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Show PE PE Years, without taking thementirely up, or by digging away the Gravel from their Roots, and adding a large Quantity of frefh Ea rth, that may ‘afford ‘them a Sup ply of a ee But where a Perfon intends to plant Fruit- Fruit will aly San and Air, PE be equally expos’d to the by which it will be kept in a conftant and equal State of Growing ; never to dig into the ‘Gravel but, on the contrary, to raife the Borders, at leaft two whereas when they are over-fhadow’d by luxuriant Branches for fome Time, and afterfp to the Sun, by cutting off thofe Branches, their Skins will grow tough, and the Fruit be greatly retarded in ite Feet above it, with good frefh Earth, which, Growth. Trees upon fuch a Soil, I would advife him if made of a confiderable Width, fo that their Roots may have Room to extend themfelves upon the Gravel, they will enjoy the kindly Influences of the Sun and Showers, and produce de HICAKE well-flavour’d Fruit in plenty. But if the Unfruitfulnefs of the Trees do not proceed fromanyofthe before-mention’d Caufes, and is the Effect of unkindly Seafons ; thenthe beft Methodyet known, is, in frofty dry Weather, whenlittle Dewfalls, to fprinkle the Br enches of the Trees gently with Water in the Bloffoming-feafon ; and while the young--fet Fruit is tender, (which fhould always be done before Noon, that the Moifture may evaporate before the Night comes on); and if in the Night you carefully cover the Trees with Mats, Canvas, or fome fuch light Coverin it will be of great Service to them: However, where the Trees are ftrong and vigorous, they are not fo liable to fi by a fmall Inclemency, as are thofe which are w fo that there will be few Seafons in which there may not be el of a moderate Quantity from them, tho’ there fhould be no Covering ufed. When your Fruit is fet, and grown to the Bignefs of a Small-Nut, you fhould go over the Trees, andthin aa leaving ’emat leaft five or fix Inches afunder; for when they are permitted to remain in Bunches, as they are often produced, the NourifhmsPoe wnich fhould be npr wholly to the Fruits defign’d to ftand, will be equally fpent amongft the whole Number, a great Part of which muft be afterwards pull’d off; fo that the fooner this is done, the better it will be for the remaining Fruit: And if it fhould fometimes happen that a Part 2dly, By rubbing off and difplacing irregular “Shoots as they are produced, therewill be no need to ufe a Knife to thefe Trees ig Summer, which is what they are often greatly injured by 3 for when there are large Wounds made on thele Trees, efpecially in Summer, it weakens them very much. Befides, (as I before faid), by doing this early, the Sap of the Trees is not employ’d to nourifhutelels Branches. 3dly, I would advife, Never to fhorten any of the Branches in Summer, unlefs it be to procure fome Side-fhoots to fill up a Vacancy of the Wall; and this fhould never bedone 5 becanle the Shoots p i ae Time are never duly ripen’d, and fo are no better than autumnal Branches. Whenthefe Rules are duly executed, there will be no Occafion to pull off the L of the Trees, to admit the Sun to the Fruit, which is too often practis’d; for if we con- fider, that the Leaves areabfolutely neceflary to cherifh the Bloffom-br which are always form’d at the Foot-ftalks of the Leaves; fo, by pulling them offbefore they have per the Office affign’ d ’em by ee is doing great Injury to the Trees: therefore I caution every one againft that P: ae PERSICARIA, [fo call’d, becaufe its Leaves refemble a Peach; It is alfo calld Hydro-piper, of Séoe Water, and aime Pepper, becaufe it is an Aquatick Plant, andhas the Tafte of Pepper.] Arfmart. The Charaéfersare; of thofe left by any Accident fhould be de- It is a Plant with anSegalous Flower, baving feveral Staminc Chi which ar ftroy’d, from yet the remaining ones will be much the i the larger and better-tafted for it, and the Trees will gain more Strength ; for a moderate in the Capfule i f which was 1 Tt bath may be ad -cup: To which ] in Jointed Stalks, and the Flowers are producea great Crop; the Fruit, when but few, will be much larger, better-tafted, and the Trees ire Species are 5 I in a Condition to bear well the fucceeding C.B.P. 1, Pons mitis, maculofa. Years: whereas when they € over-charg’d with Fruit, itis always fmall, ill-tafted, and Dead, or Spotted Arfmart 2s Pennine vulg acris, feu Hydro the Trees are generally fo much weaken’d thereby, as not to be in a Condition for bear- piper. F.B. Water--pepper> La “e-weed, 0 Arfmart. ing well for three or four Years after. So ia that, upon the Whole, it is much better to 3. Persicarsa ; major, lapathi folis, have a leffer Number ofFruit, than is com- floris purpureo. Tourn. Greater Arfmart, with monly efteem’d a Crop, than to have too Dock-leaves, and a purple Flower-cup4. Persicarta; Orientalis, Nic Lali many, fince the Fruit, and alfo the Trees, are benefited thereby. calice florum purpureo. T. Cor. Eaftern Arianart The farther Biesegeneet of Peach-trees in with a Tobacco-leaf, and a purple FlowerSummer \ have already mention’d, and fhall cup. of this Plant, only add a Word or two more upon that There are feveral other S/ and DungHeadin this Place: which grow wild upon moift Soils ift, That the Shoots being regularly hills in divers Parts of England: but as they trainoq to the Wall as they are produc?d, the are rarely cultivated in Garden Quantity of Fruit is always preferable to a s, and ia Plants of no Ufe at prefent, fo I omit enumerating of them in this Place. }he two firft Sorts here tmention’d are ometimes ufed in Medicine; the latter of which isa very fharp acrid Plant, from whence it had its Nameof 77 ter-peppe 3 This is a perennial Plant, gr in great Plenty oh the Sides of Ditche°$, and in moift Places, almoft in every Part of Eng is a very bad Weed, ifonce it gets Pol fon in a Garden ; oe the Roots extend themfelves greatly under-gtound, and arife from every Joint (as doth Gorcl that it is with great Difficulty ex 3) fe The firft is an annual Plant, that propa= es itfelf in gréat Plenty from Seeds, which ng upon the Ground, rife in the {ucceedg Spring, and fpread over the Ground, where-ever they are permitted to grow; fo that they fhould not be fuffer’d to remain in Gaardens; T hefe are both gather’d in the ot Vatiety; it making a handfome rance during the Seafon of its FlowerThis may be propagated by fowing the Seeds upon a Bed of rich moift Earth in Autumn, foon after they are ripe, and the Plants will come up the Spring following, when they maybe tranfplanted into the Borders where they are to remain: ‘This is alfo an annual Whenthe Plants begin to afpire upward (which is commonly in Fuly) their Sidefhoots fhould be pruned off, to make them advance in Height, and preferve themwithir Compafs; otherwife they are very fubje@t to branch out widely on ev Side, fo as to become troublefome in a Garden; but when they are pruned up regularly five or fix Feet high, they mayafterwards be permitted to fhoot out Side-branches; fince thofe which are produced above that Height, will never be very long or troublefome, but will add to the Beauty of the Plant: This delights in a rich moift Soil, upon which it will grow to a prodigious Height; it produces its Flowers in September, which continue in Beauty ur Froft deftroys ’em. PERVINCA; [focall’d, of perv to overcome throughly, betaufe refifts the Winter’s Cold: It is alfo call’d Cle Se GE Kris to climb, becaufethis Plant climbs upon thofe Plants which grow near it. It is alfo call'd Daphnoides, of Daphne a La becaufe its Leaves refemble the Laurel, It was call’d Vinca, becaufe Girdles were made of it at Weddings, or becau fe itis 1 good for Virgin Ground, and Adena Laurel, q.d by becaufeit lies on the Ground, and its Leaves refemble a Laurel.] Per Plant, which requires to be fown every Year, or the Seeds permitted to fhed, which will grow better than thofe which are fown by Art The fourth Sort was brought from the a Country by Nag Tournefort, to the a at Paris, from whenceit liath nicated to feveral Parts of in the Fe of a Salver, and is cut broad Segments: The Pointal, w i he Centre of the Flower-cup, becomes a F Co ee 0 ‘two Husks caraev3 j it This5 Plant (though but an Annual) doth|grow to be ten or “twelve Feet higt 2 out+ Roots 1 divides into feveral Branch sf each of h produces a beautiful Spike of purple their Extremities in the Autumn; y reen Leaves, and rand Figure in ge Garde ns, late in the Seafon, ater Plants are in Beauty. hereoffhould be fown in Autumn as as they are ripe; orif they are permiton the Ground, the Plants will come following better than when they 1 ian by Art, (as was before obferved) ; for if the Seeds are fown in the Spring, it is ty rare that any of them fucceed ; and if ew Plants do comeupfromthofe Seeds wn at that Seafon, they feldom grow near trong as thofe *which are produced from Seeds whichfell in Autumn ; fo that there sno other Culture required to this Plant, but {plant them out in the Spring re are defign’d to ftand, which fhould bein ¢ Gardens, giving them great Space; for are placed near other Plants, they will ‘em entirely from the Sun, and, by con ripping upon them, will greatly injure andif they dt 1eir Beauty y diminifhe The Species are ; Pervinca ; vulgaris, Tourn. Common kle, with a blue Flo PERVINGCA 3 Vulga Common white Flower. 3. PERVINCA ritleo. Tourn. Greate‘Per Flower. 4. Pervinca; rubente. Tourn, Common Periwi reddifh Flower. vulg pleno, pate purpu Per , with a double Flo purple Colour. PervINCA 3 anguftifolia, aureo 3 2 5 withyellowftri ex eminent inkle, with Thefir Sort grows Raghth j, and is not Gardens at prefe 6K Common of a deep . Boerb. Ind. Com filver-ftrip'd Leaves wild in divers Parts of fo much cultivated in i |