THE GARDENRR’s VEGETA RLE SYSTEM 
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earth, half an inch deep; and when the feedling- 
plants are of one or two yearns growth, tranfplant 
them into nurfen -beds. Sec. to acquire a proper fixe 
for the fhrubbery; cuttings of the young fhoots of -the 
year, towards the latter end of AuguA, and in Sep¬ 
tember, or occaiionally in the fpring, cut off about 
eight or ten, to twelve or fifteen inches long; or if 
cut off with an inch or two of the lail year’s wood, 
at the lower end, -it will be fomc advantage to their 
linking : preferve the topsiirtire, diveft them of the 
under leaves, and planted in a ihady border, they will 
ftrike freely, and be well rooted in one feafon; and 
layers of the young wood, as above, in autumn or 
fpring, will alio be properly well rooted, to plant off 
in the autumn or fpring following, in the nurfery. 
And thus, by either of thefe methods, train the 
••plants in the nurfery to a proper growth, either fome 
,branch quite from the bottom, or others pruned up a 
■little below, and, in both of which, permitted to 
branch out above in full heads; and when advanced 
two or three, to four or five feet high, are of proper 
fize for final tranfpkmting. 
The principal feafon for removing or planting the 
Laurels, is, as advifed for other ever-greens, either 
in autumn, from about the middle or latter end of 
September, to the end of Oftober, or any time in 
November, in mild weather, or in the fpring, from 
February to April, not very generally in the dead of 
winter, or only occasionally, when fettled, open wea¬ 
ther prevails, or that the plants can be tranfplanted 
with good balls of earth about the roots, not to feel 
their removal; obferving in the general tranfplanting, 
they may either be removed with fmall balls of earth, 
where convenient, which would be of advantage in 
large plants particularly, and be alfo beneficial in thofe 
of fmaller growth; or may, likewife, be fuccefsfully 
tranfplanted without balls, removing them carefully in 
their full fpread of roots; and in either of which, 
plant them as foon as poffible after removal out of the 
nurfery, &c. and watered, efpecially if planted early 
in autumn, or late in the fpring. 
In .their future growth in the fhrubbery, Se c. they 
may grow nearly in their natural order, or only give 
occafional pruning to reduce cafual run-away, rude 
fhoots; or if any are planted to cover walls, train 
the branches thereto at firft in a fpreading manner; 
and if in hedges, train them alfo ir. proper order, for 
that purpofe; and in both of which laft-mentioned 
methods, prune in the projecting fhoots in -fummer or 
autumn, if required to have them grow clofe and re¬ 
gular; or where this is not regarded, they may be 
permitted to run up in their natural growth. 
Ptelea, SHRUB-TREFOIL, 
Clafs and Order. 
Tetrandria Monogynia, 
Four Males, One Female ; 
Or Plants with Flowers (Herm.) having four Stamina 
and one P if ilium. 
Comprises one hardy, deciduous, flowering-fhrub, 
of bufhy, moderate growth, adorned with trifoliate 
leaves; and fmall, yellow flowers, of four petals, hav¬ 
ing four fmall llamina or male genitals, and one pifl 
tillum or female; fucceeded by roundifh pericar- 
piums, or feed-veffels, containing obtufe feeds, ripe 
in autumn; and by which, fowed in that feafon or 
fpring, the fltrub is propagated, and by layers and 
cuttings of the young fhoots, 
One Species. 
Ptelea 'trifoliata. Trifoliate-leaved Ptelea, or 
Shrub-Trefoil. 
A middling, deciduous fhrub, of upright, bufhy 
growth, four or five, to fix or eight feet" high_the 
leaves (middling-face, dark-green) ternate, or com- 
pofed of three folioles or lobes.—Native of Virginia. 
( Any foil.) 
This fhrub is cultivated in fhrubbery colledtions, 
makes an agreeable variety in its bufhy growth and 
trifoliate leaves, and appears ornamental as a flowering 
fhrub, continuing in flower a confiderable time in au¬ 
tumn: may be obtained at the nurferies, for planting 
in autumn or fpring, or any time in open weatherj 
From October till March or April. 
It is propagated by Feeds, layers, and cuttings, in 
the autumn or fpring; and when the plants are raifed 
to half a yard, or two feet growth, or more, are pro¬ 
per for the fhrubbery. 
Tunica, POMEGRANATE TREE. 
•Clafs and Order. 
Icofandria Monogynia, 
^Twenty, or more,. Males, One Female ; 
Or Plants v-ith Flowers (Herm.) having twenty, or 
more, Stamina, or Male Fructifications, and one Pif- 
tilium or Female. 
THE Punic a furnifhes two fpecies, fmall or mid¬ 
dling tree, and dwarf fhrubby kind, both of a ten¬ 
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