138 OF TREES AND PLANTS. 



of William Ord, Efq; the other refinous trees make a fine fliew 5 

 their bark florid, and their (hoots vigorous. 



The Beech and Englift Elm are cultivated with great fuccefs, 

 both for their fhade and timber. The former was facred in the 

 times of Paganifm among the northern nations, on which they 

 wrote their laws (e). 



The Scotch Elm grows to a great fize ; its natural fituation by 

 the fides of brooks and rivers, and even in the clefts and preci- 

 pices, and fometimes on bleak and barren hills, with the am, 

 being its rival in combating winds and tempeils. 



The more valuable fruit-trees, as the Peech, the Apricot, the 

 Neclarine, and the Vine, have of late been favoured with fire- 

 walls, to forward their vegetation, and to give their fruit that 

 mellownefs and flavour, which our northern SUN denies them. 

 In fome of the warmer vales they fucceed pretty well without 

 that aid, but in mofl other places they demand it. It muft be 

 confeffed, that fruit from the fire-walls is preferable to all others, 

 and will admit of no competition, either for tafle or beauty ; par- 

 ticularly the grape ; however affifled by fituation, expofure, walls, 

 and glafles. 



The White-Heart Cherry is a fhy bearer on mofl of our walls ; 

 the other kinds, the Black Heart, the May-Duke, 8cc. bear in great 

 perfection ; the Morel, againft a north wall, excellent. 



No culture has yet been found capable to give the. golden Pippen 

 its true flavour in this climate, except it is treated like the vine, 

 &c. planted againfl a fire-wall. The other orchard-trees, both 



(e) Ola Rudbatk. Atlantic*. Pars 3. FoL 1698. 



apples, 



