June. The Gardeners Kalendar. 189 



under two years ; after thefe are layed you 

 fhould oblbrve to water them in dry weather, 

 which will greatly promote their taking root. 

 But thefe waterings fliould not be too often re- 

 peated, nor too much water given at each time, 

 for that will rot the tender fibres as they are 

 puflied out ; therefore the beft method is to lay 

 fome mulch on the furface of the ground after 

 the layers are put down, to prevent the fua 

 from drying it too fail:, and then a little water 

 will be fufficient, and the layers \V\\\ more 

 certainly take root. You may alfo make lay- 

 ers of feveral hardy exotick trees, which, if 

 laid in the young wood, will many of them 

 take root before winter : whereas when the 

 older branches are laid down, they frequently 

 fail ; and when they do fucceed, they will be 

 much longer before they put out roots : fo that 

 whatever fjarce plants you have a mind to in- 

 creafe, may be tried this way, fince we are 

 not afTured what plants will take root with this 

 management. 



Trim up your Evergreens, according to the 

 ufes for which they are defigned ; for if you 

 faffer them to grow rude in fummer, they 

 cannot be fo eafily reduced afterwards; be- 

 fides, the ruder they grow, the more naked 

 they will be near the ftems. 



Toward' 



