New Principles of Gardening. 
SE. Gt, cK 
Of the Black Cherry-T ree, 
. LTHOUGH the Black Cherry-Tree is not dire&tly a Fo- 
re{t-Tree, yet in Regard to its being a beautiful Tree 
in a Wildernets, I could not pafs it by without taking 
fome Notice thereof. | | : 
The Soilasismoft.natural to it, isa dry Soil, with a gravelly 
Bottom, not but they will do very well in moft Kinds of Loam.. 
They are increafed from the Stones of the Fruit, which when 
ripe {hould be gather’d, and the Pulp got off, either by rowling. 
them in dry Sand under a Plank, ©¢. which mutt afterwards 
be put into'Sand, not too thick foas.to heat, and inthe February 
after, may be fown in a Seed-Bed, as already. defcribed. 
This Tree makes a glorious Appearance in the Spring, when 
in Bloom, and is ‘no lefs pleafant when its Fruit is ripe: ’Tis. 
a Tree asdraws great Quantity of Birds to it, who arethe moft 
delightful, and beautiful Embellifhments, asa wild and rural 
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Garden can be adorn’d with ; and befides, its Bloom gives great _ 
Relief to the moft induftrous Bee. 
If the afpiving Plant large Branches bear, 
And Cherries with extended Arms appear ; 
There near his Flocks upon the cooler Ground 
The Swain may lie, and with his Pipe refound 
fis Love ; but let no Vice thofe Shades diferaces. 
We ought to bear a Reverence to the Place: 
The Boughs, th'unbroken Silence of a Wood, 
The Leaves themfelves demonftrate that fome God 
Inhabits there, whofe Flame might be fo juft, 
To-burn thofe Groves which bad been fir’d by Luft. 
But through the Woods while thus the Ruftick {port, 
Whole Flights of Birds will thither too refort ; Whol 
Pho fe 
