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There is hardly any Sort of ever- 

 green Tree, which has been fo ge- 

 nerally cultivated in the Englijh 

 Gardens, upon the account of its 

 being fo tonfile, as to be with Eafe 

 reduc'd into any Shape the Owner 

 pleas'd ; and it may be too often 

 feen, efpecially in old Gardens,what 

 a wretched Tafte of Gardening did 

 generally prevail, from the mon- 

 itrous Figures of Beafts, &c. we find 

 thefe Trees reduc'd into : but of late 

 this Tafte has been juftly exploded 

 by many Perfons of fuperior Judg- 

 ment : for what could be more ab- 

 furd than the former Methods of 

 planting Gardens ? where, in the 

 Part next the Habitations, were 

 crouded a large Quantity of thefe 

 and other Sorts of ever-green Trees, 

 all of which were Iheer'd into fome 

 trite Figure or other ; which, befide 

 the. obftru&ing the Profpedl from 

 the Houfe, occafionM an annual Ex- 

 pence, to render the Trees difagreea- 

 ble. For there never was a Perfon, 

 who had confider'd the Beauty of a 

 Tree in its natural Growth, with all 

 its Branches dift'us'd on every Side, 

 but mult acknowlege fuch aTree in- 

 finitely more beautiful than any of 

 thofe (horn Figures, fo much ftudied 

 by Perfons of a groveling Imagina- 

 tion. 



The only Ufe I would recom- 

 mend this Tree for in Gardens, is 

 to form Hedges for the Defence of 

 Exotic Plants ; for which Purpofe it 

 is the moft proper of any Tree in 

 Being : the Leaves being fmall, the 

 Branches are produc'd very clofely 

 together ; and if carefully fhorn, 

 they may be render'd fo clofe, as to 

 break the Winds better than any 

 other Sort of Fence whatever ; be- 

 caufe they will not be reverberated, 

 ; as againft Walls, Pales, and other 

 clofe Fences ; and confequently are 



much to be preferred for fuch Pur- 

 pofes. 



Thefe Trees may be eafily propa- 

 gated by fowing their Berries in Au- 

 tumn, as foon as they are ripe (with- 

 out clearing them from the Pulp 

 which furrounds them, as hath been 

 frequently directed), upon a Bed of 

 frefti undung'd Soil, covering them 

 over about half an Inch thick with 

 the fame Earth. 



In the Spring the Bed muft be 

 carefully clear'd from Weeds ; and 

 if the Seafon prove dry, it will be 

 proper to refrefh the Bed with Wa- 

 ter now-and-then, which will pro- 

 mote the Growth of the Seeds ; ma- 

 ny of which will come up the fame 

 Spring, but others will remain in the 

 Ground until the Autumn or Spring 

 following ; but where the Seeds are 

 preferv'd above-ground till Spring 

 before they are fown, the Plants ne- 

 ver come up till the Year after ; fo 

 that by fowing the Seeds as foon as 

 they are ripe, there is many times a 

 whole Year faved. 



Thefe Plants, when theycome up, 

 Ihould be conftantly clear'd from 

 Weeds ; which, if permitted to grow 

 amongft them, would caufe their 

 Bottoms to be naked, and many times 

 deftroy the Plants, when they con- 

 tinue long undifturb'd. 



In this Bed the Plants may remain 

 two Years ; after which, in the Au- 

 tumn, there fhould be a Spot of frelh 

 undungM Soil prepar'd, into which 

 the Plants Ihould be remov'd the 

 Beginning of Otlober ; placing them 

 in Beds about four.or five Feet wide, 

 planting them in Rows about aFoot 

 afunder, and fix Inches Diftance 

 from each other in the Rows ; ob- 

 ferving to lay a little Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground about 

 their Roots, as alfo to water them 

 in dry Weather until they have ta- 

 ken 



