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become their stations where they might enjoy the sun, and may CHAP. l. 

 very properly be set where Cypress does not so well thrive, namely, '"'-•'"v-**-' 

 in such gardens and courts as are open to the eddy winds, which in- 

 deed a little discolours our Junipers when they blow easterly towards 

 the spring, but they constantly recover again ; and besides, the shrub 

 is tonsile, and may be shorn into any form, — I wonder Virgil should 



first three years, and resist the sharpest frosts of our climate exceedingly well, They 

 will grow $ traight and regular, provided they are not suffered to shoot out too much at 

 the bottom. 



This species also is propagated by seeds, which must be procured from Virginia or 

 Carolina, (for they rarely produce ripe seeds in England,) and sown as directed for the 

 other Junipers ; but as this seed cannot be procured in England till spring, so when sown 

 at that season, it remains in the ground until the succeeding spring, before the plants 

 appear; therefore you must observe to keep the beds clear from weeds, and not suffer 

 the seeds to be disturbed, which is often the fault of some impatient people, who think, 

 because the plants do not rise the first year, that they never will come up, and so dig up 

 the ground again, whereby the seeds are buried ; but if they are suffered to remain, they 

 seldom fail to grow, though sometimes it is two years after sowing before they appear. 

 When the plants come up, they must be carefully weeded, and in dry weather should 

 be refreshed with water, which will greatly forward their growth : and the autumn follow, 

 ing, there should be a little rotten tan strewed upon them, to keep out the frost. In this 

 bed the plants may remain till they have had two years' growth ; they should tlien be 

 transplanted into other beds, as direpted for the pther sorts, observing to preserve a ball 

 of earth to their roots ; and after they are planted, if the season pfove dry, they must be 

 carefully watered, and the surface of the ground covered with mulch, to prevent the sun 

 and wind from entering the earth to dry their fibres ; but they should not be too much 

 watered, which often proves injurious to these trees, by rotting their tender fibres soon 

 after they are produced, 



In these beds they may remain two years, observing to keep them clear from weeds ; 

 and in winter you should lay a little fresh mulch upon the surface of the ground round 

 their roots, which will prevent the frost from penetrating to them, and effectually preserve 

 them ; for while the plants are so young, they are liable to be injured by hard frosts ; but 

 when they have attained a greater strength, they will resist the severest colds, 



After two years, they should either be i-eraoved into the nursery, as was directed for the 

 common Juniper,) or transplanted where they are designed to remain ; observing always 

 to take them up carefully, otherwise they are subject to fail upon transplanting ; as also 

 to mulch the ground, and water them as befoi'e directed, until they have taken root ; after 

 which they will require no farther care than keeping the ground clear about their roots, 

 and pruning their side-branches, to make them aspire in height. 



The soil in which you plant these trees should be fresh and light, but must not be 

 dunged, especially at the time when they are planted ; for dung is very hurtful to them, 

 if it be not quite rotted to mould ; therefore the mulch which is laid upqn the surface of 



