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brancl^es of the head, &c. asobferved of wal- 

 nuts and other llandard fruit-tree?, when it 

 may appear necefiliry. 



The chefnuts ripcti in September, difcover- 

 ing maturity when the outer Chpl'ule begins to 

 open for the 4ifcharge of the luits ; then may 

 be gathered, cleared out. of the hufks, and 

 thofe defjgned for keeping Ihould be houfed, 

 and covered clofe from the external air and 

 damps, &c. 



ELDER. BERRIES. 



TgLDER-BERRiEs are efteemed only for their 

 juice, with which to make elder-wine, a 

 very agreeable cordial beverage for Winter, 

 Sec. and for which the trees are admitted in 

 out-premifles in llandards, and to grow up in 

 rough hedges, often planted along the fides 

 or tops of banks and ditches, or boundaries 

 of orchards, and in hedge-rows, &c. produc* 

 ing ripe berries in ^September, in larg;e um^ 

 bellate bunches, confiltmg of onlyone varietj, 

 commonly ufed for the above purpofe, viz. 



Black Elder^Berry. 



The elder-tree is very hardy, will grow any 

 where in open or fhady places, and for its 

 prodiLvdion of berries tor making elder-wine, 

 as above fuggefied, it merits culture in any 

 outward premiiies, either a few trees in ftand- 



ards. 



