Jan.] FtowER Garde k. 37 



Support nevj planted Shrubs, 

 Support tall new-planted flirubs, or trees, as require it, 

 with flakes, that they may not be difplaced by the wind. 



Priming Flowering-Jhrtihs, and digging let\vcen theni. 



Prune flowerlng'-fhrubs in the clumps or quarters of the 

 fhrubbery, or where they require it. This fliould gene- 

 rally be done with a knife,, and not commonly with gar- 

 den-fhears, as often pracflifed : all dead wood fhould be cut 

 away ; alfo where the branches of different flirubs crowd 

 one upon another, let fome be taken out, and fliorten long 

 rambling flioots and rude luxau-iant growths ; for the flirubs 

 in general fliould be kept clear of each other, fo that eac*h 

 kind may be feen dillindly ; and clear away all fuckers 

 that aril'e from the roots. 



The ground between flowering-flirubs and ever-greens, 

 fliould be dug ; obferving, as you go on, to fliorten all 

 ftraggling roots, taking care not to difturb the plants. 

 This will do good to the flirubs, deflroy weeds, and the 

 places will appear neat. 



Planting Flovoering-fr^ruls, 



In fettled open weather you may now plant, where want- 

 ed, moft forts of hardy flowering-rtu-uhs. . 



Such as rofes, honey-fuckles, lilacs, and fyringas, altnjea 

 and fpiraea frutex, geider-rofe, Perfian lilacs, laburnums, 

 privets, and jafmines, the cinquefoil flirub, and bladder- 

 feiia, the double hawthorn, double -bioflbm cherry, and 

 dwarf almond, with double and fingle flowers, the mezereon 

 and double -flowering peach, with the double and Angle 

 f'.veet-briir, flowering rafpberry, and double bramble; and 

 many other fixh like hardy kinds of flirubs may at this time 

 be tranfplanted, provided the weather be any thing mild. 



For a lill of the hardy flowering fnrubs, evergreens, &c. 

 which may now be planted, fee the catalogue of fnrubs at 

 the end of the book. 



Rules for plant i/ig Flo'Vjering-JJyrJihs* 



In planting the various kinds of flowering-flirubs, par- 

 ticular regard fliould be had to the diflances between plant 

 and plant, and alfo to the arrangement, or order in placing 

 them, fo that the diiferc-nt plants may be readily diUinguifii- 

 ed ; for this is of very great importance. 



Therefore, in the difpofition of the flirubs, let the dif- 

 I . fcrent 



