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It imift alfo be obferved, that this tree is not fond of being 

 much pruned at removal, which therefore ought to be performed 

 either a year before or after that oneration. 



The fort with double flowers is more dwarfilh and tender 

 than the other kinds : It does not readily fucceed^ either by bud- 

 ding or common grafting, but may be propagated by inarching 

 a branch of it on any of the other forts, which ought to be free- 

 growing healthful Hocks, otherways they will not vmite well, or 

 be long-lived, 



Th e Arbutus is certainly amongft the moil elegant and beau- 

 tiful plants our country produces in a vigorous ftate ; and, to a 

 perfon fond of Gardening, who palTes the winter in the "country, 

 I cannot think any tree more worthy a careful culture in fo cold 

 and inhofpitable a climate as Great-Britain ufually is in the 

 winter months. To pop in from the open fields, or even from 

 plantations of other trees, to a grove of thefe protedled from 

 fhorms, their leaves fhining with the mofl chearfal verdure, their 

 bloIToms fmiling as in fpring, and their boughs loaded with the 

 richeft fcarlet-coloured fruit, muft infpire any one capable of 

 being affe(5led by the beauties of nature, with the moft lively 

 and agreeable ideas. 



These trees will not fucceed in moift, heavy, or clay land; 

 they will grow tolerably well in a thin and fandy foil, though not 

 rich, but they moft affedl that which is deep, loamy, and gene- 

 rous. They will rife with us above thirty feet high, in a favour- 

 able fituation iheltered at fome diflance by other trees. 



