.Chap. VIIL of Gardening. 



fiippofe of Chefnuts^ and then another Lay of Sand^ and fo 

 •till you have filled up the Baskets^ covering them with Sand 

 at Top. Fruit put up in this Manner will keep without 

 ■fpoiling, and fprout in the Sand during the Winter^ pro- 

 vided^ aslfaid before^ it be fet in a dry Piace^ and fome- 

 what warm, if fuck can be had. 



You may carry thefe Baskets, without opening the Lays^' 

 into the Place you defign to plant in i and be careful, when 

 you take out the Fruit for planting, not to break off the 

 Shoot they have made in the Sand, which would much re- 

 tard their Growth. 



1 MUST not here forget to fpeak of Ever-Greens, which 

 are indeed in very great Efteem, and extremely necellaryin 

 fine Gardens. 



The Yew, thePicea, and the Holly, are the moft confide- 

 rableof all Ever-Greens, and are thofe that are moft made 

 Ufe of. They yield a fmall red Berry, which is gathered 

 when ripe, and is fown in the fame Manner as the other 

 Seeds I have been fpeaking of : All the Difference is, that 

 thefe Berries are much longer a taifing, efpecially the Yew, 

 which is very backward i upon which account they require a 

 better Earth, fuch as you provide for Flower-Beds and 

 Orange-Trees. And as Ever-Greeas naturally love the 

 warm Countries from whence they are brought, they are 

 veiy difficult and tedious to raife in our Climate, that has 

 nothing near the fame Degree of Heat, and where they x:an 

 have nothuig but the Excellence of the Soil to forward them. 



If Seed of this Kind be fown in ordinary Ground, where 

 you make Nurferies of other Trees, it wMl be very difficult 

 to raife, and the Greens that come iip will be a great while 

 before they are in a Condition to be fet -in' your Gardens, 

 and to afford you any Delight andSatisfadlion. You may, 

 if you pleafe, make diftinil Beds of them, like thofe of a 

 Kicchcn-Garden. 



Whek the Seeds of thefe are come up, you Ihould be 

 very careful to keep the Plants clean from Weeds, to tura 

 up the Ground about them, and to water them often. The 

 Yew and the Holly are the longeft a growings the Picea 

 cdmes up much faftcr. 



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