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contain the various sorts of kernels r.ntl stones 

 ot'truit, to raise stocks for grarting anil buLkling 

 upon, r.s well as the scuds oK f'ore.-t-trccs, orna- 

 mental tries, shrubs, ike. and of numerous her- 

 baceous ]icrennials, ot'ilie fibrous and bulbous- 

 rooted tribes. 



The season for sowing is both spring and au- 

 tunni, according to llie nature of the different 

 sorts, as uiav be seen under their ditllrent heads. 

 When the young tree and shrub scedlmg-plants 

 thus raised are one or two years old, they should 

 be planted out in Nursery-rows into the other 

 principal divisions, but many kinds of herba- 

 ceous plants require to be pncked out from the 

 seed-beds uhin only from two to three or four 

 rnonthsold. And, on the contrary, n)ost kinds 

 of bulbous seedlings will not be fit for planting 

 out in less than one or two years at the shortest 

 periods. 



Aiioiher part of these grounds should be al- 

 lotted for stools of various trees and shrubs, for 

 propagation by layers, by which vast numbers 

 of plants of difl'erent kinds may be raised. 

 These should be strono; plants set in rows three 

 or four feet distance every way : such of them as 

 naturally rise with tall stems, after being planted 

 one yea:, are headed down near the ground, to 

 force out many lower slioois conveniently situ- 

 ated for laying them down. See Stools and 

 Laying. 



The cuttings, suckers, slips, off-sets, See. of 

 hardy trees, shrubs, and plants, may be planted 

 oiit in any convenient part of the ground in 

 shady borders, &c. ; but for the more tender 

 kinds, some warm sheltered situation should be 

 provided. 



The other principal divisions of these grounds 

 should be left for the reception of various sorts 

 of seedling plants from seminary quarters; as 

 well as for those that arc raised from suckers, 

 layers, cuttings, &c. to be planted in rows from 

 one to two or three feet asunder, according to 

 their natures and growths, allowing the tree and 

 shrub kinds treble the distance of the herba- 

 ceous perennial sorts. Of the tree and shrub 

 kirids some are to be planted for stocks to graft 

 and bud the select sorts of fruit-trees and other 

 choice plants upon, that are usually propagated 

 by such methods; others should be trained up 

 entirely on their own roots without budding 

 and grafting, as in most forest and other hardy 

 tree kinds; as well as almost all the sorts of 

 shrubs. 



It is also pro;i:r to have some dry warm shel- 

 tered situation in the full sun in these grounds, 

 for occasional hot-beds of dung or tan, for rais- 

 ing and forwarding many sorts of tender or curi- 



ous exotics by seed, cuttings, suckers, slips, &c» 

 which should be furnished with suitable frames 

 and lights, hand-glasses, garden-mats^ and other 

 requisites for that sort of culture. 



JMetlwds and Times uf Sleeking ivith Plnn/s. 

 The particular modes of cultivation are fully 

 explained under the difftreut heads of the plants, 

 and the operations th^t are necessary in raising 

 them to the best advaiitage. 



As [o the seasons for performing the works of 

 sowing, plant inij, &c. iheyaredifterenlinditlerent 

 kinds, but the autumn and spring are the prin- 

 cipal seasons : for planting out or removing, thij 

 principal season is about October and in April, 

 for tender kinds, especially the evergreen tribe; 

 but most other hardy trees and shrubs may be 

 transplanted any time in winter, in open mild 

 weather. The nature of the soil should, h(nv- 

 evcr, be regarded in this business. 



'I'he harily herbaceous fibrous-rooted plants 

 may be removed alinobt anv time, either in au- 

 tunm or spring, and many sorts even in the 

 summer. But for the older or larger plants, the 

 autuimi or very early spring are the best periods, 

 vfhich are the only proper seasons for divi- 

 ding or slipping the roots of all these kinds for 

 further increase. 



And lor the bulbous and such tuberous roots 

 whose leaves, like most of the bulbous tribe, 

 decay in the summer, the proper season for 

 planting or removing them is the spring and 

 sunmier months, when their flower-stalks 

 decay, as well as to separate their otT-sets for 

 increase ; which may either be planted again 

 directly, or kept out of ground one, two, or se- 

 veral months, though it is proper to plant the 

 principal part again in autumn, unless where 

 retained for sale, &c. 



The succulent perennial sorts may be removed 

 almost any time in the spring, summer, or early 

 autumn, but the last is the best. But most kinds- 

 of succulent cuttings succeed best when planted 

 in the summer season. 



Methods of JUposing the Plants. — In the distri- 

 bution of the diHerenl sorts in these grounds, each 

 should be separate : the fruit- forest- trees, &c. oc- 

 cupying spaces bv themselves nearly together; all 

 the shrub kind should also be ranged in separate 

 places, allotting suitable spots for herbaceous per- 

 ennials and tender plants, defenilcd with yew or 

 privet hedges, or a reed fence, &c. in which may 

 be set sueii plants, in pots, as are a little tender 

 whilst young, and require occasional shelter from 

 frost, but not so tender as to require to be housed 

 as green-house plants, &c. And in such places, 

 frames of various sizes may be placed, either 

 to be covered occasionally with glass lights, or 



