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Show A Difcourfe of Forett-Treés. Chap. XXV, Chap. XXVI. artifice; andif they yield us their flomers for our pains of well praningand Recifiow (for they muft diligently be purged oftheir wood ) itis a glorious recompence : I plant them in my Hedgerows even amongft the Quick but tohave them thrive, you muft loofenthe Earth at Roots, and inrich it both Spring and Autumn , leaving but a few woody-branches :_ There is no Tree fo Adulte: CHAP. XXVIL rous as this Shrub,and beft by Layers Approachand Inarching,as they callit; and thence ‘tisfaid to marry with Lawrel/s, Damon, Afh, Of the Acacia, Arbutus, Bays, Box, Yew, Holly, Almond, Mulberry, Citron, &c, too many (I fear) to hold: If you will plant them in Gardens to beft advantage, keep them to one Stem, andinrich the mould with Hogs dung well confum’d , which theygreatlydelight in. H 11, The vulgar Italian wild Myrtil (though not indeed the moft fragrant) grows high, and fupports all weathers, I know of one near fifty years old, which has been continually expos'ds; unlefie it be, that in fome exceeding /harp Seafons,a little dry ftraw has been thrownuponit 5 and where theyare fuitter, being cut down near the ground, theyput forth and recover agains which many times they donotin Pots, and Cafes, where the Roots are very obnoxious to perifh with wonldinef. The fhelter of afew Mats, and Straw, fecur’d very great Trees ( both leaf and colour in perfection) this laft Winteralfo, which were planted abroad whiles thofe that were carried into the Conferve,were moft of them loft, Agrtils may be rais'd of Seeds,but with great caution; ‘and they feldom prove hardy, noris it worth the time, being fo abundantly encreafed of Layers, 12. Lentifeus, the Lenti(c, a very beautiful ever-green.will thrive abroad with us, witha little care and fhelter, amongft other ex- Falmine. A Difcourfe of Forett-Trees, Juniper, and Laurel-trees, I, He French havelately broughtin the Virginian Acacia 3 which exceedingly adorns their Walks: The Treeis hardy againft all the invafions of our tharpeft feafon s, but our high Winds; which { for variety of Walks and fhade : They thrive well in his Majefties new Plantation in St. Fames's Park, 2. But why do wethus neglect the Arbutws, and a rarity, which grows fo common, and fo naturally make that fuch in Irela is indeed with fomedifficulty rais‘d from the Seeds 5 butit nd? It may be propagat ed from the Layers, growsto a goodly Tree; is patient of our fevereft Weather, and may be contriv'd into ful Hedges : Virgil reports it will inoculate with moft beautithe Nut; andI find Bawhinus commendsthe Coals for Gold-{miths works , and the Poet than the perennial verdure of the leaves < Arbutean Marroqws and the myftic Vaw. and if It Were as much imploy’d for Nofe gays, &c. with US, as itis in France and Italy, they might make money enough ofthe Flowers: Oneforry Tree in Paris, where they abound, has been worth toa poor Woman near imenty thillingsin a year, CHAP. Acacia, by reafon ofits brittle nature it does not fo well refift 5 and the Roots (which infinuate and runli ke liquorize under ground)are aptto ewaciate the Soil, and there fore haply not fo commendable in our Gardens, as they woul d be agreeable posd Shrubs, and maybe propagatedof Suckers and Layers; and thelike may be done by the O/ve, though it bear no other Fruit Of the Lentife are made the beft Zooth-pickers in the world, and the Atafiic, or Gums isof excellent fe, efpeciallyfor the Teeth and Gums, 13. Imightto thefeadd Lignum vite, the Ethiopic Sefeli, Hali“us Latifolius, Laurus Tinusy Celaftrus, Gc. fittelt for the Shrubby part and under. furniture of our ever green Groves, and near our Gardens of Pleafure. But 14. I produce not thefe particulars, and other ready mention’d,as fignifying any thing to Timber,amena viretaalofthis Treatife (thoughIread of fome AMgriils the main defign {0 tall, Spearfhafts ) but to exeplifie in what maybe farther as to make added to Orvament andPleafure, bya cheap, and moft agreeable indufiry. The Berries of Atrtil were us'd ofold in ftead of Peper, 15. The common white and yellow fully In Our Weeds, and as hardy Jafmine would flower plentias any of the Periclimena : How itis propagated by fubmerfion, or layers, every Gard’ner skillss ; Arbutea crates, G wyitica Pannus Facchi, Georg, x, 3+ Bays are encreas'd bothof their Suckers, and Seeds » which fhould be dropping-ripe ere gather'd : Pliny hasa cular proces for the ordering of the Seeds, andit is notto beparti rejected: Which is, the gathering the Berries , in Fanuary, and {pread their fweat be overs then he putsthem in dung ingthemtill and fows them : Asfor the fteeping in Wine, Water does altogether ; others wath the feeds from their mucilage, by breaking andas well bruifing the glutinousderries; then fow them in Afarch by fcores ina heap ; and indeed fo they will come up in cluftersy but nothing fo well 5 norfit for tranfblantation , as where they are ##terr'd with a competent fcattering, fo as you would furrow Peafé : Boththis way, and by fetting them apart (which I moft comm end ) Lhaverais'd multitudes, and thatin the Berries without any farther onely for the firft two years they would be defenpreparation; Piercing winds which frequently deftroy them ; and ded from the yet thefc ing of their tender /eaves ought not make you defpair, for orch: many of them will recover beyond expectation, { iS 4. 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