540 The Pleasure Garden. Dec] 



And the more tender and curiou9 kinds, fuch as ar- 

 butus, cillus, Sec. fhould be placed in deep frames to 

 have occafional fheltej of covering in frofty weather. 



Likewife the pots of double rockets, double rofe- 

 campion, double fcarlet lychnis, double fweet-vvilliams, 

 and all other hardy perennial fi'Drous-rooted plants in 

 pots, fhould, where not done laft month, be, the be* 

 ginning of this, plunged to their rims in a dry warm 

 ipot of ground. 



By plunging thefe plants in the earth it prevents the 

 froft entering the fides of the pot to hurt their roots; 

 and in very hard frofts it v^'ill be proper to lay fome dry 

 long litter over all their tops ; but this muil always be 

 taken immediately off when the froft is lefs fevere. 



Where there are any frames to fpare, the pots with 

 the above fibrous-rooted plants may be placed in them, 

 and defended occafionally, with glaiTes or other covering. 

 Prime Foreji-trees. 



It is now a proper time to prune all forts of foreft 

 and ornamental trees where neceflary, obferving to trim 

 up all large fide fhoots and boughs from the ftem, and 

 low ftraggling under branches of the head, for that may 

 be performed in frofty weather when, little other bufinefa 

 can be done., 



Plant and Plajh Hedges, 



This is a proper time to plant any forts of hedges of 

 t}}p deciduous kinds particularly : fuch as hawthorn, 

 beech, elm, elder, horn-beam, berberry, blackthorn or 

 floe ; procure young fets of two or three years old from 

 the nurfery, and plant them fix or eight inches afunder in 

 the row : alfo plant alder, willow and poplar hedges, 

 in moift, or watery fituations, either by planting fmall 

 cuttings, or large truncheons a yard or two long, parti- 

 cularly the willow and alder. 



Hedges for outward fences are commonly, either 

 planted in the fide or top of a raifed bank formed with 

 a ditch on the outfide. Where hedges are grown up 

 lude, and ihin or naked at bottom, they fhould now 

 be plalhed, or laid down in fuch a iiaanner as tq render 

 them thick IB every part. 



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