The PraBice Part 11 



^THEsi ire all the Trees and Slirabs that are ordinarily 

 ■made ufe of in fine Gardens, In the fhort Defcription of 

 which, I have endeavoured to include a general Idea of each 

 Tree, mentioning its Height, its Leaves, its Wood or Tim- 

 ber, and the Ufe that is made of it i its proper Place in 

 •Gardens, the Vermin it is fubjedt to, and the Manner of 

 perpetuating its Species, which are all of Ufe to guide you^ 

 in the Choice you have to make of them. However, I now 

 proceed to give you my Opinion of thofe that feem to me 

 to be the beft, and that I advife you to employ in planting 

 your Gardens. 



The Trees ordinarily made ufe of to form handfbme 

 Walks, are Elms, Limes, and Horfe-Chefnuts : Walks of 

 Elms, when well kept, grow very tall and lofty ; . they put 

 out beautiful Leaves, and are withal very lafting: Walks 

 of Limes are likewife very handfome, efpecially when they 

 are Dutch Limes. Thefe Trees are known to flioot up ve- 

 ry high, they have a fmooth Bark, a moft agreeable Leaf, 

 and yield abundance of Flowers that fmell very fweet j be- 

 fides which, they arefubjeit to no Sort of Vermin. Thefe 

 are the two Kinds of Trees I advife you conftantly to make 

 ufe of, preferably to the Horfe-Chefnut, notwithftanding it 

 - is fo much in Fafnion. I cannot deny but the Horfe-Chefnut 

 is a handfome Tree 'tis certain it grows very upright, has 

 a fine Body, a polifli'd Bark, and a beautiful Leaf j but the 

 Filth it makes continually in the Walks, by the Fall of its 

 Tlowersin the Spring, its Husks and Fruit in the Summer, 

 and its Leaves in the Beginning of Autumn, mightily lefTens 

 its Merit: Add to this, that it is very fubjed to May-^wgs 

 and Caterpillars, which ftrip it quite naked in the Summer- 

 time 'y that its Shade, as is pretended at leaft, is very un- 

 wholfome; that it grows but to a moderate Stature, lafts 

 but a very little while^ and that its Timber is of no manner 

 of Profit. 



The right way of choofing Elms, Limes, Horfe-Chef- 

 nuts, and generally all the Trees above-mention'd, confifts 

 in the three following Obfervations, which contain all that 

 ^can be faid upon this Subje<it. 



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