Chap. VIIL of Gardening. 1%^ 



I SHALL fay nothing of the Manner of planting thefe 

 Trees, having fufficlently enlarged upon that Subjea: in the 

 fixth Chapter of this Part. I proceed now to the Seed and ; 

 Fruit of Trees proper for Pieafure-Gardens, fliewing the _ 

 Time they fliould be gathered in, how to know their Good- 

 nefs, how to keep them in the Winter, and what is the fit-- 

 teft Seafon for fowing them in the Nurfery. 



We have feveral Kinds of Seeds, as that of the Elm, Lime^ 

 Sycomore^ Afh, Horn-beam, Maple, and Birch, which pro- 

 duce Trees of the fame Name, and are the nioft made Ufe 

 of in our Gardens. 



Besides which, there are five Sorts of Trees i the Acorn, 

 the "^Matron, the Chefnut^ Beech-Maft, and the fmallNut, ^ Fmh ofths\- 

 which produce the Oak, the Horfe-Chefnut Tree, the Chef- ^orfi.ckf- 

 nut^Tree, the Beech, and theHafel or Filberd-Tree. All 

 thefe Seeds and Fruits fliould be gathered in the Months of 

 O^fokrj November^ and December ^ except the Seed of the 

 Elm, which is to be gathered in the Beginning of the 

 Spring. 



To know if your Seed has the Qualities required in it 

 to be good, examine if it be large, round, full within, and 

 of a brisk and lively Green. It ought to be freih, and of 

 the fame Year you intend to fow it in. Thefe are the fureft : 

 Signs of itsGoodnefs. On the contrary, if the Seed be flat^ . 

 hollow within, and look oldilh, and of a faded Green, it 

 is worth nothing at all for fowing, and will never come upy. 

 being incapable of Vegetation, androf acting according to^ 

 the Order of Nature. 



As to the five Kinds of Fruit, which are, the Acorn, Mar — 

 ron, Chefnut, Beech-Maft, and fmallNut, you may know 

 them thus : The Acorn fliould be fmooth and large, not 

 fhriverd, nor with Holes in it. TheMarron and the Chef- 

 nut ought to be large and full, not fubjed to fcale and peel - 

 off. For the Beech-Maft and fmali Nut you fliould choofe 

 tiiem bright, fmooth, without Holes in them, and not knaw- 

 ed by the Mice. All thefe Fruits fliOuld be of the fame Year 

 you dehgn to faw them in. 



I SHALL mention here by the way, one Thing concern- 

 ing the Acorn i which is, that you mould fow it at once irt .. 



