

 two, three, or several years : all of which should 

 be well attended to, that there niav he a suflici- 

 ency of jilants of all sorts for turnisning every 

 diflerent department of gardening as they may 

 be wanted, 



111 public Nursery-grounds, it is customary to 

 have convenient green-houses, glass-cases, and 

 stoves, with their proper appendages, for raising 

 tender exotics from the warmer parts of the globe, 

 w hich are alwavs placed in the warmest and most 

 sunny situations, having their fronts directly fac- 

 ing the south, to have all possible benefit from 

 the sun's influence; which seVve for raising and 

 luirsing the various tender plants to a proper 

 growth for furnishing other larger conservatories, 

 green-houfes, &c. 



Size, Soil, and Situatiov. In respect to the 

 extent or dimensions of Nursery-grounds, they 

 should be accordins; to the quantity of plants re- 

 quired, or the demand for sale : if for private 

 use, from a quarter or half an acre to five or six 

 may be proper, which should be regulated ac- 

 cording to the extent of (he garden-ground and 

 plantations they are required to supply; and if fur 

 public or general cultivation, not less than three 

 or four acres of land will be worth occupying, 

 and from that to lifteen or twenty acres, or 

 more, may be requisite, in proportion to the de- 

 mand. 



The soil for Nursery-grounds should be o' 

 different qualities, in order that it may suit dif- 

 ferent sorts of trees and plants. 



Nursery-men generally prefer a loamy soil of a 

 moderately lii'lit nature: houever, thev maybe 

 formed of anvgood moderaitlvlightland,tluU has 

 fifteen or eighteen inches depth of good working 

 soil, but if two or three spades deej) it will be the 

 better; and where there is scope of ground to 

 choose i'rom,that where theic is a good depth, and 

 a naturally rich or good soil, should be preferred, 

 as the soil of a Nursery cannot be too good, 

 notwithstanding what has been advanced to the 

 contrary; as v\here the soil is poor and lean, ihc 

 plants are mostly laniriiid, weak, and stunted, 

 no art being able to improve them ; while those 

 raised in a good mellow soil alw ays assume a free 

 growth, and advance with strength and vigour. 

 It is not requisite, however, that the soil should 

 be very rich, nor over manured : a medium 

 between the two c::!remcs is the most pro- 

 per, such as good mellow pasture land, having 

 the sward trenched lo the bottcm, v, hleh is ex- 

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ccllent for the growth of trees; and any similar 

 eligible soil of corn-fields is also extremely pro- 

 per : any other good soil of the nature ot com- 

 mon garden-earih is likewise well adapted for a 

 Nursery-ground. 



As to situation ; where it is rather low than 

 fiigh it is better, as being naturally warmer, and 

 more out of the power of cutting and boisterous 

 winds than a higher situation, though where 

 some parts of the ground ate high and others 

 low, it may be an advantage, in belter suiting 

 the nature of the different plants. It is also of 

 vast advantage to have Nursery-grounds fully 

 exposed to the sun and free air, and, if possible, 

 where there isthe convenience of having water for 

 the occasional watering of young seedlings, and 

 newly removed plants. 



When for private use, where there is room, 

 Nursery-grounds may either be entirely detached, 

 or contiguous to the outer boundaries of the 

 shrubbery plantations of the pleasure-ground, 

 and so contrived as to lead insensibly into it by 

 w inding w alks, so as to appear part of the gar- 

 den or shrubbtiy. 



Method of iiu losing, prcpnri7!g, and layingout. 

 In respect to the outside leuce, it may either be 

 a hedge and ditch, or a paling; the former is the 

 cheapest, and most durable; though where hares 

 and rabbits abound paling fences are most 

 eligible. 



Paling, or other similar close fence, is how- 

 ever in general, for some part, extremely use- 

 ful to train young wall-trees to a proper growth 

 for garden-walls, 8cc. 



After thus fenced in, the ground should be all 

 regularly trenched over one or two spades deep, 

 according to the natural depth of the soil ; after 

 which, proceed to divide itb\' walks intoquarters, 

 and other pans ; letting a principal walk lead di- 

 rectly thrwugh the middle or some principal part, 

 which may be from five to eightortenteet wide, ac- 

 cording to circumstances, having a broad border 

 on eacli side : another walk should be carried all 

 round next the outward boundary, four or five 

 fcLtwide, leaving an eight or ten feet border 

 next the ience all the way ; dividing the internal 

 part by smaller cross walks, so as to j'orm 

 the. whole into four, six, or eight principal 

 divisions. 



One or more of these divisions should be ap- 

 pio]iriated for the reception of all sorts of seeds, 

 tor raibing plants to iurnish the other parts ; 

 subdividing it into four feet w^de beds, with 

 Ibot-wide a]le\s at least between bed and 

 bed. In llicse beds should' be sown seeds, 

 &c. of all such trees, shrubs, and herbaceous 

 plants as are raised from seed ; and which shoulii 



