:ECT. XIX. LISTS OF TREES, &C. 



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btries, Sec* and the taller forward ; but yet this unfor- 

 tunate circumftance ffiuft be unavoidable to every inex- 

 perienced planter, who has no other guide, -than that 

 this is a iret % and that is a fhrtib, which are vague, in- 

 definite terms as to flature. 



The colours of the flowers are generally mentioned, 

 as agreeable to be known, and of ufe in the difpofal oi 

 trees and fhrubs at planting, to diverfify the fcenewith 

 more propriety. In a few inftances the flowers, either 

 as to time or colour, are not noticed as being too infigni- 

 ficant to be ornamental, though the fruit, or foliage, 

 or both are. 



Such observations ', as may be thought moft ufeful 

 and neceflary, will follow each lift ; but as neither alt 

 the forts, nor the varieties of each fort, could be enu- 

 merated in fuch a work as this, fo alfo.the mtnntia of 

 propagation, &c. is more than could be comprehended, 

 or expected : Folio volumes (fo copious is the fubject) 

 have left a variety of plants unnoticed, and much un- 

 faid refpe&ing cultivation. For ordinary ufe, a greater 

 enumeration, or more enlarged particulars, would in- 

 deed have made the book lejs valuable. If the feleclion 

 and information is good, (and pains have been taken 

 in the hnfinefs) thole for whom this book is deftgned, 

 will have no reafon to complain. 



The names of trees, fhrubs and flowers, are in many 

 cafes various, as fometimes & Jcientific name prevails, 

 and at other times a trivial ; and of neither is there a 

 perfefi agreement, for of both there is often more than 

 one. The objeft therefore here has been, to give that 

 name by which each is fuppofed beft known. Different 

 plants are fometimes called by the fame name, arid a 

 nice difcrimination is made by botanifts, according to 

 fQwer, leaf, &c. ; but thefe are no farther noticed than 

 neqeffary. Such defcriptions are given of each, as can- 

 not (it is hoped) fail to identify the fort, when applied 

 for to any nurfervman. 



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