336 HISTORY OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 
One thing, which I may mention, operates very powerfully 
against planting evergreens in winter. No gardener, unless 
has had very extensive practice in planting evergreens at all times 
and knows from his own experience that they may be planted with 
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plant evergreens, except at the times generally practised and 
generally recommende d; for if, from careless planting or other 
causes, part of these evergreens that he has ventured to plant in 
winter does not succeed, he will be blamed for the failure, as 
evergreens, when he has chosen to plant them at a time when 
nobody else a himself would have thought of i such work.” 
I e gardener had planted the same number of ever- 
greens at ie times seualy practised and Pencil for such 
work, and had the same number of failures as in his winter 
planti ng, no notice piohably would have been taken of the 
circumstance, 3 ene the work had been done at oat is considered 
the proper ti 
The very seers thing holds good with nurserymen ; 
supposing they get an order for evergreens, to be executed ’at the 
time they would rrecbthinietid as the best, if they execute this order 
in wirter, and a quantity of the plants do not succeed, they will be 
blamed for se sending them at an improper season, There cannot be 
from it being uncertain how many everuitlins may yet be resi 
to fil és orders 
this more generally known. It is needless to wander acters the 
country to seek such examples ; e ee aoe know where to find some, 
and I am satisfied I could find 
I shall take one example, hits ity be seen without much trouble 
by any one interested about evergreens, and who is in, or who ma 
ha ee to visit, — Avaric in winter. Is say winter ; because 
