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New Principles of Gardening. 
chopp’d Trench with the Spade, by the Side of the Line, and 
not with a Dipper, as is common, for if their is not very great 
Care taken with a Dipper, it will leave the lower Part of the 
Hote unclofed, which undoubtedly caufes the Plant oftentimes 
to per 
ifh. : 
The belt Expofure for Seed-Beds, and thefe tranfplanted, ts 
the Eaf; for in the Afternoon, they will be free from the 
feorching Sun, which oitentimes being too hot, prevents their 
Growth. 
If you have the Conveniency of Water, “tis good to keep them. 
always moift ; ’cwill add greatly to their Growth. In April, 
May, and Auguft, ’ris bet to water-them in a Morning, but in 
Fune and Fuly, in an Evening. 
Chefauts and Walnuts, mult ftand three Years in the Seed- 
Bed, becaufe they will not endure often tran{panting. | 
But fome from Seeds, inclos’d m Earth arifes 
For thus the Maftful Cheftnut mates the Skies. 
Hence rife the branching Beech, and Vocal Oak, 
Where ‘Fove of old oraculoufly fpoke. 
“Thirdly, Of raifing Trees by Suckers. 
To raife Trees from the Spawn or Exuberance of the Roots 
of others, fuch as Elms, Abeal, Poplars, &c. obferve that Care 
be taken to prevent Cattle from cropping them, that they be 
taken up at Michaelmas, and planted out in Beds as directed 
for thofe taifed from Seed, and let them remain therein two 
Years before they are planted out in the Nurfery, always ob- 
ferving to keep them moift in the Spring and Summer, and clear - 
from Weeds. : 
Some from the Roots a rifing Wood difchfe, 
Thus Elms, and the Savage Cherry grows: 
Thus the grcen Bays, that binds the Poets’s brows, 
Shoots and is fhelter’d by the Mother's Boughs. 
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