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New Principles of Gardening. 
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Of the Alder, Poplar, Withy, Willow, Sal- 
low, and Ozier , their Culture, &c. 
lights in wet boggy Lands, River-Sides, Sc. is 
increas’d by large Cuttings, as before directed. 
The Shoots of this Plant fhould be cut down every third or 
fourth Year, at longeft; for if they are fuffer’d to grow a longer 
Time, the Wounds will be fo very Jarge, that with the Wet, 
&c. they will foon rot, and become hollow, and thereby in- 
ftantly decay- : 
The beft Time to cut or head down this and all other Aqua- 
tick Trees, is in February; for by the immediate Flowing of 
the Sap, their Wounds are foon heal’d. | bb 
(2.) Of Poplars there are four Kinds, vz. Firft, the 
large White Poplar, commonly called Abeal, with a darge, 
pale, green Leaf, and white underneath. | Secondly, the {mall 
White Abeal, whofe Leaves are fomewhat fmaller, but of the 
fame Form and Colour as the preceding. ‘Thirdly, that Kind 
of Poplar as is called the A/pen or Afp-Tree. _ Fourthly, the 
other Kind is the Water-Poplar ; its Leaf is of a pale Green, as 
the large White, but in Form like the 4/pen. The young Shoots 
is of a yellowifh Green, and delights to grow by Rivers 
Sides. "The beft Ufe thefe Trees can be applied to, is for the: 
breaking of Wefterly and Northerly Winds, and to be planted 
in dry or wet Lands, where no other Tree will thrive; 
for the Advantage as will arife from its Timber, &e. for 
Fuel, Pofts, Rails, Stiles, Sc. is many Times better than 
that from the Willow. 
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a ; 1 HE Alder, anamphibious Plant, who greatly de- 
