SECT. IX. OF SHRUBS, SHRUBBERIES, &C. 107 



SECTION IX. 



OF SHRUBS, SHRUBBERIES, &C. 



WE are indebted to shrubs for iriuch of the. 

 pleafure we enjoy in our gardens and planta- 

 tions, and they juftly merit every care, though they 

 produce us no (or few) edible fruits. They aflift in 

 forming an agreeable fhade, they afford a great variety 

 of flowers with leaves differently tinged, and are ftand- 

 ard ornaments that give us no great trouble. 



Of fhrubs too little care (however) in general is 

 taken to plant them properly, or even to choofe good 

 plants for the purpofe; and hence they often fail to 

 llourifh, and are mortifying us with a dwindling growth, 

 and unhealthy appearance, when they mould have be- 

 come objects of admiration. 



Many fhrubs are raifed horn' fuckers, others from 

 layers, fome from cuttings, and mpft may be propa- 

 gated from feeds, which, though the floweft method, 

 generally produces the finefl plants. Before they are 

 planted out for ornaments, they fhould be trained two or 

 three years in a nurfery, to be formed into a full and 

 regular fliaped head. 



Though deciduous fhrubs may be planted almoft at 

 any time, yet October is much the beft month, efpecially 

 if amoift feafon ; the exception being made as to a cold 

 wet foil, in which all forts of planting (as obferved 

 before) is befl done in fpring. 



Evergreen fhrubs muft be cautioufly planted and 

 fhould not be ventured upon in winter, and even in 

 F 6 autumn 



