Chap. VI. of Gardening, 



and after having trimm'd the Roots of the Box, and cut away 

 fonie of their Fibers, make a little Rill, or Trench, with 

 the Dibble, or Setting-Stick, about half a Foot deep, keep- 

 ing exadly in the Track of the Defign ; then take away the 

 Dibble, and widen the Infide of the Trench a little, to re- 

 ceive the Box, which you are to place in Order, burying the 

 Roots of it up to the Neck, that is, that nothing appear out 

 of the Ground but the Leaves : After which, give two or 

 three Strokes with the Setting-Stick, all about what you 

 have juft planted, to clofe the Earth again, and fill up the 

 little Cavities. The Box being thus put in the Ground, you 

 range it either with the Back of the Setting-Stick, or your 

 Hands, and give it the Shape and Turn it ought to havCj 

 according to the Defign i fettling the Earth well all about 

 it, for fear the Air get in, and fpoil it. 



T HE Dibble is thus to be made ufe of every where, ex- 

 cept in great Lengths, and very large Edgings of Box, as 

 the Sides of Borders, and the greater Branches of the Em- 

 broidery, which may be done with the Spade; In thefe 

 you drain a Line, according to the Draught, from one End 

 to the other, and opening a Rill with the Spade, fet your 

 Box in it, and cover it afterwards with Earth, which makes 

 much quicker Difpatch than the Dibble. 



The Parterre being thus planted, you dig the Places de- 

 iigned for Borders with the Spade, and fill them with Mold 

 mixt with good Earth, which you lay rounding in the Mid- 

 dle like an Afs's Back ; and then fpace out, and mark with 

 Spikes, the Places where the Yews and Shrubs muft be plan- 

 ted purfuant to the Defign, caufing Holes to be dug for 

 tliem according to their Size. I have already faid, in the 

 4th Chapter of the Firft Part, that very large Yews and 

 Shrubs are now out of ufe, becaufe they hinder the Pro- 

 fped: ; fo that thefe Yews having at moft but four or five 

 Foot Height, the Holes will be big enough, if open'd three 

 Foot fquare, and two Foot deep. Thefe Holes being made, 

 ■caufe a Yew to be brought to one End of the Border, anci 

 cutting its Basket, uncover the Clod, and trim the ftraggling 

 Roots that exceed it ,- then throw a little good Earth into 

 the Bottom of the Hole, and fet your Tree m the Middle of 



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