FLORA Book I 
tarden, and fuits very well with Grafs, and may fitly ferve for all but 
the Borders to the Walls, which would be kept up with Rails, 
 Pallifado’s (or, as we ufually call them, Pole-hedges) are much. 
in fafhion in France; and there fet with dwarf Eruit-trees ; fuch are 
troublefom to keep in order, and fubject to ftrong Winds, fit onely 
- for fpacious Gardens : but the beft hedges for our Countrey are thofe 
fet with Pyracanthaand Phyllirea 5 and for lower in leffer Gardens, 
Celaftrus and Alaternus ; thefe will be alternately green, and cor- 
refpond exceeding well with Box and Grafs : thefe Hedges mut be 
kepc narrow, and fupported with ftakes; rods or laths on either fide, 
and as they grow, cut ftraight by aline on thetop, and evenon the 
fides, How toraife thefe Plants, andwhento fet them, you may 
find direéted in the places where they are defcribed, 
- And now having done with the Fruit-garden, and made it a fit re- 
pofitory for Fruits, Plants and Flowers of the more common kinds ; 
we will proceed tothe Flower-garden, andfa{bion it in the form of a 
Cabinet, with feveral boxes fit to receive, and fecurely to keep, Na- 
tures choiceft jewels; 
Having made choice ofa Plot that for meafure may fit the place, 
and ftand provided of R ails four inches broad, and an inch and quar- 
terthicky thee have been well piled, kept ftraight, and feafoned, 
you muft make ufeoffome-underti anding. Joyner to work them’; 
firft he muft be made acquainted withthe Draught, whereby he 
may know the length of every Piece from each corner and angle, 
(allowing for the joyning them together) and alfo the number of Pie- 
ces in every length; which being cut out, maft be lined, gaged and 
plained,as before is directed in the Fruit-garden ; thefe only differing, 
in that they are to be moulded with an halt Round on the outer edge, 
The Rails thus prepared,in the greatAllies,near the place where they _ 
are to ftand,may be joyn’d and faft nail’d together at every corner and 
angle, and as the feveral Pieces are finifhec, fet on the ground (which 
mutt firft be levell’d) in their proper places ; and when all is finifhed, 
fet them exactly by a line;a long level, and a ftanding meafure, for the 
breadth ofthe inner Alleys, which muft be as broad as the Beds, 
Every Piece, if they be of equal and true meafure, perfectly _ 
{quare at each corner andangle, will anfwer tothe Line every way. 
When they are thus placed, and having prepared many pieces of 
hard wood, of half a yard long, and ofaconfiderable bignefs, that 
they may laft the longer, let them into the ground on the infide the 
Rails, aninchunder the upper edge, and there nail and faften them ; 
the more of thefe feet you make ufe of, the fafter and better the work 
will ftand, and not warp or turn with the heat of the Sun, Betore 
the holes be filled, prime the Rails with Linfeed-oyl, Red-lead and 
Umber, well ground ona Painters ftone, and after put them intoa 
Stone-colour, with any of the forementioned Whites, Charcoal and 
Oil: asfoon asthe Colours are dry, place the Rails exactly, and 
try them every way with the line and level, filling and ramming the 
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