Of TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUITS. 
high, they are of eligible growth for final tranfplant- 
frig, or occafionally, young trees of twelve or fifteen 
feet, or more, may be tranfplanted; though, when 
planted younger, they fooner root more effectually, 
and advance in a more free growth; and for timber 
plantations particularly, if planted where they are to 
remain, when from about three or four, to five or 
fix feet, they will root freely, and eftablilh them- 
felvesmore effectually, to make handfomer large trees, 
in the end, than thofe planted cf larger growth: 
however, for this occafion, fhould never be more 
than eight or ten feet high for any general plantation. 
To plant Afhes for timber and underwood, they may 
be planted both in aflemblage with other deciduous 
foreft-trees, as maples, birches, Sec. and fome in dif- 
tinCt plantations, wholly of the Afh kind; and in both 
of which, when defigned to plant in clofe rows, to 
allotv for thinning in advanced growth, or to remain 
clofe, for coppices, to fall every fix, feven, eight, or 
ten years for fmall wood, it would be of advantage, 
if the ground, where practicable, could be prepared, 
by ploughing, &c. but where intending to plant at 
wide distances, to continue wholly for large lland- 
ards, may only dig apertures for the trees: the clofe 
planting for the above occafions, may be in rows, 
from three or four, to five or fix feet afunder, by the 
fame diftances in the rows; or for wider planting, to 
continue in full growth, they may be from ten to 
twelve, or fifteen feet afunder, or at greater diftances, 
in particular places, as may be thought convenient. 
Or fometimes plantations of Allies are raifed by 
fowing the feed in the places where the trees are al¬ 
ways to Hand, both feparately and fometimes with 
thofe of other foreft-trees; either fowed in lhallow 
drills, drawn by a plough. Sec. three or four, to five 
ox fix feet diftance, or fometimes broad-call, and 
ploughed in a moderate depth; and when the young 
trees come up, fome may be thinned out, where too 
thick, and planted in other places, if wanted. 
The young plantations, in either methods, Ihould 
be defended with outward fences, as ditches, hedges, 
&c. from the depredations of cattle. 
In the advancing young growth of the trees, keep 
them clear from large over-topping weeds; and in 
thofe defigned for continuing ftandards, prune away 
lower lateral Ihoots from the Item, that they may run 
up clean and ftraight, and occafionally lop low drag¬ 
gling branches of the head, continuing the main-top 
leader, and other general top-branches, in full growth ; 
and the plantations of clofe planting, defigned for 
thinning by degrees, for poles and other flight purpo- 
fes, or thofe allotted for coppices, they, when advanc¬ 
ed in growth, Ihould be thinned accordingly, feledling 
a fufficiency of the fineft, ftraight plants, at moderate 
diftances, to run for ftandards, cutting down the 
others; the ftools remaining will (hoot out again, and 
will thus afford a cutting once in feven, eight or ten 
years, or according to their increafed growth, or the 
purpofes for which, they may be intended; the ftand¬ 
ards alfo being left at fmall diftances at firft, thefe, 
in advanced growth, may likewife be thinned for par¬ 
ticular occafions, leaving enough, at from ten to fif¬ 
teen or twenty feet, to advance to full fize for large 
timber. 
Atritlex, (Orach) SEA PURSLANE TREE. 
Clafs and Order. 
Polygamia Monoecia, 
Many Marriages, One Habitation ; 
Or Floxvers of different Sexes, as Females and Henna 
phrodites, feparate, on the fame Plant. 
The Atriplex furnifhes two hardy ever-green (brubs, 
curious in their whitilh-green leaves, to affemble in the 
(hrubbery; are plants of moderate and fmaller growth, 
in the different fpecies, adorned with delta-form and 
ovate, filvery leaves, and apetaious flowers, fucceeded 
each by one roundifti, orbicular feed; but which is 
feldom ufed in propagating the plants, they being ge¬ 
nerally raifed by cuttings. Sec. 
Generic Characters. —Femaleand hermaphrodite flow¬ 
ers, feparate on the fame plant; calyx, in the herma¬ 
phrodites, five-leaved; the leaves oval, concave, and 
permanent, no corolla or petals; five awl-lhape (la¬ 
mina, crowned with double anthera, an orbicular, 
central germen, (hort two-parted ftyle, terminated by 
reflexed ftigma; a two-leaved calyx in the female 
flower; no petals nor (lamina, but a germen and ftyle. 
Sec. and in each the germen becomes an orbicular 
feed, lodged in the calyx. 
The Species are, 
1. Atriplex Halimus —(Haliinus) or Broad-leaved 
(hrubby Atriplex, called Sea-Purflane Tree. 
Ever-green (hrub, growing five or fix feet high, 
or more; the ftem (hrubby, branches fpreading; leaves 
(moderate fmall) delta-fhape, filver-coloured.—Na¬ 
tive of Spain, Portugal, and Virginia, in hedges, &c. 
near the fea. (Any common foil.) 
2. Atriplex Portulacoides —(Portulacoides)Purflane- 
leaved Atriplex," or narrow-leaved Sea-Purflane 
Shrub. 
Ever-green under-lhrub, three or four feet high; the 
ftertt (hrubby, headbulhy; leaves {fmall, narronv) ob- 
ovate, whitilh-green.—Native of England and other 
northern parts of Europe, by the fea-fide. (Any 
foil.) 
Thefe two (hrubby ever-greens are eligible to in¬ 
troduce in the pkafure-ground, for ornament and va- 
E 2 riety. 
