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5n Gardens, for the ripening of all 

 fuch Fruits as are too delicate to be 

 perfected in this Country, without 

 fuch Afiiftance. Thefeare built with 

 different Materials ; in fome Coun- 

 tries they are built of Stone, in others 

 with Brick, according as the Mate- 

 rials can be procured belt and cheap- 

 eft. 



Of all Materials proper for build- 

 ing Walls for Fruit- trc?s, Brick is 

 the beft ; in that it is not only the 

 handfomeft, but the warmeft and 

 kindtft for the ripening of Fruit ; be- 

 .iides that, it affords the beft Cori- 

 veniency of Nailing ; for fmaller 

 Nails will ferve in them than in 

 Stone-walls, where the Joints are 

 larger ;and Brick-walls, with Cope- 

 ing of Free-ftone, and Stone Pilafters 

 or Columns, at proper Diftances, 

 to feparate the Trees, and break oft 

 the Force of the Winds, make not 

 only the moft beautiful, but the moft 

 durable Walls of any others. 



In fome Parts of England there are 

 Wails built both of Brick and Stone, 

 which have been very commodious. 

 The Bricks of fome Places are not 

 of themfelves fubftantial enough for 

 Wall?, nor are they any-where fo 

 durable as Stone ; and therefore fome 

 Perfons, that they might have Walls 

 both fubftantial and wholfome, have 

 built double ones, the Outfide being 

 of Stone, and the Infide of Brick, or 

 a Stone-wall lined with Brick : but 

 when thefe are built, there mull be 

 great Care taken to bond the Bricks 

 well into the Stone, otherwife they 

 are very apt to feparate one from the 

 other ; efpecially when Froft comes 

 after much Wet ; which fvvells the 

 Morter, and frequently throws down 

 the Bricks, when the Walls are only 

 faced with them, and not well tied 

 into the Stone. 



Where the Wall? are built intfrely 

 of Stone, there fhould be Trelafes 



fix'd up againft them, for the mora* 



convenient faftening of the Branches 

 of the Trees : the Timbers of thefe 

 Efpaliers need not be more than an 

 Inch and an half thick, and about 

 two Inches and an half broad : thefe 

 mould be fix'd crofs each other, at 

 about four Inches Diftance ; for if 

 they are at a much greater Diftance, 

 it will be difficult to fallen the Shoots 

 of the Trees properly : as this Tre- ' 

 lafe will be laid clofe to the Wall, 

 the Branches of the Trees will be 

 bud about two Inches from the Wall; j 

 in which Pofition the Fruit will ripen I 

 better than when it lies quite clofe tol 

 the Wall ; fo that where Stone-walls | 

 are built, there mould always be? 

 thefe Efpaliers framed againft them ; ? j 

 which will render thefe Walls veryJ 

 good for Fruit-trees ; which, with-] 

 out the Efpaliers, feldom are found I 

 to anfwer the Purpofe of ripeningj 

 the Fruits well ; befides the Incon-0 

 venience of having no good Fallen- 1 

 ing for the Branches of the Trees. .* 



The*re have been feveral Trials-' 

 made of Walls built in different 

 Forms; fome of them having been 

 built femicircular, others in Angles 

 of various Sizes, and projecting 

 more toward the North, to fcreen 

 off the cold Winds : but there has 

 not been any Method as yet, which 

 has fucceeded near fo well, as that 

 of making the Walls ftrait, and 

 building them upright. 



The faireft Trial which I havo 

 feen made of circular Walls, was at 

 Goodwood in Sujjex, the Seat of the 

 Duke of Richmond, where, in the 

 Middle of two South Walls, there 

 were two large Segments of Circles, 

 in which there were the fame Sorts 

 of Fruit-trees planted, as againft the 

 ftrait Parts of the Walls : but there 

 never was. any Fruit upon the Trees 

 in the circular Part of the Walls, 

 which came to Maturity ; nor were 



