New Principles of Gardening. 
March ; 
3 April, the Arbor Fudea, and holds till May. 
— ‘—In May, the Lilac, Syringa, Guilder-Rofe, Laburnum, and 
Honey-Suckles; of which, the feveral Kinds of the laft keep 
sha till September ; but the others, about fix or feven Weeks 
at moit. 
In Fune, the White Feffemines, and Spanifh Broom, the firft 
till September, and the lalt till Augu/t. 
In Faly, the Tulip-tree, which continues till Augu/t. 
In Auguf?, the Althea Frutex, which lafts till September.. 
and foon after them comes that beautiful Ever-green and flow- 
ering Shrub, the Laurus-tinas, which is not only a Grace to 
the Garden all the Winter, but in the Spring alfo, till the Be- 
ginning of March. _ 
This being a fufficient Information of their feveral Seafons 
of Bloom, from which a Garden may be fo planted, as to have 
one or other of the feveral Kinds always in Bloflom through- 
out the whole Year; I fhall, in the next Seftion, inform my 
Reader in what Manner they are to be difpofed of, fo as to re- 
ceive a beautiful and grand Appearance, as well from thofe: 
whole Growth is fmall and low, as from them of a large and 
higher Stature. : 
SS Oo aoe 
Of the Manner of Difpofing and Planting 
Flowering Shrubs in the proper Parts of @ 
Wilderness. 
EFORE we can come to the Planting of thefe beautiful 
Shrubs, we muft confider the Nature of their Growth, in 
refpect to Stature; and alfo the great Varicty of their 
Colours, which ought to be fo intermix’d, as for every Flower 
to be an Oppofite or Ground to throw forward the Beauty of 
the other. 
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