New Principles of Gardening. 
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Of the Laurel; its Culture, &c. 
Ste: Laurel is a noble Ever-Green, and a Tree of @- 
quick Growth. It delights in the Shade, and is a great 
Embellifhment to the Parts of a Wildernefs. ’Tisa Tree. 
that loves Liberty, and therefore very improper for headed or py- 
rament Plants. It makes a beautiful Hedge, being carefully pru- 
ned with the Knife,, and not with its great Enemy the Sheers. 
Tis propagated from the Berries, Cuttings, or Layers; and when 
bred up: as. Standards, is wonderful pleafant in Groves of 
Ever-Greens, and within the Quarters of a Wildernefs, its 
Cover is delightful to all Kind of Game, as Hares, Pheafants, 
Woodcocks, €c.. and will. thrive in any Land as is not over 
hot. 
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Of the Laurus-Tinus; its Culture, &c. 
HE Laurus-Tinus is both an Ever-green and Flowering . 
_ Shrub, and is all che Winter the moft beautifulleft Plant of 
any in the Garden. 
?Tis increas’d by Layers or Cuttings, and is a very quick. 
Grower, but never makes a large Tree. The Soil ic de- 
lights in, is a moift fandy Loam, and in a fhady Plat. The. 
beft Form that this Tree appears in, is in either that of a Cone, . 
or quite wild ina WildernefS. Alfo Hedges of this Plant is 
wonderful 
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