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Chapter XXX. 

 The ilex, or EVERGREEN OAK TREE. 



l^he Species are: 



1. The Olive-leav'd Evergreen Oak. 



2. The narrow-leav'd Evergreen Oak, with ferrated leaves. 



3. The HoUy-leav'd Evergreen Oak. 



4. The round fmooth-leav'd Evergreen Oak. 



THERE are feveral other varieties of this plant; but thefe 

 being only feminal, are not worthy of being enumerated. 



I KNOW no tree more difficult to tranfplant than the Ilex, as 

 the roots of it, when not interrupted, run as flraight down into 

 the earth as a carrot, and with as few fibres ; fo that for hedges, 

 or large plantations, I would advife their acorns to be put in the 

 places where they are defigned to remain. 



If for hedges, let a border be well trenched, levelled, and 

 raked the beginning of March, and make a lhallow drill with a 

 fmall hoe, placing the acorns in it at the diftance of three or 

 four inches, and covering them about two inches deep, keeping 

 the furface mellow and clear of weeds. Thefe plants make very 

 little progrefs the firft feafon, and will not then bear being cut 

 under ground, but will make large amends ever after, by luxu- 



