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from Weeds, and Roots of Trees, 

 &c. and laid even ; then mark out 

 the Lines three Feet diftant from 

 each other ; and having taken up the 

 Plants cartfully with a Ball of Earth 

 to their Root?,' you mull p'ant them 

 exactly Itrait in the Rows, at eigh- 

 teen Inches afunder, obferving to 

 water them well, as alfo to lay fome 

 Mulch upon the Suiface of the 

 Ground, near the Stems, to pre- 

 ferve the Ground from drying too 

 fall. The belt Seafon for removing 

 thefc Trees is in April, juit before 

 they begin to (hoot, or in a dry Soil 

 about Michaelmas. 



During the time thefe Plants re- 

 main in the Nurfery, you mud ob- 

 ferve to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 digging the Ground between the 

 Rows every' Spring ; as alfo to fallen 

 the Shoots of the Plants to Itrait 

 Stakes, to prevent their growing 

 crooked and unfightly ; and alfo ob- 

 ferv e to prune off the Under-lhoots, 

 to make them advance in Height : 

 but I can by no means recommend 

 the (hearing of thefe Plants into coni- 

 cal or pyramidal Figures (as is often 

 pradifed) for the fame Reafon as I 

 gave for the Laurel s viz. that the 

 Leaves, being large, are cut in Pie- 

 ces, whereby the Plants are render- 

 ed very unfightiy ; but rather, that 

 they mould be improved, fo as to 

 make large Trees, to which they are 

 naturally difpos'd to grow, could we 

 prevent the Shears from continually 

 gnawing them. 



Thefe Trees are very proper to 

 plant upon the warm Sides of dry 

 Hills, where they may be protected 

 from the fevere Blafts of the North 

 and Eaft Winds; in which Situa- 

 tions I have feen fome of thefe Trees 

 upward of thirty Feet in Height, 

 which is a plain Indication of their 

 large Growth. 



But I know it will be objected, 



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that thefe Trees are often deMroyer? 

 b\ hard Winters, and fo are impro- 

 per to make large Plantations of in 

 England. That they iiave been 

 fometimes killed by fevere Winters, 

 I can't deny : but if they are brought 

 up thus hardily, as has been direct- 

 ed, and not fhear'd, I dare affirm, 

 they will refill the fevereil Cold of 

 our Climate, when grown to a mo- 

 derate Age, provided they are plant- 

 ed in a dry Soil ; in which, tho* 

 their Leaves fliould be intirely fhri- 

 velPd by extreme Cold, yet if per- 

 mitted to remain undillurbed, and 

 not cut, they will moot again in the 

 fucceeding Summer, as I have more 

 than once experienced. And in the 

 hard Winter, Anno 1739. when moll 

 of the Bay-trees fecmed to be de- 

 ltroyed which grew abroad, and 

 many People were fo inconfiderate 

 as to dig them up, and throw them 

 away, it was obfervable, that .all 

 thofe which were permitted to (land 

 did moot out again in the fucceed- 

 ing Summer, and recovered their 

 ufual Verdure: which mould cau- 

 tion every Perfon, not to be over- 

 hafty in condemning Trees to the 

 Fire, but to wait for the Succefs of 

 a whole Seafon, before they are pull- 

 ed up. 



Bay-leaves dry'd, and reduced to 

 Powder, as much as will cover an 

 Flalf-crown, being drank in a Glafs of 

 White wine, are faid feldom to fail of 

 curing an Ague.Thefe Leaves are alfo 

 ufed in divers Sawces in the Kitchen, 

 and the Berries are often uled in Me- 

 dicine. 



The Gold-flriped Bay is much 

 more tender than the common Sort ; 

 for which Reafon it mu'l be planted 

 in Pots, and houfed in Winter with 

 Oranges, Myrtles, C5Y. and muft be 

 placed fo as to have as much free 

 Air in mild Weather as poiTible, and 

 will require to be frequently wa- 

 ter, 



