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Feet high : the Branches of this 

 Sort grow pretty clofe, and the 

 Leaves are very imall. 



As all thefe Sorts are very hardy, 

 fo they are the more valuable, being 

 rarely injured by the Froft : whereas 

 the Alaternusis frequently damaged 

 by fevere Cold, and many times the 

 Branches are kilPd to the Stem, 

 when thePhillyrea's remain in Ver- 

 dure : and by confounding the two 

 Sorts together, as is commonly done 

 fey the Gardeners, they have both 

 been brought into Difrepute unjuft- 

 ly : for I think all the Sorts of Phil- 

 lyrea may be fo placed in Planta- 

 tions of ever-green Trees, as to be 

 Tendered very ornamental : there- 

 fore all the Sorts deferve propagate- 

 ing much better than many other 

 which are more cultivated. 



Thefe Plants are propagated ei- 

 ther from Seeds or Layers ; but the 

 latter, being the molt expeditious 

 Method in England, is chiefly pre- 

 ferred. The bell time to lay them 

 down is in x^utumn, when you 

 fhould dig the Ground round the 

 Plants intended to lay, making it 

 very loofe ; then making choice of a 

 fmooth Part of the Shoot, you fhould 

 make a Slit upward (in the manner 

 which is pra&isM in laying of Car- 

 nations) ; and then bend the Branch 

 gently down to the Ground, making 

 an hollow Place with your Hand to 

 receive it ; and having plac'd the 

 Part which was flit in the Ground, 

 fo as that the Slit may be open, you 

 fhould fallen it down with a forked 

 Stick, that it may remain fteady, 

 covering that Part of the Branch 

 with Earth about three Inches thick, 

 obierving to keep the upper Part 

 erect. In dry Weather thefe Lay- 

 ers fhould be water'd, which will 

 greatly facilitate their Rooting j you 

 muft alio keep them clear from 

 Weeds, which, if furFer'd to grow up 



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amongft them, will prevent their 

 taking Root. 



The Autumn following, many 

 of thefe Plants will be rooted ; at 

 which time they may be taken off, 

 and carefully planted in a Nurfery, 

 where they may be train'd up three 

 or four Years in the manner you in- 

 tend them to grow ; during which 

 time you fhould dig the Ground be- 

 tween the Rows, and cut about the 

 Roots of the Plants every Year; 

 which will caufe them to ftrike out 

 flrong Fibres, fo as to fupport a 

 good Ball of Earth when they are 

 remov'd : you fhould alfo fupport 

 their Stems with Stakes, in order to 

 make them flrait,otherwife they are 

 very apt to grow crooked and un- 

 fightly. 



When the Plants have been thus 

 manag'd three or four Years, you 

 may tranfplant them into the Places 

 where they are defign'd to remain. 

 The beft time for this Work is the 

 Latter-end of September, or the Be- 

 ginning of October : but in removing 

 them, you fhould dig round their 

 Roots, and cut off all downright or 

 ftrong Roots, which have (hot out 

 to a great Diflance, that you may 

 the better preferve a Ball of Earth 

 to each Plant, othervvife they are 

 fubjedr. to mifcarry : and when you 

 have plac'd them in their new Quar- 

 ters, you fhould lay fome Mulch 

 upon the Surface of the Ground, 

 to prevent its drying ; and give them 

 fome Water twice a Week in very 

 dry Weather, but not too often ; 

 and this only when the Sealbn is 

 favourable ; nor in too great Quan- 

 tities, which will rot the new Fibres, 

 and prevent their Growth. You 

 fliould alfo fupport the Plants with 

 Stakes until they have taken faft 

 Hold of the Earth, to prevent their 

 being turn'd out of the Ground, or 

 difplac'd by tke Winds, which will 

 deftroy 



