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>etter Method to leave thefe fmall 

 'afl'ages in the Wall, left the Moiil- 

 ire, b-ing conhVd at Bottom, mould 

 >e pent up as in a Ditcn ; which will 

 >e of ill Confequence to theV.nes. 



When the Walls are finifiVd, and 

 thoroughly dry, the Rubbifh fhould 

 oefiird in, as before directed; then 

 ;here ihould be frefh light Earth laid 

 jn, about a Foot and an half thick, 

 which will be a fufficient Depth of 

 Soil for the Vines to root in. Thefe 

 Borders ihould be thus prepar'd at 

 leaft a Month or fix Weeks before 

 the Vines are planted, that they may 

 have time to fettle. The belt time 

 to plant them, is about the End of 

 March, or the Beginning of April, 

 according as the Seafon proves early 

 or late. Thefe I would alfo advife 

 to be planted with Cuttings rather 

 than rooted Plants, for the Reafons 

 (before afiign'd ; but there Ihould be 

 (two Cuttings put into each Hole, left 

 lone of them Ihould fail ; for if both 

 ihould fucceed, the weakeft of them 

 may be eafily drawn out the follow- 

 ing Spring. Thefe Cuttings ihould 

 be well chofen from good bearing 

 [Vines, and the Shoots ihould be well 

 I'ipen'd, otherwile they will never 

 [make good Plants. The Diftance 

 Icheie Vines Ihould be allowed, is 

 be fame as for common Walls; 

 If. e. about fix Fe?t. In planting 

 fchem there ihould be Holes open'd 

 Ivith a Spade, about fourteen or fif- 

 teen Inches deep ; for if there be 

 put three or four Inches of good 

 liarth under theFoot of theCuttings, 

 It will befufHcient. ThetwoCuttings 

 Ihould be laid in the Hole a little 

 ■ loping, but in fuch a manner as not 

 I o touch or crofs each other ; be- 

 :aufe, if they do, when one of them 

 taken away the following Spring, 

 ilt cannot be done without difturbing 

 <he other. Then the Earth fhould 

 >e filled into the Holes, and gently 



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prefTed with the Foot to the Cut- 

 tings, and raifed in an Heap over 

 them, k) as jult to cover the upper- 

 moft Eyes of the Cuttings. After- 

 ward lay a little Mulch on the Sur- 

 face of the Ground about the Cutting, 

 to prevent theSanandAir from dry- 

 ing the Earth ; and if the Spring 

 mould prove very dry, they ihould 

 have fome Water once a Week, 

 which will be as often as thefe Cut- 

 tings require it ; for nothing will 

 hurt them fooner than too much 

 Water, which rots their Bark, and 

 deftroys them. If thefe Cuttings 

 are well chofen, and the Inftructions 

 here laid down duly obferv'd, they 

 will make ftrong Shoots the firft: 

 Summer : for I have frequently 

 planted Cuttings which have mot 

 five Feet in one Year; but then I 

 carefully rubb'd off all the fide- 

 dangling Shoots as they were pro- 

 duct, and never permitted more 

 than one Shoot to remain on each 

 Cutting ; which is what ihould al- 

 ways be obferv'd by thofe who have 

 the Management of Vines. With 

 this Direction there wiil be lit- 

 tle Hazard of the Cuttings taking 

 Root ; for in upward of five hun- 

 dred Cuttings, which I receiv'd from 

 Italy, and which had been cut off" 

 from the Vines in the Beginning of 

 November, wrappM up in Mofs, and. 

 put on board the Ship (which did 

 not arrive at the Port of London until 

 March, fo that they were full four 

 Months cut off before they were 

 planted), there were not twenty of 

 the Number which failed; and ma- 

 ny of them (hot above fix Feet the 

 firft Seafon . 



As I have directed the pruning of 

 Vines to be performed in Autumn 

 (which is without Difpute the beft 

 Seafon for this Work; ; fo, in pre- 

 ferving of the Cuttings till the plant- 

 ing Seafon, I have advifed them to 



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