IS4 SHRUBS AND TREES. 



be ehher of the Tame family, or very near 

 kindred, in rcfpeft to the dirlcrent fpecies of 

 fruit, otherwilc they will not fucceed ; and 

 may be raifed from the kernels, flones, nuts, 

 &:c. or by fuckers fent up from the roots of 

 the refpc«Stive trees, and planted in nurfery 

 rows two feet and a half afunder, to attain 

 one, two, or three years growth, proper for 

 grafting and budding. 



To raife particular varieties of the fpecies 

 of trees and fhrubs, it cannot be efFeded with 

 certainty by feed, as the feedlings are apt to 

 vary ; but thofe railed by grafting, budding, 

 cuttings, and layers, continue invariably the 

 fame. Hence comes the utility of raifing all 

 the feveral varieties of fruits of the different 

 fpecies thereof, as the numerous different forts 

 of apples, pears, plums, cherries, peaches, &c. 

 and the flime of curious varieties of flirubs and 

 ornamental trees, fuch as flriped-leaved kinds, 

 double-fiowered forts, and with flowers of 

 particular colours, and other properties pecu- 

 liar to the refpedivevarieties : all which being 

 accidentally obtained originally from the feed 

 of their parent fpecies, but which will not 

 come the fame again from feed, but in moft 

 forts vary either to the original, or to other 

 different varieties. 



Thus, by the above different methods, the 

 numerous fpecies and varieties of trees and 

 fhrubs are propagated or raifed, proper for 

 the various ornamental and ufeful plantations ; 

 and when from one, two or three, to fix, 

 eight, or ten feet high, according to the na- 



