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they will grow to a large Size, 

 End relift the fevereft Cold of our 

 Climate, and retaining their Leaves 

 all the Winter, do afford an agree- 

 able Profpedt in that Scafon i but 

 they fhould by no means be plant- 

 ed near fuch Walks or other Parts 

 of the Garden, as are intended to 

 be kept clean j for in the Month of 

 ^prily when they caft their old 

 Leaves, they make a great Litter, 

 and are apt to blow about with 

 the Wind, and become very trouble- 

 ibme, and in fune, when their 

 Male Flowers fall off, they occafion 

 no lefs Trouble to clean them up 

 daily in fuch Places j and in the 

 pleaianteft Sealbn of the Year they 

 are the mod unfightly Trees in a 

 Garden, the old Leaves decaying. at 

 that Sealbn and tailing off, and the 

 Male Flowers, which are generally 

 in great Plenty, are then produc'd, 

 which renders it not fo vaiaable in 

 PJaces much frequented j but for 

 larger Plantations, at a remote 

 .Diftance from the Habitation, fo 

 as to be juft within the View, 

 they make a very handfome Ap- 

 pearance, efpecially in the Winter- 

 feafon. 



The Wood of this Tree is ac- 

 counted very good for many forts 

 of Tools and Utenfils, as Mallet- 

 Heads, Mall-Balls, Chairs, Wedges, 

 Beetles, Tins, 6cc. as alfo for^ Val- 

 lifado's, and affords the moft Hura- 

 ble Charcoal in the World, and is 

 the common Fuel in the Southern 

 Parts of France and Italy. 



The Kermes or Holm-Oak is of 

 a much lower Stature than the 

 former Sorts, and feldom grows 

 to the Height of a Tree: This, 

 tho' a Native of the warmeft Parts 

 of France, yet will endure the 

 Cold of our Climate in the open Air. 

 It may be propagated in the fame 

 manner as the former, and deferves 



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a Place amongft other Shrubs of 

 low Growth, for its Curiofity, as 

 being the Plant upon which the 

 Kermes are bred ; the Hiflory of 

 which may be feen at large in Ga- 

 rideVs Hi/lory of the Tlants which 

 grow in Provence, it being too 

 long to be inferted here. 



INARCHING, is a Method of 

 Grafting, which is commonly ^U'd 

 Grafting hy approach. This Me- 

 thod of Grafting is us'd, when the 

 Stock you intend to graft on, and 

 the Tree from which you would 

 take the Graft, ftand fo near (or 

 can be brought lb near) that they 

 may be joyn'd together. The Me- 

 thod of performing it is as fol- 

 lows : Take the Branch you would 

 inarch, and having fitted it to that 

 Part of the Stock vvhere you in- 

 tend to join it, pare away the 

 Rind and Wood on one Side about 

 three Inches in Length. After the 

 fime manner cut the Stock or 

 Branch in the Place where the Graft 

 is to be united, fo that they may 

 join equally together, that the Sap 

 may meet j then cut a little Tongue 

 upwards in the Graft, and make a 

 Notch in the Stock to admit it; 

 fo that when they are join'd, the 

 Tongue will prevent their flipping, 

 and the Graft will more clofely u- 

 nite with the Stock. Having thus 

 plac'd them exadily together, you 

 muff tie them with fbme Bafs, or 

 other foft Tying; then cover the 

 Place with Grafting Clay, to pre- ■ 

 vent the Air from entring to dry 

 the Wound, or the Wet from get- 

 ting in to rot the Stock; you 

 fhould alio fix a Stake into the 

 Ground, to which that Part of the 

 Stock, as alio the Graft, fliould be 

 faften'd, to prevent the Wind from 

 breaking them alunder; which is 

 often the Cafe, when this Precau- 

 tion is not obferv'd. 



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