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Show JU JU Plant puts forth its young Fruits when other Berries are ripe.] The Juniper Tree. The Charaéters are be Leaves are long, The Male Flowers are in remote Diftances from the ; narrow, and prickly: fome Species producd at Fruit on the fame Tree, other Species they are produc’d ondifferent ae fromthe Fruit: The Fruit is a foft, pulpy 1. Juniperus; vulgaris, fruticofa. C. B. The common Englifh iper. 2. Juniperus; vulgaris, arbor. C.B. The Tree, or Swedith Funipe 3. Juniperus; Virginiana. H. L, Folio ubique Fuperino. Boerb, Ind. The Cedar of Virginia. 4. JuNIpEn ‘irginiana, foliis inferioribus is, fuperioribus Sabinam, vel CyprejBoerb, Ind. Red Virginian 5. Juniperus ; giniana, baccis albis, White-berry’d Virginian Cedar. 6. Juniperus ; HYD Cedar of Bermudas. The The The firft of thefe Plants is very common upon dry Heaths in divers Parts of England, but has been introduc’d into Gardens, and was formerly in great Requeft for Ever-green Hedges: Yet as it is very fubjeét to decay in Patches, and thereby renders fuch Hedges very unfightly, as alfo being very troublefome to fheer, they have been oflate almoft intirely rejected, But however improper thefe Trees may befor Hedges, or to clip into Pyramids or Balls, yet they may have a Place in {mall Wildernefs Quarters amongtt Ever-green Plants of low Stature, where, by their Diverfity, they will add to the Beauty of thofe Plantations, The fecond Sort will growto a larger Magnitude, fometimes rifing to the Height Of eighteen or twenty Feet: This may alfo be intermix’d with other Ever-green Trees ofthe fame Growth, where, by its different fhap’d Leaves and Colour, it will increafe the Beauty of fuch Places, _ Thefe Plants are both propagated by fowing their Seeds, the beft Seafon for which is ember, affoon as they are ripe; for if they are kept ’till Spring’ before they are fown, they will not come up until the fecond Year. The Ground in which thefe Seeds are fown fhould be freth and light, but it fhould not be dung’d: It fhould be well dug, and levell’d very even, then fow your Seeds thereon pretty thick, and fift fome Earth over them about half an Inch thick; this Bedwill re- quire no farther Care than only to keep it clear ftom Weeds, and toward the Middle or Latter-end of April you will find fome of your Plants appear above-ground; tho’ the Cae ge of ’em. perhaps may lie ’till the Lime ie they come up, at which rons Weeks ney clear the Beds i : a 1 very dry W eather refrefh ome Water, which will greatl Aporg= their Growth; in this Bed ae ould remain *till the following Spring, when you muft prepare fome Beds to tranfplant them into, which fhould alfo be of licht frefh, undung’d Soil; and having well dug and cleans’d the Ground from all noxious Weeds and Roots, you fhould make them level : Then in the Beginning of April, which is the proper Seafon for Removing thefe Plants, you fhould raife up the young ones with a Trowel, preferving as much Earthas poffible to their Roots, and plant them into the Beds about a Foot afunder each way, giving *em fome Water, to fettle the Earth to their Roots: And ifit thould prove very ngland) and fown as was directed for the ser uni ; but as this Seed can’t be procured in England will Spring, fo when fown at that Seafon, it remains in the Ground until the fucceeding Spring before the Plants appear, therefore you muft obferve to keep the Beds clear from Weeds, and not fuffer the Seeds to be difturbed, which is often the Fault of fome impatient People, who think, becaufe the Plants do not rife the firft Year, that they will never come up, and fo dig up the Ground again, whereby their Seeds are buried ; but if they are let remain, they feldomfail to grow: dry Weather, you may lay a little Mulch upon the Surface of the Ground roundtheir When the Plants are come up, they mult be carefully weeded, and in dry Weather fhould be refrefhed with Water, which will greatly forward their Growth, and the Spring follow- In thefe Beds they may remain two Years, ing they fhould be tranfplantedinto Beds (as was directed for the common Funiper) in April, Roots, which wilk be of great Service to the Plants, obferving to keep them clear from Weeds; and inthe Spring you fhouldftir the Ground gently between them, that their Roots may with greater Eafe ftrike into it; after which Time they fhould be tranfplanted, either into a Nurfery, at the Diftance of three Feet Row from Row, andeighteen Inches afunder inthe Rows, or into the Places where they areto remain for good. The beft Seafon to tranfplant them (as I before obferv’d) is in the Beginning of April; and you fhould take ’em up carefully, to preferve a Ball of Earth to their Roots; and when planted, their Roots fhould be mulch’d: All which, if carefully attended to, as alfo obferving to refrefh ’em with Water in very dry Weather, until they have taken new Root, will preferve them from the Danger of not growing ; and they being extreme hardy, in refpeét to Cold, will defy the fevereft of our Winters to injure them, provided they are not planted in a moift or rich Soil, In order to have thefe Trees afpire in Height, their under Branches fhould be taken off, efpecially where they are inclin’d to grow out ftrong; but they muft not be kept too clofely pruned, which would retard theit Growth, for all thefe Ever-green Trees do more or lefs. abound with a refinous Juice, which in hot Weather is very apt to flow ou from fuch Places as are wounded, fo that will not be advifeable to take off too many Branches at once, which would make fo man) Wounds from which their Sap in hot We would flow in fuch Plenty, as to render Trees weak and unhealthy. The three Sorts of Virginia Cedars grow t© a much greater Height than the former, and in their Native Country afford excelle Timber for many Ufes; but with us there very few which are above twenty or twennty- five Feet high, though there is no doubt o their growing larger, for they thrive veryfalt after the three firft Years, andrefift the fhary Frofts of our Climate exceeding well, and very apt to grow ftrait and regular, prov! they are not fuffered to fhoot out too mucl bottom, Thefe Plants are alfo prog which muft be procured from lina, (for they rarely produce ripe obferving to preferve a Ball of Earthto their Roots, and after they are planted, if the Seafon be dry, they muft be carefully water’d, and the Surface of the Ground cover’d with Mulch, to prevent the Sun and Windfrom entring the Earth, to dry their Fibres ; but they fhould not be too much watered, which often proves injurious to thefe Trees, by rotting their tender Fibres foon after they are emitted, whereby the Plants have been often deftroy’d. In thefe Beds they may remain two Years, obferving to keep them clear from Weeds, and in Winter you fhould lay a little frefh Mulch upon the Surface of the Ground round their Roots, which will prevent the Froft from penetrating to them, and effectually preferve them; for while the Plants are fo young, they are liable to be impair’d by hard Frofts, when too muchexpos’d thereto; but when they have atiain’d a greater Strength, they will refift the fevereft of our Cold. After two Years, they fhould eitherbe removedinto a Nurfery (as was directed for the common Funiper) or tranfplanted where they are defign’d to remain, obferving always to ake them up carefully, otherwife they are fubjeé& to fail upon tranfplanting, as alfo to Thefe Trees being thus managed, will in a few Years rife to a confiderable Stature, and by the Variety of their Evergreen Leaves, and Manner of Growth, will greatly add to the Beauty of fuch Plantations, if rightly difpofed, which indeed is what we feldom obferve in any of the Eglo Gardens or Wilderneffes, for there are few People who confider the different Growths of the feveral Trees with which they compofe fuch Plantations, fo as to place the talleft growing Trees the backwardeft from Sight, and the next Degree to fucceed them, and fo gradually diminifhing till we come to the common Funiper, and others of the fame Growth, wherebyall the Trees will be feen, and the gradual Declivity of their Tops will appear like a verdant Slope, and be much more agreeable to the Sight, alfo more advantageous to the Growth of the Trees, than to place Shrubs of humble Growth, near fuch Plants as will grow to the firft Magnitude, whereby the Shrub is hid from Sight, andwill be over-fhadowedanddeftroy’d; nor can the Diftance which each Tree requires, be fo juftly proportioned any other way, for in this Diftribution the largeft Trees being feparated by themfelves, may be planted at a due Diftance, and then thofe of a middling Growth facceeding, may be accordingly allowedfufficient Room, andthe fmaller, which are next the Sight, being placed muchclofer, will hide the naked Stems of the larger Trees, and have an agreeable Effect upon the Sight. The Timber of thefe Trees is of excel- lent Ufe in America for building of Veffels, wainfcoting Houfes, and for making many Sorts of Utenfils, it abounding witha bitter Refin, which prevents its being deftroy’d by Vermin, but it is very brittle, and fo not proper for ftubborn Ufes; but however, by increafing the Number of our Timber Trees, we fhall find many Advantages, befides the Pleafure their Variety affords, may hereby have Trees of very diffe ids, whichare adaptedto growinvarious Soils and Situations, whereby we fhall never want proper Treesforall the different Sorts of Soils mulch the Ground and water them as was be- in England, if proper Care be taken in their fore directed, until they have taken Root, after Choice, which would be a great Improvemet which they will require no farther Care, than only to keep the Ground clear about their Roots, andto prune up their Side-branchesto make themafpire in Height. The Soil in which you plant thefe Trees, Id be frefh and light, but muft not be of many Parts of this Kingdom, which nowiie unplanted, becaufe the Owner, perhaps, finds that neither Oaks or Elms will thrive ther and fo confequently concludes that no other we Sort will; which isa great Miftake, for confider how different the Structure of Trees is, (being defign’d by the Wife Author ind Contriver of all Things, to grow on different nged, efpecially at the Time when they planted, for Dung is very hurtful to them, ecially if it be not quite rotted to Mould, ‘refore the Mulchthat is laid upon the Surface of the Ground, fhould not be Dung, but rather fome freth Turf cut from a Common and the Grafs turned downward, whichis certainly the beft Sort of Mulching for moft nts, it affording no ill Scent, nor is it ct to breed Vermin, or be unfightly, and eHectually anfwer all the Purpofes of » Without any Danger of hurting the Soils and Situations) and only obferve what Sorts are adapted for growing upondry, barren Mountains, and what are defign’d for the lower and richer Vallies, we need never be at a lofs for proper Trees for all Sorts of Ground. 5 The Bermudas Cedar coming from a more temperate Climate, is fomewhat tenderer than the former, and more impatient of our Cold (efpecially while the Plants are young) but afterwards it endures it very well, as may be |
