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nor do the Plants arrive at halt the 

 Strength of thofe fown in Autumn j 

 for when the Heat comes on, they 

 foon run up to Flower, and there- 

 by produce not half the Quantity 

 of Seeds. 



The firft and fifth Sorts are us'd 

 in Medicine ; but particularly the 

 fifth, the Seed of which is by many 

 People faid to be an extraordinary 

 Medicine for the Stone and Gravel. 

 ESPALIERS, 



Are either Rows of Trees planted 

 about a whole Garden or Planta- 

 tion, or in Hedges, fo as to inclofe 

 Quarters or feparate Parts of a Gar- 

 den, which are train'd up flat in a 

 clofe Hedge, for the Defence of ten- 

 der PlantSv againft the Violence and 

 Injury of Wind and Weather. See 

 Hedges* 



The moft-commonly receiv'd No- 

 tion of Efpaliers, are Hedges of 

 Fruit-Trees, which are train'd up 

 regularly to a Lattice of Wood- 

 work, form'd either of ^JIj Poles, 

 or iquare long Timbers cut out of 

 Fir, Sec. and it is of this Sort of 

 Hfpalier that 1 (ball treat in this 

 Place. 



£fpalhrs of Fruit Trees are com- 

 monly planted to furround the 

 Quarters of a Kitchen-Garden, for 

 which Purpofe they are of admi- 

 rable Ufe and Beauty i for by laying 

 out the Walks of this Garden re- 

 gularly, which are bounded on each 

 Side by thefe Hedges, when they 

 are handfomcly manag'd, they have 

 a wonderful Etfeft in Ibeltering the 

 Kitchen-Plants in the Quarters, and 

 alfo fcreening them from the Sight 

 of Perfons in the Walks : £o that a 

 Kitchen-Garden well laid out in 

 this manner, and regularly manag'd, 

 will be equal to the fineft: Parterre 

 for Beauty- 



The Trees chiefly planted for 

 EfpalierSi are Apples, Pears, and 



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fome Tlumbs ; but the two former 

 are moftly ufed : Some plant Efpa- 

 Hers ot Apples grafted upon ?arei- 

 dife-Stocks , but thefe being of a 

 fhort Duration, are not fo proper 

 for this Purpofe ; therefore 1 fhould 

 rather advife the having them upon 

 Cr/?^-Stocks, or (if in fmaller Gar- 

 dens, where the Trees cannot be 

 allow'd to grow fo high) upon 

 Codlin Stocks, which will caufe 

 them to bear fooner, and prevent 

 their growing too luxurious. 



In chufmg the Trees for an £/• 

 palier, endeavour, as near as pofllble, 

 to plant the feveral Sorts which are 

 nearly ot the fame Growth in one 

 Line, that the Efpalier may be the 

 more regular, and of an equal 

 Height, which greatly adds to their 

 Beauty ; for if you plant Trees 

 which flioot very unequally in the 

 fame Line, it will be jmpofnble to 

 make the hfpalier regular : Befides, 

 the Diftance theTrees which are to te 

 planted, muft be directed hereby; 

 for fome Trees, viz.. thofe of a 

 large Growth, fliould be planted 

 eighteen or twenty Feet afunder, 

 whereas thofe of fmaller Growth 

 need not be above fourteen or lix- 

 teen Feet Diftance from each other. 

 The Width of the Walks between 

 thefe Efpaliers fhould (in a large 

 Garden) be fourteen or fixteen Feet 

 atleaft^ and if they are delign'd to 

 be carry'd up pretty high, the Di- 

 ftance fhould be greater, that each 

 Side may receive the Advantage of 

 the Sun and Air j which is abfb- 

 lutely necelfary, if you would have 

 the Fruit well-tafted. And if your 

 Ground is ib fituated, that you are 

 at full liberty which way to make 

 the Efpaliersy I fliould advife the 

 placing the Lines from the Eafiy a 

 little inclining to the South, and 

 toward the Wefi, a little inclining 

 to the Northy that the Sun may ftiine 

 between 



