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they ire to continue. ' TKe beft 

 Scafon for tranfphnting thefe Trees 

 is in April, juft before they begin 

 to {hoot; but in taking them up, 

 you muft always obferve to pre- 

 ferve a Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots: and when they are plan- 

 ted, you muft mulch the Ground 

 round their Stems to preferve it 

 from drying, and refrefti them of- 

 ten with Water (efpecially if the 

 Seafon be dry) until they have ta- 

 ken Root, attcr which, they will 

 yequire but very little Culture. 



But if you defign thefe Trees 

 for large Standards, the be ft Me- 

 thod is to propagate them from 

 the Berries, which will eafily rife, 

 and will fooncr grow to large 

 Trees than thofe propagated by 

 Cuttings. The Manner of fowing 

 thefe Seeds is as follows; You 

 fhould dig and prepare a Bed or 

 two (according to the Quantity of 

 Seeds you have to fow) and level 

 the Ground very even; then fow 

 the Berries thereon foon after they 

 are ripe, covering them over about 

 an Inch thick with light Earth : 

 In the Spring the young Plants 

 v/ill appear; at which Tmie you 

 rnuft carefully clear them from 

 Weeds, and in dry Wearher often 

 refrelh them Vv^ith Water, which 

 ~wijl prreatly promote their Growth : 

 thefe Plants (if they have made a 

 ^cd Progrefs) will be fit to tranf- 

 plant the fucceeding Sfriag\ when 

 you muft prepare feme frefh Beds, 

 into which they il;Ouid be remov'd, 

 planting them ten Inches or a Foot 

 afur.dsr each way, oblervinoj to 

 water them, and lay a little Mulch 

 about their Roots: In thefe Beds 

 they may continue two Year; ; af-* 

 ter which they jhouid be remov'd 

 cither into the Places where they 

 are to remain, or in a Ntiiierv, as 

 v/«^s before diiefted 



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There are fome People, v/ho 

 advife the Budding of this Tree 

 upon the common Black-Cherry^ 

 Stock, in order to render it more 

 vigorous; but as 1 have never yet 

 leen any large Trees which were 

 thus rais'd, fo I can't fay hov/ 

 well it will fucceed, though I 

 have otten feen the Cherry grafted 

 on this Tree, and this grafted up- 

 on the Cherry, both which have 

 taken very well ; but I much doubt 

 whether they will join fo well to-^ 

 gether, as to add to the Stature of 

 the Tree, efpecially fince we find 

 that moft Sorts of Fruit-Trees 

 grow much larger when they are 

 luffer'd to remain ungrafted as they 

 come from Seeds, than thofe which 

 are budded or grafted. 



The Berries of this Tree are by 

 fome put into Brandy to make Ra- 

 tafia, for which Purpofe it is great- 

 ly preferr'd to Apricock Stones, gi-r 

 ving the Brandy a much plcalanter 

 bitter Tafte, and by fome the Leaves 

 are us'd for the lame Purpofe i but 

 this fhould be cautioully done, 

 fmce, by fome late Accounts from 

 Ireland, we are informed, that the 

 diftili'd Water of thefe Leaves is 

 found to be poifbnous. Which 

 Account has been fince confirmed 

 by feveral Experiments, which have 

 been made in London. 



Thefe Berries are much coveted 

 by divers Sorts of Birds, for which 

 Reafon fome of the Trees fhould 

 be planted in the Clumps, where 

 you intend a Shelter for Birds to 

 harbour, and their Leaves remain- 

 ing always green, will be of great 

 Ule to thefe Inhabitants in Win- 

 ter; fb that fuch Plantations will 

 be well ftor'd with Black-birds^ 

 Thrujljes, and many other Sorts of 

 Singing-Birds, to the no fmall Plea- 

 fure of fuch Places* 



