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Show AB p art of a glaucous or Sea-green Colour, and are clofely fet ieon the Branches. This Tree is alfo very hardy. The fifth and fixt h from A Ce and are, by the t ere alfo brought bir ‘ Inhabitants of thofe Spruce Beer, Pinus ; fativa, manured Pine. 2. Pinus; is, C. Pinafter, 0 Wild Pine. Pinus 3 B. Pin. 491. B. Pin. 4gt. The The Americana, longis, eis Pluk. Amalth. 7 to open, and rezre emit their Seeds; but this ht not to be done until you are ready to fow n, whichis be ft perform’ din the Beginning 4. Pinus; American Conis plu cotch Firr. is. The and fifth Sorts are very and, but thethird and fourth few Gardens. The third was rai ago in the Dukeof B. admingt 9 and is now growing in of Pembrook’s Gardens, where it ing, the Piduaion of a Tree very difere s Clafs various Ufes of thefe Trees, either in Meédi or for mechanical Ufes, are too many to be here enumerated, but whoever hath a mind to feeth things at large, may turn to Joba Baub i Page 231. or to Ray’s Histo th ill meet with an ample ore I pr ceed to ayany t 1 Culture of th 5 th: y beg leave to add the Sorts which altho’ feparated to a great Diftance by the Alphabetical Order here followec a have a ar Alliance, both in their cla 4, fome frefh Seeds ofthis ere fentover fr It va, from which I raifed fome Plants in the Phy/ick Garden, which, altho’ but fmall, ftand in the open Ground, and refift the Winter’s Cold very well. The fourth Sort is now growingin the Bifhop of L ”s Garden at F > Tree, produ gripe Cones: i young Trees been es by fe London. The Leaves oft only three, pro ed fror om S grow in gr known to be a Miftake, that curious Balf al Diftribu- and alfo in their Culture; and are, by the Unfkilful in Botany, frequently confounded together. PINUS;The Pine Tree. h was tal en fromthe Cones iin one Bunch, The fixth Sort is very proper to continue Plantations of thefe ever-green Trees, when it may. fo happen that a “moitt fwampySoil mayintervene (as it many times doth) between rifing Ground, and in which Part we could not carry either the Avenue or other Plantation on, with Trees of the famekind, all the other Sorts being, for the moft Part, moun- tainous Plants ; fo that here is-an Advantage which could not be other ways’ obtained, that fhould encourage Gentlemen to cultivate as many of the foreign Trees, as can be by any means naturalized to our Climate, tho’ the Ufes of them are not immediately known; for it is certain that Time will difcover fomething, either for Ufe or Beauty , in moft of them. Befide thefe, Mr. Ray, in his valuable In removing thefe Plants, they fhould be taken up with as much Earth as poffible, but Care muft be had not to hurt the Roots of thofe Plants left in thefe fmall Spots, which fhould be two ofthe beft Plants in each, and filling up the Holes made in taking as before directed ; then give them agentle ung Plantati you may with a Spade, | This being done, the Earth in fmall ut about every fix Feet fquare : In which ou may fowten or twelve Seeds, covern about a quarter of an Inch thick with the fame Mould brokenfine, 1 the tones taken out (but not Giftead, for hereafter mentioned) whenthis is Gage Watering to fettle the Earth to the Roots ; and if the Weather fhould prove very dry, you may repeat this gentle Watering two or three times; but be fure not to over water, which, I may venture to fay, hath killed more new-fet Trees of all Sorts, than the want of Water, or any other Accident wh tl Bh e once for all, I would adv to a good Way to lay uponeachofthefe fome Peas Haulm, Furz, or any other ht Covering, to prevent the rapacious Bird have efpecial Regard that all new-fet Trees are well mulfh’d with fhort Litter, or Mulch, but to have a great .Care not to water too deftroy ing your ) g, Plants juft a put of the ¢ they being very fond lufk or Coat of the Seed, which the lants bring up on their Heads) ; Which mu nor too often, which rots the young . as faft as they are pufhed forth, as have often experienc’d; and have a great Care not to cut any of the Branches or Heads willallfo prevent the drying Winds and of thefe Trees, which is very hurtful (efpecially i { Ground and deftroying This Covering may remain fome »fter the Plants are come up, provided it is not laid over thick, nor too clofe, which would hereby draw and weaken the Plants. by p th xrefs of the Air. When this y r Cover is taken off, -it will be to draw alittle loofe Earth round the ; of your you Plants, to ftrengthen as alfo to {tick fome Furze over them, to rent the Sun from fcorching them, which is rtful to thefe Plants while young. In iefe Spots (if you j -d was good) you 6 or 8 Plants to come ch mayremain together until the third r; but in the mean timeit will be a very od Wayto preferve your young Plants, to ittle Litter, or fome Mulch upon the , and round the Stems ofthe Plants, to 1 againft fevere Froft in Winter, and exDrought in Summer. This beingcarefully \ will fave the Trouble of Watering, erviceable to your Plants. ur after fowing, you may re- thefe Plants into another Plan- of Plants, hath mentionedfevenor eight other Species; butas thereareat prefent fe ircely any of them in England (and if they were brought er-green, longer than thofe hither by curious Perfons, theirCulture w ald produced by Pairs out of nearly agree with thofe above mentioned ; the Le only Difference to be obferved, is to fhelter fuch as come from warmer Climates for the two or ies of this Tree, to be found in three firft Years, after which Time I amperi/o Gardens, are, fuaded moft of the refinous Trees will dowell f this Tree are, upright Growth. h wouldorherwife foon over runand sas follow ah ; After your Groundhath 1 whencethney et their many lateral Branches, which will retard their sen plow’dto loofen the Earth, and deftroy Se Weeds (efpecially if the Ground is fubject to Heath or ») it muft be plough’d twoor times, and the Roots carefully grubbed up ectually to deftroy thefe fpreading thrives very well, and is become alarge Tree. fometo ‘bel: an Exudation from o great a Diftance, they are fubjeét to fhoot out out the Phints, with fome ofthe neigh!bouring 288, a the Earl about eight Feet fqnare, ahh Diftancewill be foundfufficient ; for if theey be planted at too Mould, to prevent the Extremity of theit Fibres from drying. When your Plants are fet in the new Plantation, a Quantity of fmall Stakes fhould be provided to faftenethe young Trees that the Wind may not blow them out of the Ground, and befure cover the Roots with fhort Litter, nner of fowing them(iffor large Planucis, The ¢ S rt produces Cones fomewhat like thofe of the Cedar of Li ; the Leaves The way to the Seeds, is either by expofing the Cones ntle Fire, or by fo g themall Night Water, which will caufe their fquamofe Cells 1 Lord Weymouth’s ‘Fiirr, rts are pr‘omifcua Sy but very diftiné&, accorrding to theBra nches I had fent me D ire and Uh The feventh Sor Ts men- fharp oe Branches, e nous Matter: with usabroad; ther aie fh all forbear mentioning any more Sorts, referring the curious R eader to the valuable Book befo!re cited. Thefe Treesare all raifed from Seeds taken ir p lyspermons Cones. ten totam and are by them c i but fince any of thefe Sorts may be ied for the fame 1 i sth no more belong y other of the> Kind heal Ww much aie3anee thicker re Branches all off, which C. j é d ough t to be prepar’das eafon for ea he lat er End of March, and Begine Weather mild, onot when jae 1g, Winds blow, which prefentry the! jal] Fibres of tchefe Plants when out ¢ coud, > Dittance thefe Trees ought planred(if fora clofe Plantation) may be to all thofe of the refinous kind). The Soil in which thefe Trees chiefly delight, is chalky Hills: And where there hath beennot abovefix or eight Inches of Mould upn the Surface, I have ta Seat feen the moft i Guife?, near Great Marl ‘e, where there are vaft Numt hich drop their Seeds, and {pring up without any Care or Culture. Notwithftanding thefe Trees chiefly delight in the beforementionedSoil, yet will they thrive tolerably well in a poor Gravel (provided it be not too light and fandy) orin a ftrong Soil (if not too wet) but they love a moderate Elevation; and th ver and Common F > with the manured require fomeShelter from the North and ‘aft Winds, but the Scotch Pine and Pin Il grow on the North or Eaft Side, or tren pon1the Summit of high Hills. Thefe Trees do not delight in dunged or rich Soils; but obferve, it is much the better way to train up any fort of Plant in a Soil nearlyzakin to that you intendto plant themin, and not (as is too often the Pr ai >) make a Nurfery upon a good rich Soil, when the Trees there raifed are de figned for poorbarren Soil ; andthis Ttbelieve to be the Reafon why Plantations of Trees procured from rich Nurferies are often feen to make but a poorProgrefs , if they live Thefe two Treesleft in each Spot, fhould not continue longer than fix or fevenYed s together, when |