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Foot in Breadth i and becaufc fuch 

 Walks are a long time before they 

 are Ihady, it will be convenient to 

 plant another Row on each Side, 

 rather than to lofe the Sratelinefs 

 that the main Walk will aftbrd in 

 Time by being broad, where any 

 thing of a Proipcd is 'to be gain- 

 ed. 



And as to the Diflance one from 

 another, they fliould not be planted 

 nearer to one another than thirty- 

 five or forty Feet, efpccially if the 

 Trees are any thing of a fpreading 

 Kind i and the fame Diflance if they 

 are for a regular Grove. 



This Method of planting Avenue s, 

 is what has been generally pra6fis'd 

 till of late Years, but the old man- 

 ner of laying out Gardens being, 

 with good reafon, dilulcd, they 

 have alio introduced a more mag- 

 nificent Method of planting Ave- 

 nues i which is, to plant the Trees 

 in Clumps, or Platoons, making 

 the Opening much wider than be- 

 fore, and fo place the Clumps of 

 Trees at about three hundred Feet 

 diftance from each other. In each 

 of thefe Clumps (liould be planted 

 feven or nine Trees, according to 

 the Fancy of the Owner, or the 

 Perlbn who defigns the Plantation. 

 But this is only to be practis'd 

 where the Avenue is of a tolerable 

 Length; for in fhort Walks, it will 

 not appear fo lightly as even Rows 

 of Trees. In large Parks, this Me- 

 thod of planting the Trees in 

 Clumps has a very good Effed:; 

 for as a Perfbn rides thro' the Ave- 

 nue, the Opening between the 

 Trees to the Turf where the Deer 

 are feeding, is much more agree- 

 able, than in palfmg between ftrait 

 Rows of Trees. The Trees fliould 

 be planted about thuty Feet amn- 

 der in the Clumps, and a little 

 Ditch thrown up round each 



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Clump, to prevent the Deer from 

 coming to bark them. 



As to the Trees proper for plant- 

 ing Avenues, they may be the Eng- 

 lip} Elm, the Lime Tree, the Hor[e 

 Chefnut, the Common Chefnut, the 

 Beach, and the Abele. 



The Engli(]} Elm is approv'd for 

 all Places where it will fucceed, 

 and that it will do in moft Places, 

 except in very wet or cold flial- 

 low Grounds. i. Becaufe it will 

 bear cutting, heading, lopping in 

 any manner whatfoever, and pro- 

 bably with better Succefs than any 

 other Tree. 



Others approve of the Dutch 

 Elm, rough or fmooth ; the broad- 

 leav'd or Witch Elm, becaufe they 

 are of quicker Growth than the 

 EngliJJ), and will grow tolerably 

 well in almoft any Soil: It will alfo 

 remove very well, and feldom mif' 

 carries, if but an ordinary Care be 

 taken of it, which the EngliJJj Elm 

 is fubjcdl to do. 2. Becaufe it is 

 out with green Leaves in the 

 Spring, with the earlieft Plants, 

 and continues its Beauty as long as 

 almofl: any other Tree. 3. Becaufe 

 it makes an incomparable Hedge, 

 and is preferable to all others for 

 lofty Efpaliers. 



Secondly, T\\q Lime Tree ; this Is 

 approv'd by others, becaufe it will 

 do well in any tolerable Soil, if the 

 Bottom be not wet and cold, and 

 becaufe of the regular Shape it has 

 in growing, the Agreeablenefs of ; 

 its Shade, and the beautiful Colour 

 ot its Leaves. 



Thirdly, The Horfe^ Chefnut is re- 

 commended to be uied only in fuch 

 Places as are very well defended 

 from flrong Winds ,• becaufe where- 

 cver it grows freely, if it be not 

 skilfully manag'd now and then by 

 cutting, the Branches are fubjedl to 

 iplit down ; This Tree is valuable 



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