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{b now they are almofi: wholly 

 nei^leftcd : Such are the Changes in 

 Mens Tempers and Fancies, that 

 what is one Year efteem'd, is the 

 next defpis'd. 



I would not here be thought to 

 be an Advocate for clipp'd Trees i 

 no, I am infinitely more delighted 

 with a Tree in all its Luxuriancy of 

 Branches, waving about with every 

 Gufl: of Wind 3 but yet I think there 

 h a great Beauty in thefe Trees, if 

 rightly difpos'd in a Garden, but 

 more-efpecially in fuch as are of a 

 large Extent, by being intermix'd 

 with other Sorts of Ever-greens, to 

 form regular Clumps, or plac'd 

 in Quarters of Ever-greens, or to 

 form Columns at the Entrances of 

 Wildcrncfs Quarters, or to plant in 

 Niches of Ever-green Hedges 5 in 

 all which Places they have an agree- 

 able Effed, 



All the variegated Sorts are 

 propagated by budding or grafting 

 tliem on the Pla'm Holly Stocks j 

 the beft Time for buddmg them, 

 is in Juh, and for grafting them, 

 in March. 



The Manner of railing the com- 

 mon Hollies, is by fowing the Ber- 

 ries, which, if fovvn as foon as 

 ripe, will lie tv/o Years in the 

 Ground ; you may therefore mix 

 the Berries with dry Sand, and put 

 them in a large Garden Pot, bury- 

 ing it hi the Ground till the next 

 Augiifi or September; and take them 

 out and few them on a Bed of 

 common Earth, covering the Seeds 

 about a quarter of an Inch 

 with light Mould, and the Spring 

 following the Planrs will appear 

 above Ground : But as this is a te- 

 dious Method, and the young Plants 

 making but fmall Progrefs for the 

 two or three flrfi: Years, fo \ would 

 rather advifc the purchaiing of 

 youBg Stocks, pf about three ^| 



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four Years Growth, of fbme Nur^ 

 fery Men who raife them for Sale^^ 

 and thefe will be fit to bud or gratt 

 the fecond Year after they arc 

 planted ; or you may purchafe young 

 Plants, of the feveral Kinds, which 

 have been budded or grafted two 

 Years, and are generally fold very 

 reafonable in the Nurferies, than to 

 hazard the Budding them yourfelf, 

 efpecially if you arc not fure of 

 being provided with Cuttings very- 

 near you. 



Hollies are alfo planted for Hedges, 

 and have been by fomc very much 

 efteem'd for that Purpofe i but the 

 Leaves being very large, when thefe 

 Hedges are clipp'd, they are gene- 

 rally cut in Pieces, and appear very 

 ragged, otherwife they make a very 

 durable ftrong Hedge, and very 

 proper for an outfldc Fence of a 

 Green Garden. 



The beft time for tranfplanting 

 this Tree is in the Beginning of 

 April, in moift Weather; and if 

 the Seafon is good, and they are 

 carefully rcmov'd, there will be 

 little Danger of their growing; 

 they may alfo be tranfplanted in 

 Augfijl, if the Seafon proves moift, 

 and they will put out Root= before 

 Winter ; but if you do it at this 

 Seafon, you muft be careful to mulfh 

 the Ground about the Roots, to 

 keep the Froft from reaching them 

 in Winter, which would be apt to 

 deftroy your new-planted Trees. 



If the Trees are large you intend 

 to remove, and have been growing 

 fome time in the Places where they 

 ftand, you fhould dig about them, 

 and cut their Roots the Year be- 

 fore, that they may produce young 

 Fibres, to keep the Earth from 

 falling away from the Roots ; and 

 if you remove them to any Dif^ 

 tance, it will be advifeable to put 

 them into Baske^s-j and when" yon 



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