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New Principles of Gardening. 
wonderful fine, if their Beauty is not deftroyed by the un- 
skilful Hand of the Gardener, in clipping them at the fame 
Seafon as he does Yews, Hollies, ©c. The proper Seafon for 
to prune this Plant is, when all its Bloom is gone, which is in 
the Spring; juft before they begin to {hoot out their young and 
tendes Branches. 
It is beft to lay down the Layers, or plant the Cuttings in 
Oéfober, and to tranfplant them in Augufi following; as before 
dire&ted for the Pine-Tree. 
Of Laurus-Tinus there is two Sorts: The one, which 
blows very early; andthe other, (called the black fhining 
Laurus-Tinus,) as blows late in the Winter, which continues 
until the end of May, and of the two, is the moft beautiful. y 
Of the Phillyrea ; its Culture, &c. 
HE feveral Kinds of Phillyrea’s are five, viz. The 
| TruePhillyrea, the Plain Phillyrea, the Bloach’d Philly- 
rea, the Dutch Silver-leafed and the Dutch-guilded 
Phillyrea. ob i ta 
Thefe Kinds of Phillyrea’s, in general, are beft increafed from 
Layers». They delight in a light Soil, and fhould be laid down 
Me September, or Oéfober at lateft, and planted the 4% uft 
after. 
The true Phillyrea is a very flow grower; but makes a molt 
beautiful Tree, and efpecially when bred up in the Form of 
a Cone. It will endure hard Weather, and values not the 
Infults of Winds. 
The other four Kinds are lefs able to engage the Violence 
of a Storm, or to endure great Colds; therefore are beft again 
a Wall, or in Thickets of Wildernefles, ©c. 
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