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Show LA People of Fafhion to folace themfelves in fuch LA Country between their Stems, LE efpecially if their Heads are pruned up to a reafonable Rooms, then the Afternoon Sun will not be offenfive to thofe Rooms; nor will the Profpect be interrupted, but render’d more pleafant: whereas, were it on the Weft Side of the Height; but if that Part ofthe Coy ntry upon which you look is not agreeable, then you fhould bound the View witha rifinc Planta - and direétly againft thofe Rooms, would by both hinder the Profpeét; and the Generality of Profpeéts are moft pleafant when the Sun fhines upon them. : Befides, there is another Inconveniency ; if which will be very agreeable. i The Elmisa very proper Treefor planti ng of Lawns, having a fine green Leaf, and if the Ground be natural to it, it will grow to a large Tree and ftrait, ifit be {till kepe Houfe, the Sun, by fhining from the Object, the Lawn be on the Wej/t Side of the Houfe, it will give the more Way to the et Wind (which is commonly the greateft) to injure the Houfe, by its having a free Paflage to it. If the Lawn be on the South Side of the Houfe, it may do well enough, for the Rea- fons before mention’d; for the Sun’s Rays being then darted obliquely, will not much interrupt the Profpect; and the Sun fhining moft part of the Dayonthat Side of the Houfe, will ftilladd to the Beauty of that Front, which ought to be the beft Front in the Houfe ; therefore a Lawn on that Side will much help the Profpect of the Houfe. It will not be at all convenient to have the Lawnon the North Side ofthe Houfe, becaufe it will lay the Houfe too open to the Cold North Winds, &. therefore it will be more eligible to plant Wilderneffes and Woods on the Weft and North Sides of the Houfe. If the Figure of the Houfe be built in this Form, ‘'Z, or any other, the Front may be on both Sides the Houfe alike, making an Angle at the Middle of the Front, or at fome Court Gate right before it, and breaking off at 4 convenient Diftance from the Houfe. As to the Figure of a Lawn, the Square is a very proper one, and if it be bounded with Walks it may not be much amifs, though I rather recommend an open Lawn; but if Perfons chufe to have it bounded, a fingle Row of Lime Trees fet at a good Diftance one from another, will not look amifs, and being fo placed, they will the better thew the Shapeof their Heads ; but however, the Front of the Lawn thould be left open, except the Lawnfall very much from the Houfe, If Perfons will, there may be three Avenues breaking out at three Angles; or one at the Angle oppofite to the Houfe, andif the Lawn be arifing Ground to the Houfe, fome Trees fet thin uponit will not look unpleafant. If the Lawn be a Circle, it may not be amifs; but then it ought to break off before -it comes againft the Front. Neither isa Triangle a very improper Figure fora Lawn, but if fo, the Angle which feads to the Front muft not be too acute; but it fhould rather be obtufe or right-angled, at the Angle that is next to the Front. if the Lawn be bounded with Trees, Lime Trees are very proper for that Purpofe, be- caufe they are Trees that will grow well in any Soil} if Care be taken in the Planting of them; and befides that, all the Trees will gtow ween =o appearing as though they vibe ah : acy are not too thick planted, } ave a Profpeét of the adjoining tion of Trees, formed into an Amphitheatre pruned as it ought to be. The Beech makes a ftately Tree where it likes the Ground, alfo the Chefiut, the Walnut and the Black-Cherry Tree, for where they like the Ground, they are not only quick Growers, but reprefent a very delightful Scene in the Spring, when cloath’d in their white Attire. Firs and Pines do very well, if the Ground be fuitable to them, and thefe being always Green, afford a conftant Pleafure both in Winter and Summer. LAYERS: Many Trees may be propa- gated by Layers, the Ever-greens about Bartholomew-tide, and other Trees about the Month of February. This is to be performed by flitting the Branches alittle way, and laying themunder the Mould about half a Foot; the Ground fhould firft be made very light, andafter they are laid, they fhouldhavea little Watergiven them. Af they do not comply well in the laying of them down, they muft be pege’d down with a Hook or two, andifthey have taken fufficient Root by the next Winter, they muft be cut off from the main Plants, and planted in the Seminary, as is directed about Seedlings. ; Some twift the Branch or bare the Rind, andif it be out of the Reachof the Ground, they faftena Tub or Basket near the Branch, which they fill with good Mould, andlaythe Branchinit. Laying of Trees. : This Operation is thus performed. 1ft, Take fome ofthe Boughs andlay them into the Ground about half a Foot deep in fine frefh Mould, leaving them with the End of the Layer about a Foot, or Foot and a Half out of the Ground, and keep them moitft duri 5 the Summer-feafon; and they will probably have taken, and be fit to remove: and if they have not by that time taken Root, they lie longer, ; 2dly, Tie a Piece of Wire hard round the Bark of the Bough, at the Place you intent to lay in the Ground, and twift the Ends v the Wire, fo that they. may not untic, ate prick the Place above the Wire through ¢ Bark with an Awl in fe lay it into the Ground, as before 3dly, Cut a Slit upwards ata Joint, practifed in laying of Carzatior Gardenersis called Tongy LE nament of the Twigs, andconfift of a very glutinous Matter, being furnifhedevery whe into the Ground asdireétedin the firft Way of with Veins and Nerves, one oftheir Offices Laying. to fubtilize and give more Spirit to the Abunsthly, Cut a Place round about the Bough dance ofnourifhing Sap, and to convey i (that is defign’dto belaid) an Inch or two, the little Buds. at the Place that is moft convenient to lay into A. Simple Leaf, is that whic the Ground, and manage it as is direéted in to the. Middle. the firft Method of Laying. A Compound L is divided 1 feveral The Seafon for laying Hardy Trees that Parts, each refemb ng a fimple Z as in Liquorice, 8c. fhed their Leaves, is in Offober ; but for as are tender, in March, for Ever-greens, A digitated Leafisa compound L 1 Auguft are good Seafons. rites into feveral Parts, all of which meet Though Le may be laid at any Time in at the Tail, as in the Hemp, Bi the Year, yet thofe Seafons before-mentioned &e. are moft proper, for the Reafons following ; A Tri becaufe they have the whole Winter. and Sum fifting of thr ngers, mer to prepare and draw Root; for at the A qite} ted Le Times of the Year the Sunhas fufficient Power confifting of five Fing: folium. onthe Sap of the Tree to feed the Leaf an: Bud; but has not Powerfufficient to make A. Pennated Leaf, isa compound L Shoot. into feveral Parts (each of which is called a And if that {mall Quantity of Sap that does Lobe) placed along the middle Rib, eitheralterarife be hindred, as it will by fome of the pre- nately, or by Pairs. When the middle Ri ceding Ways of Layi es and Buds is terminated by an odd Lobe, it i will gently crave of the Layer, and by that be # } as in the Goats swill prepare the Layerto take Root, or &c. and equall) 1 » when it is not Roots alittle to maintain itfelf, find minated by an odd Lobe, as in the Ca/ when annot have it from the Mother-Plant. the Lobes are all nearly of the fame Form and 1 therefore, becaufe it wants but little Bignefs, itis called an uniform j at that Time of the Year, it is as in the Liquorice; when they ter to lay Layers of Trees, or to fet CutZ e Difform, as in the Agrimonia. s, than at other Times, either in the Winnged Leaf is, as it were, divided into ter when theSap ftirs but little, or in the Sum- feveral pennated Leaves, as in the Orobus, &c mer whenthe Sap abounds, or in the Spri A Ramofe Leaf that which is ftill farther when it begins to rife, becaufe it is t divided than the ged Leaf, as in the Ofm to come too fud jraw Sap from the al, Female Fern, &c. Layer, before as drawn or prepared Ani Leaf or Lobe, is that which has no for Root. Divifion on its Edges, as in the . Howeverth mer may do well A finu Leaf is that whi becaufe fuch Plants being the Edges into feveral long Segments, as iraw Root thequicker, Commen Ma Trees from an A Serrated Leaf is that which is cut about hich cannot be the Edges into feveral acute Segments, refemthen you mutt bling the Tecth of a Saw, asin the le, &c, Boxes or Pots, zi ue uf is that which is cut mix’d with a veral oblufe Segments, as in the i will keep Betony, &c. i Root ; A Laciniated or Fags af is that which is upon a cut about the Edges into feveral pretty deep 3 muit be Portions, in an gular manner, as in the four firft Ways Horned P. ead muft not be are a Partof a Plant that is ordinarily ed by the Wind, or very thin and flat, growing in the Spring, and tho’ re fome otion rub off the r Root; falling off at the Autumn; Boughs « the lefs Way Plants without U u Ground, and Mu/fhrooms. As to the Struét: Dr. Grew to keep them clear from obferyves, That their Fibres never ftand on the the. better will Stalk in even Line, but always in an anRoot; but if the Wood A ular or circular Pofture; and their Vafcular F gh zhs will take Root the ‘ibres or Threads are three, five, or feven The Reafon of which Pofition, is for the more erect Growth and greater Strength of the ed to be a Part of a Leaf. 7th and Breadth, in Another Obfervable in the Fibres of Leaves, de diftinguith- is, their orderly Pofition, fo as to take in an hey are properly the Eighth Part of a Circle, as in Mallows; in 4thly, Twift the Place that you defign to lay in the Ground like a Withy, and layit Branch, and the Or- fome a tenth, and in moft a twelfth Part. XxxxX Dry. Grew |
