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et decay’d pratt: take it off; afer this’ he - eft Plants to the moft Advantage, and the’ ate Nov. 
> fhould fir the Ground along the Borders, and | a pleafing Variety of Afpect to the Whole. 
give the Whole an Afpect of Regularity and good 
| ESS ~*~ 1 that the Number may be known, ‘and then let the 
Management. 
a his Care being taken of the open Ground, 
 fhall walk with him into his Green- 
hoetes there many of his greateft Treafures are | 
depofited; and there his Diligence and Care are 
more required at this Seafon than elfewhere. 
All the Green-houfe Plants are now in; and 
when he fees them: together, he will be able beft 
to confider how he thal a. them to Advan- 
tage. 
“This is a Gonitigatas of fome Importance . 
for they are to remain many Months in their 
_ Places, and all that Time will be a great A- 
mufement to the Owner. 
The common Direction is, to place the tall ones 
at the back, and the lower all the way down in 
front; but this is a rude Manner of Inftruction. 
In fuch a Difpofition, where there had been no | . 
a general, Notion of the Height of the others ; 
other Care, the prim Regularity would difpleafe 
a judicious Eye; and the Pains taken in raifing 
many of the moft curious Plants, would be loft 
by their being obfcur’d among others. 
As a great Part of thefe are to be plac’d on 
‘Supports, thofe fhould be adapted to peculiar 
; and the moft elegant and curious 
Things fhould be fet in the moft confpicuous 
Manner, without their a dae ing to be forc’d i into 
fuch Places. 
With Refpect tothe Number of Plants, which is | 
the firft Article to be confider’d, let that be fuited to | 
the Extent of the Building; and of the two Ex- 
tremes let it be rather too fmall than too great 
for the Space. 
This depends upon two Ponape: That the 
Plants are beft feen when they afe leaft crowded ; 
and that they thrive beft where their Branches do 
not interfere with one another. 
For this Reafon, when the Plants are encreas’d 
either by frefh Additions ‘from -Abfoad, or by | 
Propagation, let as many be taken away as are 
admitted frefh ; or let the Building be enlarg’d. 
We will fuppofe the Number too great for the 
Place, which is the Cafe, at prefent, in moft 
Gardens: let the Gardener reprefent this proper- 
ly to the Poffeffor, and make his Computation 
_ how many it will bear. 
Having fix’d the Number | hina mutt be 
remov'd, let him take: away fo many Pots of 
Duplicates, and of the weakeft and leaft hand- 
fome Plants; and fet them under any Kind of 
Shelter out of the Green-houfe. If they perith, 
it is better than to fave them, by taking them in, 
for there they would hurt the general Appearance, 
and damage one another, 
_ A very great Article in a Green-houfe, is the 
Admiffion of Air to the Plants; and nothing can 
be effectual in this i stad while they crowd one 
another. 
Having thus reduc’d the Number to what may 
ftand free and clear of one another, the next Ar- 
ticle is the Difpofition; and in this two Things 
are principally to be confulted, the fhewing the 
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Let the choiceft Plants be firft fet by themfelves, 
_ Parts of the Greenhoufe, where they can ftand 
/ moft confpicuioufly, be confulted: they muft be fet 
at fome Diftance one from another, that there 
may be an Intermixture of other Kinds, ferving _ 
as Foils between them; and this farther Advan- 
tage will refult from the fame Difpofition, that on — 
whatever Part of the Greenhoufe the Eye is caft, 
there will be fome Object to charm and fatisfy the 
Attention. 
Thefe particular Plants fhould be difpos’d at 
| feparate Diftances, backward, or toward the — 
Front, according to their Height ; and when they 
are ‘thus plac’d, where thofe of a like Size will 
ftand about them, they fhould be rais’d to fome 
Elevation above the common Level, that they may 
be the more confpicuous. 
’ This done, let the Gardener carry in his Eye 
and thence begin to place them. 
~ Let him fet "ad very talleft on the hindmoft 
Stands; and thefe not ina compleat Row, but | 
with fome of a little lefs Height interchangeably 
between; that they may reprefent a Range of 
FE RES, and nota Wall. 
There is in thefe Things no Beauty but in 
their Freedom, and they will reprefent cut 
Yews, not handfome Shrubs, when difpofed in 
the common dull and formal Manner. _ 
When the upper Row is placed, the Remain- 
der are. to come in their feveral Ranks; not 
exactly, but nearly according t to their Degrees of 
Height. 
In the placing thefe there is room for a great ; 
‘deal of Fancy: The Variety of Tinés and 
Shades of Green, is an Article of great Elegance ; 
anda Painter would think himfelf happy in half 
that Choice the dull Eye of the Gardener neglects. _ 
- Firft let him placé on each Side of the feveral 
confpicuous Plants firft difpofed, fome one of 
thefe that has a Colour not like its own, but 
| fitteft to fet it off in Picture. 
Then let the reft be placed with Freedom 5 
| and though moft Leaves may be called Green, 
yet there will be a vaft Fund of Variation in the 
grey Green, the blue Green, the yellowith, and 
the filvery White mixed interchangeably among, 
the full and fine Colour of the others. 
Thus the whole Green-houfe is to be fet in 
Order : And in doing this, Care muft be taken 
| that they are gradually fhorter to the. Front of 
the Room, though not exactly fo, and that they 
ftand perfectly clear of one another. They will 
never thrive perfectly, unlefs the Air come every 
Way between them. | 
The common Writers are not wholly unfenfi- 
ble of this, for they order all the tenderer Kinds, 
which require moft Air, to be brought to the 
Front of the Green-houfe; and in -the moft 
popular of thefe, this Direction is given fo 
often, that there would be few left for the reft 
of the Houfe, rior Room for thefe to ftand by 
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