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or to plant in ever green Hedges ; in 

 all which Places they have an agree- 

 able Effeft. 



Ail the variegated Sorts are pro- 

 pagated by budding or grafting them 

 on the p'ain Holly-ftocks : the belt 

 time for budding them is in July % 

 and for grafting them, in March or 



April 



The manner of raifing the com- 

 mon Hollies is by fowing the Ber- 

 ries, which, if fown as foon as ripe, 

 will lie two Years in the Ground, 

 that is, until the Spring twelve- 

 month after j you may therefore mix 

 the Berries with dry Sand, and put 

 them in a large GaHen-pot, burying 

 it in the Ground till the next Augufl 

 or September) and take them out, 

 and fow than on a J ed of common 

 Earth, covering the Seeds about a 

 quarter of an 'nch with light Mould, 

 and the Spring following the Plants 

 will appear above-ground: but as 

 this is a tedious Method, and the 

 young Plants making but fmall Pro- 

 grefs lor the two or three fir ft Years, 

 I would rather advrfe the purchafing 

 of young Stocks, of abo it three or 

 four Years Growth, of fome Nur- 

 fery-men, who raiie them for Sale, 

 and thefe will be fit to bud or graft 

 the fecond Year after they are plant- 

 ed ; or you may purchaie fuch young 

 Plants, of feveral Kmds, as have 

 been budded or grafted two Years, 

 which are generally fold very reason- 

 ably in the Nurferies ; than to ha- 

 zard the budding them yourlelf, efpe- 

 ciallyif you are not fure of being 

 provided with Cuttings very near 

 you. 



Hollies are alfo planted forHedge% 

 and have been by fome very much 

 efteemed for that Purpofe ; but the 

 Leaves being very large, when thefe 

 Hedges are clipp'd, they are gene- 

 rally cut in Pieces, and appear very 

 ragged ; otherwife they make a very 



durable ftrong Hedge, and very pro* 

 per for an outfide Fence of a Green- 

 garden. 



The beft time for tranfplanting 

 this Tree is in the Beginning of 

 April, in moilt Weather ; and if the 

 Seafon is good, and they are care- 

 fully removed, there will be little 

 Danger of the r growing : they may 

 alio be tranfplanted \nAuguft or Sep* 

 tember, if the Seafon proves moift, 

 and they will put out new Roots be- 

 fore Winter ; but if you do it at this 

 Seafon, you muft be careful to mulch 

 the Ground about the Roots, to keep 

 tr-e Frolt from reaching them in 

 Winter, which would be apt to de- 

 ftroy your new- planted Trees. 



Jf the Trees you intend to remove 

 are large, and have been growing 

 fome time in the Places where they 

 ftand, you mould dig about them, 

 and cut their Roots a Year or two 

 before, that they may produce young 

 Fibres, to keep the Earth from 

 falling away from the Roots ; and 

 if you remove them to any Diftance, 

 it will be advifeable to put them into 

 Balkets ; and when you plant them, 

 you may either cut off the Sides of 

 the Bafket.or, if they are but loofely 

 made, fuffer them to remain intire; 

 for they will foon rot in the Ground. 



You muft alfo be very careful to 

 fupply your new- planted Hollies 

 with Water for the two fir it Years, 

 if the Seafons prove dry ; after this 

 time there will be little Danger of 

 their mifcarrying. 



The great Variety of variegated 

 Hollies which were fo much culti- 

 vated in the Nurferies fonje Years 

 ago, and were fold for large Prices, 

 are now almoft intirely neglected, 

 few Perfons caring to plant them in 

 their Gardens ; nor indeed are they 

 fo beautiful as the common green 

 Holly, which is alfo much more 

 hardy than the variegated Sorts, 

 H 4 which 



