THE SCOTS GARDENER 



wonted abode, well stirred and aired, which is an 

 excellent mean to make all plants prosper, and 

 therefore dilligently to be observed. 



Of shrubs that lose their leaves in winter, the 

 choicest whereof are, 



Roses of many sorts ; they are increased by suckers 

 and layers. The musk may be budded on the 

 eglantin, and set at a wall. The double-yellow 

 bears fairest flowers; you may bud the single-yellow 

 onaFrankfort,and re-bud the double-yellow there- 

 on (I have often done it immediately on the single), 

 planted as a standard, shaded in summer, and kept 

 clean of suckers and superfluous buds ; and any that 

 blow not freely, may be slit at the five divisions of 

 the hose. 



Prune your roses after the flower is past, viz. 

 before the full moon in October ; cut behind a leaf- 

 bud, and cleanse them of dead wood ; and if you 

 desire fair flowers, suffer but one stem on a root, 

 and keep it low, and every fifth year cut them down 

 to the ground, renewing their earth with old cow- 

 manure. 



Jasmines, honisuckles, pipe-trees, &c. are pro- 

 pagated by suckers, layers, and cuttings. 



Mezerion by seed, as hawthorn ; they ly as long. 

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