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their Heads are pruned up to a rea- 

 fonable Height •, but if that Part of 

 the Country upon which you look 

 is not agreeable, then you fhould 

 bound the View with a riling Plan- 

 tation of Trees, formed into an 

 Amphitheatre, which will be very 

 agreeable. 



The Elm is a very proper Tree 

 for planting of Lavons, having a fine 

 green Leaf, and if the Ground be 

 .natural to it, it will grow to a 

 large Tree and flrait, if it be ftill 

 kept pruned as it ought to be. 



The Beech makes a ftately Tree 

 where it likes the Ground, alfo the 

 Chefnut, the Walnut and the Black- 

 Cherry Tree, for where they like 

 the Ground, they are not only quick 

 Growers, but reprefent a very de- 

 lightful Scene in the Spring, when 

 cloath'd in their white Attire. 



Firs and Pines do very well, if 

 the Ground be fuitable to them, 

 and thefe being always Green, afford 

 a conftant Pleafure both in Winter 

 and Summer. 



LAYERS : Many Trees may be 

 propagated by Layers, the Ever- 

 greens about Burtholome-w-ticle, and 

 other Trees about the Month of 

 February. 



This is to be performed by flit- 

 ing the Branches a little way, and 

 hying them under the Mould about 

 halt a Foot \ the Ground fliould firfl: 

 be made very light, and after they 

 are laid, they fhould have a little 

 W^ater given them. 



If they do not comply well in 

 the laying of them down, they 

 jTJufi; be pegg'd down with a Hook 

 or two, and if they have taken fuf- 

 ftcient Root by the next Winter, 

 they muft be cut oft" from the 

 mam Plants, and planted in the 

 ]:^urlery, as is direttcd about Seed- 

 lings* 



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Some twift the Branch or bare 

 the Rind, and if it be out of the 

 Reach ot the Ground, they fatten 

 a Tub or Basket near the Branch, 

 which they fill with good Mould, 

 and lay the Branch in it. 



Laying of Trees. 



This Operation is thus per- 

 formed. 



I ft, Take fbme of the Boughs 

 and lay them into the Ground 

 about half a Foot deep in fine freih 

 Mould, leaving them with the End 

 of the Layer about a Foot, or Foot 

 and a halt out of the Ground, and 

 keep them moift during the Sum- 

 mer-feafon j and they will proba- 

 bly have taken, and be fit to re- 

 move by Autumn : and if they have 

 not by that Time taken Root, they 

 muft lie longer. 



zdly. Tie a Piece of Wire hard 

 round the Bark of the Bough, at 

 the Place you intend to lay in the 

 Ground, and twift the Ends of the 

 Wire, ib that they may not untie, 

 and prick the Place above the Wire 

 through the Bark with an Awl in 

 feveral Places, and then lay it into 

 the Ground, as before diredted. 



gdly. Cut a Slit upwards at a 

 Joint, as is pracftis'd in laying of 

 Carnations, which by Gardeners is 

 called Tonguing the Layers. 



4thly, Twift the Place that you 

 delign to lay in the Ground like a 

 Withy, and lay it into the Ground 

 as directed in the firft Way of 

 Laying. 



fthiy, Cut a Place round about 

 the Bough (that is defign*d to be 

 laid) an Inch or two, at the Place 

 that is moft convenient to lay into 

 the Ground, and manage it as is 

 dire(flcd in the firft Method of 

 Laying. 



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