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March.  Inftead of Brick and Lime Rubifh, let Refufe | deep, in a flanting Manner outwards. March. ~ 
—— of Stone be ufed: this, in many Counties lies at This done, there will be a Trench, with a 
the Surface; and elfewhere the Chipings from a 
Mafon’s Yard will do ; only Jet the Kind be well 
chofen ; the fofteft and rougheft Stone is beft, 
Ryegate Stone better than any other; it warms, as 
well as abates the Richnefs of the Ground; and im- 
bibes the refrefhing Juices of the Air. 
The Grapes ripen from fuch a Soil in Seafons 
when there are no others , and they are always | 
better flavoured. 
’ Examining how this happened in a neigh- 
bouring County, I learned. from turning up the 
Soil, what the Gardener would not difclofe; and 
have fince advifed the Ufe of Stone fuccefs- , 
| of common Fruit-Trees. 
fully. ae 
~The Chips fhould be flat, or not too thick, 
fuch as naturally fly off in the firft working 
the Stone; and they fhould afterwards be beat to 
Pieces with a Mallet. The moft ufeful Size 
is the bignefs of a Crown-piece. : 
| Therefore when a Plantation is intended, trench 
the Ground; bury in it fome of this Stone Rubith, 
and mix more’ among the upper Part: add a | 
Ridge in the Middle of it. In this Manner let 
the Opening be made for the Reception of all | 
the Sets; and then let them be taken up, if in 
the fame Ground; ‘or unpacked, if brought from 
~a diftant Place. 
In either Cafe they muft be planted with Speed, 
as~ well as Care, for the Air has great Effect up- 
on their tender Roots ; and nothing but Expedition 
in the Work can preferve them when they are un- 
covered. a: 
A great deal of Caution is required in the 
Packing of thefe ; but it is no more than what 
we have direéted on a former Occafion, treating 
Let a Quantity of wet Mofs be in Readinefs 
when they are taken up; and Jet them be imme- 
diately laid upon a Bed of this, with more of it 
upon them. 
_ In this Manner let them be brought to the Place, 
and when they are unpacked, let them be planted 
with careful Speed. | 
The Root confifts of a ftrong Part ; and Fibres 
little Soot and Coal-Afhes; and a good deal of iffuing from it. This ftrong Part will be alive ; 
frefh Mould from a hilly barren Pafture, that has | but in Spite of the beft Care, many of, the Fi- 
not been plowed in Man’s Memory. . 
~ This Soil will have Strength without Luxuri- 
ance ; and it will keep in Order a great while. - 
Let the Border be dug’ and prepared in this 
bres will be decayed. 
Thefe would hurt the living Ones, if the Vines 
were planted in the Manner of other Trees, 
and it would be in vain to direct the Gardener 
Manner to the Breadth of five Feet, and all the ; to cut: the dead’ Ones out, for there is no know- 
Roots of perennial Weeds taken out. - 
‘This prepared, let the Vines be brought in. | 
The old Method was to plant Layers: of later 
Time, Cuttings mentioned by fome, but lightly, 
has been introduced: but the Ufe of Layers is 
after all the beft. ee 
~ 'Thofe who object to Layers, fay the Roots de- 
cay in the Removal. *Tis certain they are flight, 
not firm, as in other.Shrubs ; but they only de- 
cay, becaufe ill managed: they may be preferved 
alive, and they will help the Pan oe | 
The Method is this. Mark upon the Border 
how far the woody Part will extend itfelf, when 
placed at about feven Inches from the Wall, this | 
is to be the Rule for Planting ; and the Method 
is not to be by a Hole, as in other Cafes, but by 
a double fhelving Trench. | 3 
Let the. Earth. lie entire along this Mark, © 
and on each Side dig away the Mould one Spade 
ing which are dead, and which not : it is there- 
fore we have directed the Manner of Ridge-plant- 
ing. : 
| The Trenches are now opened we will fippole, 
the Plants ready, and three People fhould be em-— 
ployed in the Work, ‘one to place the Plants, a- 
nother to cover in the Mould, and a third to take 
Care of the Remainder: otherwife more will be 
loft than faved. . | 
When the firft is taken out, the ftrone Root 
mutt be cut off at each End to refrefh it for grow- 
ing ; it muft then be laid along upon the Back of 
the Ridge; and the Fibres growing from it, muft 
be fpread on each Side down the two floping 
Parts; then the Mould muft be carefully put 
in; and the Plant will thus grow much better than 
from a bare Cuting. Some of the Fibres will 
decay, but others will live, and the main Part 
will fend out more. | 
