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The early White and Italian Ho 

 heyfuckles are not fo valuable as any 

 of the other Sorts, becaufe they are 

 Toon part flowering ; and when the 

 hot Weather comes on, they are ge- 

 nerally covered with black Lice, and 

 their Leaves decay, fo that they have 

 a bad Appearance moll Part of the 

 Summer ; therefore a few Plants on- 

 ly fhould be admitted, on account 

 of their coming early to flower. 



The EngUJh wild Kinds are only 

 proper to plant for climbing againil 

 Trees, Walls, &c. for their Branches 

 are too flender to fupport themfelves ; 

 nor can they be trained with Stems, 

 fo as to form Heads, as moll: of the 

 other Kinds will do ; but rather in- 

 cline, and trail upon the Ground ; 

 which has been the principal Caufe 

 of their not. being more propa- 

 gated. 



The long-blowing Honeyfuckle, 

 as it is generally called, is a Variety 

 of the Dutch ; from which it differs 

 in the Colour of its Flowers; which, 

 in the Dutch, are of a deeper Red, 

 efpecially toward the Decay. This 

 long-blowing Kind is more generally 

 propagated in the Nurferies near 

 {London, than any other Sort, for its 

 [long Continuance in Flower ; the 

 Plants being feldom deftitute of 

 >Flowers from the Middle of June till 

 the End of September ; and thefe 

 Plants are feldom infefted with Ver- 

 min : but, in order to continue them 

 \ in Flower fo long, the Branches of 

 I :hefe Plants muft not be cut off, or 

 J hortened, until they are paft flow- 

 ering. 



/ All thefe Sorts of Honeyfuckles 

 h re propagated by laying down their 

 I branches at Michaelmas, which will 

 ake R.oot by that time Twelve- 

 lonths ; when they may be taken 

 Iff from the old Plants, and planted 

 f i a Nurfery, at about three Feet 

 . >ow from Row, and eighteen Inches 



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afunder in the Rows, the better to 

 train them up, either for headed 

 Plants, or for Creepers to plant 

 againit Trees, Walls, Pales, &c. 

 which in two Years time, at mod, 

 will be fit for any of thoie Purpofes^ 

 or they may be propagated by plant- 

 ing Cuttings of the young Shoots at 

 Michaelmas , in a fhady Border ; 

 where they may continue till the Mi- 

 chaelmas following; when they may 

 be tranfplanted into Nurfery-bsds (as 

 was before directed; : but the ever- 

 green Honeyfuckle is difficult to in- 

 creafe this way : therefore it would 

 be better to propagate it by Layers. 



In taking Cuttings of any of thefe 

 Sorts for planting, it will be the bell 

 way to cut one Joint of the old 

 Wood to the Bottom of each Cut- 

 ting ; which is a fure Method to have 

 them fucceed, for fcarce one of thefe 

 will fail j whereas thofe which are 

 taken from the Upper-part of the 

 Shoots, will many of them mif- 

 carry. 



Thefe Shrubs- are very great Or- 

 naments to fmall Quarters of flow- 

 ering Shrubs, when train'd up to re- 

 gular Heads, and the different Va- 

 rieties being intermix'd therewith. 

 Their long Continuance in Flower, 

 together with the Beauty and Sweet- 

 nefs of their Flowers, renders them 

 as valuable Shrubs for fuchPurpofes 

 as any we have ; and they are no 

 lefs valuable for planting againft the 

 Stems of old Trees in Groves or 

 Avenues ; where, if they are not too 

 much overfliadowed by the Trees, 

 they will thrive and flower exceed- 

 ingly. 



The belt Seafon for cutting thefe 

 Trees, to keep them in a regular 

 Form, is about Michaelmas, foon 

 after they have done flowering, that 

 their Wounds may heal before Win- 

 ter : and thisWork is beft performed 

 with a Knife, obferving to cut be- 

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