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Show IL IL therefore obferve to take them up with a good Ball of Earth to their Roots, and nm immediately to the Places where they lanted, placing them into Holes ld be well prepar’d be andif be dry, you fhould pour a good 7 of Water into the Holes, making 4 much younger; for in the Year 1729, I ov'd manyofthefe Trees which were five or fix Feet high, and though they had not been fo well manag’d in the Place where they wererais'd, as might be wifh’d, yet but one of the whole Numberfail’d, notwithftandine the Seafon prov’d dry for near a Month Pap, then placing the Plants after, Thefe Trees are by many People greatly fhould fill up the Holes about vith the like pappy Earth, and efteem’d for Hedges, to furround Wilderne(s Quarters; but theyare fubjec&t to grow too e Mulchuponthe Surface of the i round their Roots, and give them o fettle the Earth to their Roots, Seafon fhould continue dry, you at watering them once a Week, er fhould be poured all over the large for that Purpofe, becaufe we fhould never hide the Tops of the Trees in fuch Places from the Sight, for theyare, if rightly difpos’d in the Quarters, vaftly more agree- able to the Eye thanthe fineft thear’d Hedge in the World; but they maydo well enough for a large Fence to obftru& the Sight, or to more new-planted Trees than defend a new Plantation of tender Trees, for which Purpofe the Acorns fhould be fown in ident whatever. p thefe Plants from the the Place where the Hedge is defign’d, and sads of the Plants, but by no means give them teo much, which, as I have already i i mage a bb la £ V5 1 fhould be careful not to injure Loots of thofe left remaining, nor muft he Ground about their Roots remain long open, but fo foon as you have taken up when the Plants are come up, they fhould be them too clofe to the Plants, left you deftroy light, in which they will growto a large Size, thinned, where they are too clofe, and if the Ground is kept clear from Weeds, and every Spring dug aboutthe Plants, they will foon thofe that are to be traniplanted, the whole form a good Hedge; but you fhould obferve Ground fhould be flightly dug and Jevell’d not to let them grow too much in Height, The Diftance thefe Plants fhould be before the bottom part of the Hedgeis well n the Rows where they were fown, {trengthen’d, which would occafionits bendght to be two Feet, which will allow them ing, and the Branches would be fubje& to be Room enough to grow three or four Years diiplac’'d with ftrong Winds or great Snows, longer, at which Time they muft be tranf- and thereby become very unfightly ; but if planted, (efpecially all fuch as are not de- they are regularly train’d up, theywill make fign’d to remain for good) but youfhould the a good thick Hedge from the Groundto the ent Spring dig near the Roots of thofe Height of forty Feet, and that in lefs Time ov d, and cut underneath than anyother Tree whatever. them h your Spade, to take off the TapThe Soilin which thefe Trees thrive beft, Roots; but you muft obferve not to cut isa hazelly Loam, not too ftrong nor over them; this will occafion their pufhing out and refift the fevereft Cold of our Climate, many Fibres, wherebythe Earth will be better and retaining their Leaves all the Winter, do preferv'd to their Roots whenthey are tranf- afford an agreeable Profpeét in that Stafon; planted, and there will be lefs Danger of their but they fhould by no means be planted near not growing. fuch Walks or other Parts of the Garden, as It has been directed by moft People who are intended to be kept clean; for in the have written on thefe Trees, to fow the Acorns Month of April, when they caft their old in Pots, and when the Plants have grown Leaves, they make a great Litter, and are apt two or three Years therein, to fhake them to blow about with the Wind, and become out ofthe Pots, preferving all the Earth about very troublefome, and in Fume, when their them, and to plant them where they are to Male Flowers fall off, they occafion no lefs remain, which is a very good Method for Trouble to clean them up dailyin fuch Places; fmall Quan but the Trouble ofthis in and in the pleafanteft Seafon of the Year they 2) ions would be too great, efpe- are the moft unfightly Trees in a Garden, the ¢ confider that thefe Plants, while old Leaves decaying at that Seafon and falling in Pots, will require conftantly to be water’d off, and the Male Flowers, which are gene in dry Weather, otherwife they will be fubin great Plenty, are then produc’d, which ject to fail, or at leaft will make but poor rally renders it not fo valuable in Places much freProgrefs ; and although it is generally thought quented ; but for larger Plantations, at 4 Te very hazardous to remove thefe Trees, yet I mote Diftance from the Habitation, fo a ey believe, if Care be taken, firft, to obferve be juft within the View, they make very the juft $ fon, which is in the beginning of April; fecondly, to preferve as much Earth handfome Appearance, efpecially in the Wit ter-feafon. to their Roots as poffible ; and, thirdly, not to keep them long above Ground, the removing of thefe Trees will not be found fo dangerous as moft People imagine. The Wood of this Tree is accounted very good for manyforts of Tools and Utenfils, Bs Mallet-Heads, Mall-Balls, Chairs, edges Beetles, Pins, &c. as alfo for Pallifado's, a” o ees, that Trees of feven affords the moft durable Charcoal in the ae ars Growth, are in lefs Danger of and is the commonFuelin the SeuthernWorld, Parts Suffering by Tran{plantation, than thofe that of France and Italy. The IN The Kermes or Holm-Oak is of a much Jower Stature than the former Sorts, and feldom grows to the Height of a Tree: This, tho’ a Native of the warmeft Parts of France, yet will endure the Cold of our Climate in the open Air, It may be propagated in the fame manner as the former, and deferves a Place amongft other Shrubs of low Growth, for its Curiofity, as being the Plant upon which the Kermes are bred; the Hiftory of which may be feen at large in Garidel’s Hiftory of the Plants which grow in Provence, it being too long to be inferted here. IN INDIGO ; vide Anil. INOCULATING, or Budding: This is commonly practis’d upon all Sorts of Stone Fruit ; in particular, fuch as Peaches, Ne(ta= rines, Cherries, Plums, &c, as alfo upon Oranges and Fafmines, and is preferable to any Sort of Grafting for moft Sorts of Fruit. The Method of performing it is as follows: You muft be provided with a fharp Pen-knife, having a flat Haft, (the Ufe of which is to raife the Bark of the Stock, to admit the Bud) and fome found Bafs-mat, which fhould be foak’d in Water, to increafe its Strength, and INARCHING,is a Method of Grafting, make it more pliable ; then having taken off which iscommonlycall’d Grafting by Approach. the Cuttings from the Trees you would proThis Method of Grafting is usd, when the pagate, you fhould chufe a fmooth Part of Stock you intend to graft on, and the Tree the Stock about five or fix Inches above the from which you would take the Graft, ftand Surface of the Ground, if defign’d for Dwarfs ; fo near, (or can be brought fo near) that but if for Standards, they fhould be budded they may be joyn’d together. ‘The Method fix Feet above Ground: Then with your of performing it is as follows: Take the Knife make an Horizontal Cut crofs the Rind Branch you would inarch, and having fitted of the Stock, and from the Middle of that it to that Part of the Stock where you intend Cut make a Slit downwards about two Inches to join it, pare away the Rind and Wood on in Length, fo that it may be in the Form of one Side about three Inches in Length. After aT: but you muft be careful not to cut the fame manner cut the Stock or Branch too deep, left you wound the Stock: Then in the Place where the Graft is to be united, having cut off the Leaf from the Bud, leayfo that they may join equally together, that ing the Foot-ftalk remaining, you fhould the Sap may meet ; then cut a little ‘Tongue make a crofs Cut about half an Inch below upwards in the Graft, and make a Notch in the Eye, and with your Knife flit off the Bud, the Stock to admit it ; fo that when they are with part of the Woodto it, in Form of an join’d, the Tongue will prevent their flipping, Efcutcheon: ‘This done, you muft with your and the Graft will more clofely unite with the Knife pull off that Part of the Wood which was Stock. Having thus plac’d them exaétly toge- taken with the Bud, obferving whether the ther, you muft tie them with fome Bafs, or Eye of the Bud be Jeft to it, or not; (for other foft Tying ; then cover the Place with all thofe Buds which lofe their Eyes in ftripGrafting Clay, to prevent the Air from entring ping, fhould be thrown away, being goodfor to dry the Wound, or the Wet from getting nothing): Thenhaving gently rais’d the Bark in to rot the Stock: you fhould alfo fix a of the Stock with the fat Haft of your PenStake into the Ground to which that Part knife clear to the Wood, you fhould thruft of the Stock, as alfo the Graft, fhould be the Budtherein, obferving to place it fmooth faften’d, to prevent the Wind from breaking between the Rind and the Wood ofthe Stock, them afunder , which is often the Cafe, when cutting off any part of the Rind belonging to this Precaution is not obferv’d. the Bud, which may be too long for the Slit In this manner they are to remain about made in the Stock, and fo having exaétly fitfour Months, in which Time theywill be fuf- ted the Bud to the Stock, you muft tie them ficiently united ; and the Graft may then be clofely round with Bafs-mat, beginning at the cut from the Mother-Tree, obferving to flope Under-part of the Slit, and fo proceed to the it off clofe to the Stock: And if at this time Top, taking Care that you do not bind round youcover the join’d Parts with freth Grafting the Eye of the Bud, which fhould be left Clay, it will be of great Service to the Graft. This Operation is always perform’d in April or May, that the Graft may unite with the Stock before the fucceeding Winter, and is c only practis’\d upon Oranges, Myrtles, ; > Wall-Nuts, Firs, Pines, and {everal other Trees, which will not fucceed by commonGrafting or Budding. But altho’ I have mention'd Orauge-Trees amongft the reft, yet I would by no means advil this Pra@tice where the Trees are defign’d to grow large, which, this Method, they rarely ever will do; and it is chiefly pra@tis’d upon thofe Trees only as a Curiofity, to have a young Plant with Fruit upon it, ina Year or two from Seed, by inarching a bearing Branchinto a young Stock, open. When your Buds have been inoculated three Weeks or a Month, you will fee which of them are taken ; thofe of them which appear fhrivell’d and black, being dead; but thofe which remain frefh and plump, you may depend, are join’d: And at this Time you fhould loofen the Bandage, which, if not done in Time, will pinch the Stock, and greatly injure, if not deftroy, the Bud. The March following you muft cut off the Stock about three Inches above the Bud, floping it, thar the Wet may pafs off, and not enter the Stock : To this Part of the Stock left above the Bud, it is very proper to faften the Shoot which proceeds from the Bud, and whereby it is effeted: yet thefe Plants are would be in danger of being blown out, if feldom long-liv’d. not prevented: but this muft continue on no Oooo longer |