TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND 



The ground in the borders and quarters where freili trees 

 are to be planted fhould be well trenched, two fpits deep 

 at leafr, to give the roots room to run into the frefh-ftirred 

 ground.. 



When you plant trees without flirring the mould, they 

 feldom thrive well. 



When Plum-trees are planted for Standards in an orchard 

 which is to be kept for grafs, they fhould be in rows at the 

 dhtance of twenty yards from each other. If in the kitchen 

 garden for Standards, I would always recommend the plant- 

 ing of Dwarfs. You may train the tree up to have a Hem of 

 about three feet high, at the diflance of feventeen yards. If 

 the garden is laid out with crofs-walks, or foot-paths, about 

 three feet wide, make the borders fix feet broad, and plant 

 the trees in the middle of them. In the Royal gardens at 

 Kenfmgton, which are very long and narrow, and where the 

 winds are very hurtful, I have planted two rows of Apple- 

 trees, intermixed with other fruit-trees, alternately, one row 

 on each fide of the middle walk (which runs the whole length 

 of the garden), at the diflance of feventeen yards from each 

 other. I have alfo made crofs-walks of three feet broad, at 

 the diflance of feventy yards, with borders on each fide fix 

 feet wide, having two rows of trees in each border, about 

 twelve or fourteen feet afunder. Thefe Dwarf trees are very 

 ufeful in breaking the force of high winds, and are at the 

 fame time of fuch a height that a man ftandingon the ground 

 may gather the fruit. As Plum-trees may be planted in the 

 fame manner and for the fame purpofe as the above, you can 

 have the quarters clear for crops for the kitchen, and a free 

 air will be admitted, which you can never have if you plant 



Efpaliers ; 



