Nov. 
- this Seafon : 
“are Bryums. 
of the worft Annoyance that is to be expected at 
this is from the Growth of Mofs. 
It will fpread upon the Borders wherever it is 
over-look’d; and run up the Bottoms of the 
Flowering-fhrubs planted in them, to their great 
Damage. 
Nothing prevents this but the Deftruction of the 
young Plants, before they can be feen; for when 
they are big enough to be vifible, ‘it is very diff- 
cult to get ae better of them. 
This ae to be done by breaking the Surface of 
the Borders, and now raking them a-frefh even where 
they appear already clean; for it is then the Shoots of 
‘Mofs are fo weak that they will be eafily deftroy’d. 
Let not the Gardener think hardly of this 
Trouble. There is a Pleafantnefs to the Eye in 
new-broken Earth; and when there are no Flowers 
left in the Borders, this gives an Air of Culture; 
and is always agreeable. 
There is little Danger now of any confiderable Rife 
of Weeds upon the Borders, for this Seafon does not 
favour their Growth; butfome therewill occafionally 
peep out, and they are thus deftroy’d at their firft 
Shoot. It is not with Mofs as with the larger 
Plants: this is the great Period of its Growth ; 
for it defies Cold, and the Wet favours it. 
Every old Wall is covered with it, and the 
Seeds now ripen in innumerable Quantities, in 
thofe {mall brown Heads which are fupported on 
their flender Stalks ; rifing, according to the Kind, 
from the Centre of a Tuft of Leaves, or from the 
Joints of the Branches. 
Thefe Seeds the Wind fcatters ; ; and they are fo 
light, and the Plants fo univerfal, that no Spot of 
Ground can be at any Time fecure from them. 
Mofs is of avait Variety of Kinds ; 
Some Kinds fpread out in 
round Tufts, which, by Degrees, encreafe, fpread, 
and unite with one another. 
The generality of the branched Moffes are of 
the Hypnum Kind, and moft of the tufted ones 
Either, if neglected, will in a little 
Time f{pread over a large Piece of Ground; and 
it is now they begin to propagate. 
The Seeds of both Kinds will, at this Time, 
be fcattered by the Hand of Nature over the Bor- 
ders: this is the Reafon why the Ground fhould 
be ftir’d to prevent their Rooting. 
The Surface of all the Ground being thus clean’d, 
let the Gardener confider whether he any where 
wants Perennial Flowers. If he do, let him feize 
this Opportunity, almoft the laft that will offer 
of planting them. 
Some of the Campanulas may yet be planted 
fafely ; and fo may the hardier of the Monk’s-hood © 
Kind, and the Pzowes , the tall Speedwells, which 
make a very pleafing Variety in a Garden, and the 
the Yangier Fumitory, and fome 
Doronicum, 
others. 
When he has plac’d thefe where they are 
~ wanted, comes the Confideration of planting 
N° 19, 
but there is © 
one Diftinction which will ferve all ce Purpofes of — 
' the practical Gardener. 
lone Stalks and Branches ; ; and others rife in little 
Flowering-Shrubs : this may yet be done in fome 
Soils, but not in others, 
The Advantage of planting now, rather than in 
Spring, is evident; for the Shrubs will take fome 
Root, and eftablith themfelves in the Winter, fo 
that they will be much forwarder in Spring ; but 
there is the Danger of their being eeroyy by 
Froft, 
We have inform’d the Gardener, that Frofts 
affect Plants much more feverely where the Ground 
is wet, than where it is dry; therefore on. this 
Point muft turn the prefent Enquiry. 
If the Soil be wet, let alone the planting them 
till Spring ; but if it be dry, let that Work, by all 
Means, be perform’d now; for he muft be an ill, 
Gardener that would give up the Advantage we 
have nam’d, when there is no Danger, 
The fitteft Shrubs for this Plantation, are the 
Syringa, Laburnum, Spirea, and Fafmine : there 
_ may alfo be Lilacs and Honey- fuckles, with aad 
other of the hardier Kinds, 
The Method to be follow’d is this: Let ihe 
Ground be well open’d, and the Mould carefully 
broke for their Reception: then the Shrubs are to 
be brought from the Nurfery, where they may have 
| ftood about two Years; if planted from Suckers. 
We have already directed the taking off the 
Suckers of Lilacs, and other fuch F lowering- 
Shrubs, in Autumn, and planting them in the 
Seminary. After two Years ftanding, they become 
fit for the prefent Service. : 
The Syringa is a very proper one for this Time 
of Planting, becaufe it will well thrive in 
that Sort of Soil, which, from its Drynefs, is 
fitteft for the Winter Planting : but here we thall 
remind the Gardener, that when he is making his 
Plantation, it is as eafy, and very near as cheap, 
to put in good Kinds as bad ones. 
We would not banifh the common Syringa from 
Gardens ; but we are forry to fee it take the Place 
alone, ‘The Gardener is to know there are two 
others; the one with the Leaves ftriped, edg’d, 
and blotted with a golden yellow; and the other 
with the Flowers double. 
Let thefe no more banifh the common Kind, 
than that exclude them; they have greater Beauty, 
and that a fuperior F ragrance : therefore let them 
all have their Places. 
Let each of thefe, when shanved: have the 
Earth carefully laid in about the Roots, and let it. 
be ty’d up to a firm Stake, to prevent rocking 
with the Wind; and this is all the Care it will 
need, befide a little Watering, till Summer. 
It will flower the firft Sabina. and afterwards 
remain eftablith’d in the Ground. 
In the fucceeding Years, all that need be 
done to favour it, is to cut out the dead Wood, 
and fhorten fuch Branches as grow irregularly, in 
Autumn; and in Spring to ftir and break the 
‘Earth about the Roots by good Digging. With 
this Care it will flower abundantly, and will con- 
tinue much longer in its Beauty than by any other 
Management, 
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