460 The Gardener's New Director. 



influence of the fun and of fhowers, which are ihe chief 

 principles of vegetation. 



The Horfe-Chefnut, one of the noblefl: trees that a- 

 dorns our woods for beauty, mufl be treated in the fame 

 manner; and the Pavia, or red flowering Horfe-Chef- 

 nut, which makes one of the mofi: beautiful flowering 

 trees that adorns our gardens, may alfo be cultivated in 

 the fame way ; but for the firfl: four years of its growth, 

 fliould have more flielter given it, in winter efpecially : 

 Only you are to obferve, that fuch Chefnut-trees as you 

 are to plant out for bearing fruit, fhould not have their 

 fide branches fo lopped off as thofe trees which are plant- 

 ed in woods lor timber. 



i:he Walnut. 



THOSE trees which are planted in your woods, 

 fhould be fown in the places where they are to re- 

 main, and from thence never removed; for if their roots, 

 which always tend downwards, are broken, cutorbrui- 

 fed, it hinders the tree from afpiring, which is the great* 

 efl beauty in trees planted for timber. Indeed they will 

 not be fo fruitful as trees that are tranfplanted; but the 

 rifk of the operation greatly out-balances any advantage 

 that may accrue from it. In woods thefe trees fhould 

 be planted at twelve or thirteen feet diflance ; for their 

 vicinity to one another greatly promotes their growth. 

 I would here advife to plant fome of the black/Vr^/wizw 

 Walruts, which are brought in great plenty from that 

 country; for thefe naturally grow ere6t : But take care, 

 that neither the common nor the Virginian \\ alnut fork 

 when they come up; for no tree is more liable to do io 

 than the Walnut; and I always would chufe to plant 

 them by themfelves in a well fheltered fituation, in every 

 refpeft treating them as I directed for the Chefnut. The 

 wood of the black Virginian Walnut is invaluable; for 

 by the beautiful enamelling of its veins, when it conies 

 to be cut, it rather feems to refemble marble than wood. 

 They delight in a rich firm loam, and they will alfo 

 grow upon the declivities of chalky hills, or flonv ground. 



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