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Ground, fo as to form a Thicket ; 

 and the Leaves being large, and 

 having a fine gloffy green Colour, 

 they fet off theWoods and other Plan- 

 tations in Winter, when the other 

 Trees havecaft their Leaves; and in 

 Summer they make a good Contrail 

 with the Green of the other Trees. 

 This Tree is fometimes injur'd in 

 very fevere Winters, efpecially where 

 they ftand fmgle, and are much ex- 

 poled ; but where they grow in 

 Thickets, and are fcreen'd by other 

 Trees, they are feldom much hurt : 

 for in thole Places it is only the 

 young tender Shoots which are in- 

 jur'd; and there will be new Shoots 

 produced immediately below thefe, to 

 i'upply their Place ; fo that in one 

 Year the Damage will be repaired : 

 but whenever fuch fevere Winters 

 happen, thefe Trees mould not be 

 cut or pruned till after the follow- 

 ing Midfummer ; by which time it 

 • will appear what Branches are dead, 

 which may then be cut away, to the 

 Places where the new Shoots are 

 produced : for by haftily cutting 

 thefe Trees in the. Spring, the dry- 

 ing Winds have free Egrefs to the 

 Branches ; whereby the Shoots furfer 

 as much, as they had done by the 

 Froft. 



Thefe Trees are alfo very orna- 

 mental, when they are mix'd with 

 other ever-green Trees, in forming 

 Thickets, or to fhut out the Appear- 

 ance of difagreeable Objects : for 

 the Leaves, being very large, make 

 a very good Blind, and are equally 

 ufeful for fcreening from Winds ; fo 

 that when they are planted between 

 flowering Shrubs, they may be train- 

 ed fo as to fill up the Vacancies in 

 the Middle of fuch Plantations ; and 

 will anfwer thePurpofe of fcreening 

 jn the Winter, and (hutting out the 

 View thro' the Shrubs in all Seafons: 

 fchsre are alfo many ether Purpofes 



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to which this Tree may be applied, 

 fo as to render it very ornamental. 



In warmer Countries this Tree 

 will grow to a large Size ; fo that in 

 fome Parts of Italy there are large 

 Woods of them; but we cannot hope 

 to have them grow to fo large Stems 

 in England ; for mould thefe Trees 

 be pruned up, in order to form them 

 into Stems, the Froit would then be- 

 come much more hurtful to them, 

 than in the manner they ufually 

 grow, with their Branches to the 

 Ground : however, if thefe Trees are 

 planted pretty clofe together, in large 

 Thickets, and permitted to grow 

 rude, they will defend each other 

 from the Froft, and they will grow 

 to a confiderable Height : an Inftance 

 of which is nowin that noble Planta- 

 tion of ever-greenTrees, made by his 

 Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Wood- 

 bcum- Abbey ; where there is a confi- 

 derable Hill, covered intirely with 

 Laurels : and in the other Parts of 

 the fame Plantation, there are great 

 Numbers of thefe intermixed with 

 the other ever-green Trees, where 

 they are already grown to a confi- 

 derable Size, and make a noble Ap- 

 pearance. 



This Tree is commonly propaga- 

 ted by Cuttings, which mould be 

 planted in September; and in taking 

 off the Cutting?, if a Joint of the 

 former Year's Shoot is cut to the 

 Bottom of each, there will be no 

 Danger of their growing : and thefe 

 Cuttings will have much betterRoots, 

 than thofe which have only the fame 

 Year's Shoot ; which, being very fofc 

 and tender, do not put out Roots 

 from the Bottom in the fame manner 

 as the others, and they frequently 

 mifcarry. Thefe Cuttings fhould 

 be made about fifteen Inches long, 

 or fomewhat Ihorter ; and they Ihould 

 be planted feven or eight Inches into 

 the Ground, obferving to tread the 



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