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a good thick Hedge from the 

 Ground to the Height of- thirty 

 Feet, and in lefs time than any other 

 ever-green Tree whatever. 



The Soil in which thefe Trees 

 thrive belt, is an hazelly Loam, not 

 too ftrong, nor over-light, in which 

 they will grow to a large Size, and 

 refill the fevered Cold of our Cli- 

 mate ; and retaining their Leaves all 

 the Winter, do afford an agreeable 

 Profpect in that Seafon : but they 

 fhould by no means be planted near 

 fuch Walks, or other Parts of the 

 Garden, as are intended to be kept 

 clean ; for in the Month of April, 

 when they call their old Leaves, they 

 make a great Litter, and are apt to 

 blow about with the Wind, and be- 

 come very troublefome ; and in June, 

 when their Male Flowers fall off, 

 they occafion no lefs Trouble to 

 clean them up daily in fuch Places ; 

 and in the pleafanteft Seafon of the 

 Year they are the moil unfightly 

 Trees in a Garden, the old Leaves 

 decaying at that Seafon, and falling 

 off ; and the Male Flowers, vvhicn 

 are generally in great Plenty, are 

 then produced, which renders it not 

 fo valuable in Places much frequent- 

 ed : but for larger Plantations, at a 

 remote Diftance from the Habita- 

 tion, fo as to be juO: within the 

 View, they make a very handfome 

 Appearance, efpecially in the Win- 



Iter-feafon. 

 The Wood of this Tree is ac- 

 . counted very good for many Sorts 

 I of Tools and Utenfils, as Mallet - 

 i heads, Mall-balls, Chairs, Wedge?, 

 <| Beetles, Pins, &c. as alfo for Pali- 

 fadoes ; and affords the molt durable 

 Charcoal in the W r orld, and is the 

 common Fuel in the Southern Parts 

 of France, and in Italy. 



The Kermes, or Holm-oak, is of 

 a much lower Stature than the for- 

 mer Sorts, aud feldom grows to the 



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Height of a Tree : this, tho 1 a Na- 

 tive of the warmeft Parts of France* 

 yet will endure the Cold of our Cli- 

 mate in the open Air. It may be 

 propagated in the fame manner as 

 the former, and deferves a Place 

 amongft other Shrubs of low 

 Growth, for its Curiofity, as be- 

 ing the Plant upon which the Ker - 

 mes are bred ; the Hiltory of which 

 may be feen at large in GaridePs 

 Hijlory cf the Plants which grow in 

 Provence, it being too long to be in- 

 ferted here. 



1MPERATORIA, Mafterwort. 

 The Characters are ; 



// is a Plant with a rofe and tint' 

 hellatcd Flower, ccnfijling of f-veral 

 Petals, which are fcmctimes heart - 

 Jhaped, and fometimes intire, ranged 

 in a Circle, and rejiing on the Empale* • 

 ment ; which afterward becomes a 

 Fruit, compofed of two Seeds, which 

 are plain, almojl oval, gently freaked 

 and bordered, and generally cafing 

 their Cover : to thefe Murks mujl be 

 added, That their Lea-ves are winged > 

 and pretty large. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Im per a to .11 a major. C. B. P. 

 Common Mafterwort. 



2. Imperatoria Pyrennica tenui* 

 folia. Tour*. Narrow-leav'd Pyre* 

 nean Mafterwort. 



3. Imperatoria Alpina maxima:. 

 Toum. Greateft Mafterwort of the 

 Alps. 



The Root of the firft Species is 

 ufed in Medicine ; it has a very hoc 

 acrid Talle, and is efteemed alext- 

 pharmac, fudorific, and a great At- 

 tenuate and Opener. 



T his Sort is cultivated in Gardens 

 to fupply the Markets. It may be 

 propagated either by Seed?,orby part- 

 ing the Roots : if you would propa- 

 gate it by Seeds, they mould be fowri 

 in Autumn, foon after they are ripe* 

 on a Bed or Border of light Earth, in 

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