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Show PR PR SEE Se The eleventh and twelfth Sorts are Varieties which were produc’d from Seeds of the former ; but the laft is, at prefent, very rare in England. ‘Thefe may be propagated by parting their Roots at Michaelmas, and fhould be planted on a ftrong Soil, and expos'd to the Morning-Sun. The feveral Varieties of Polyanthus’s are produc’d by fowing of Seeds, which fhould be fav’d from fuch Flowers as have good Pro- Border changed, otherwife they will. de- generate and lofe the greateft Part of their Beauty. If you intend to fave Seeds, which is the Method to obtain a great Variety, you mutt mark fuch of them, which, as I {aid before. have good Properties: Thefe fhould be, if poffible, feparated from all ordinary Flowers for if they ftand furrounded with plain-colour'd Flowers, they will impregnate each other, perties, 7. ¢. fuch as have large upright Stems, wherebythe Seeds of the valuable Flowers will not be near fo good, asif the Plants had been producing many Flowers upon a Stalk, the Flowers large, beautifully ftrip’d, and that in a feparate Border where no ordinary Flowers open flat: From the Seeds of fuch Flowers, grew ; therefore the beft Way is to take out there is room to hope for a great Variety of the Roots of iuch as you donot efteem, fo foon as the Flowers open, and plant them in good Sorts. Thefe Seeds fhould be fown in Boxes fill’d another Place, that there maybenone left in with light rich Earth, in December, being very the Border, but {uch as you would chule for careful not to bury the Seed too deep, forif it Seeds The Flowersof thefe fhould not be gathered, be only cover’d with light Earth it will be fuf ficient: Thefe Boxes fhould be plac’d where except fuch as are produced fingly upon Pes dicles, leaving all fuch as grow in large they mayreceive the Benefit of the MorningSun until ten of the Clock, but muft by no Bunches ; and if the Seafon fhould prove dry, means be expos’d to the Heat of the Day, you muft now and then refrefh them with efpecially when the Plants begin to appear, for Water, which will caufe their Seeds to be at that time one whole Day’s Sunwill intirely larger and in greater Quantity, than if they deftroy them: In the Spring, if the Seafon were intirely neglected. Towards the latter fhould prove dry, you muft often refrefh them End of May the Seed will be ripe, which may with Water ; and as the Heat increafes, fo be eafily known bythe Pods changing brown you fhould remove the Boxes more in the and opening ; fo that you fhould at that Time look over it three times a Week, gathering Shade,for the Heat is very injurious to them. In May thefe Plants will be ftrong enough each time fuch of it as is ripe, which fhould to plant out ; at which time you fhould pre- be laid upon a Paper todry, and may then be pare fome fhady Borders, which fhould be put up unti] the Seafon of fowing. made rich; upon which you muft fet the Plants PRIMROSE-TREE ; vide Onagra. about four Inches afunder, obferving to water them until they have taken Root; after which PRIVET ; vide Liguftrum. they will require no farther Care but to keep them clear from Weeds, until the latter End PRUNING OF TREES: There is not of Augujt following ; when youfhould prepare fome Borders, which are expos'd to the Eaft, any Part of Gardening, which is of more with good light rich Earth, into which you general Ufe than that of Pruning ; and yetit muft tranfplant your Polyanthus’s, placing is very rare to fee Fruit-Trees skilfully mathem fix Inches afunder equally in Rows, ob- nag’d ; almoft every Gardener will pretend to ferving, if the Seafon proves dry, to water be a Mafter of this Bufinefs, though there are them until they have taken Root. In thefe but few who rightly underftand ir ; norisit Borders your Plants will flower the fucceeding to be learn’d by Rote, but requires a ftriét Spring ; at which time you muft obferve to Obfervation of the different manners of Growth mark {uch of them which are fine, to preferve, of the feveral Sorts of Fruit Trees ; fome reand the reft maybe tran{planted into Wilder- quiring to be manag’d one way, and others neffes, and other fhady Places in the Garden ; muft be treated ina quite different Method, where, although they are not very valuable which is only to be known from carefully obFlowers, they will afford an agreeable Variety. ferving how each Kindis naturally difpos'd t Thotfe which you intend to preferve, may produce its Fruit : For fome Sorts do produce be removed foonafter they have done flower- their Fruit on the fame Year’s Wood, as Vines 5 ing (provided you do not intend to fave Seeds others produce their Fruit, for the moft parts from them) and maybe thenparted and tranf- upon the former Year’s Wood, as Peaches, planted into a freth Border of the like rich Neéfarines, &c. and others upon Curfons oF Earth, allowing them the fame Diftance as Spurs, which are produced upon Wood ie? before ; obferving alfo to water them until three, four, orfive Years old, as Pears, Plums they have taken Root, after which they will Cherries, &c. therefore in order to the r require nofarther Care, but only to keep them Management of Fruit-Trees, there fho clean from Weeds ; and the following Spring always be Provifion made to have ! theywill produce ftrong Flowers ; and if the Quantity of bearing Wood, in ever} Kinds are good, will be little inferjor to a the Trees, and ar the fame time, ther Shew of Auricula’s not be a Superfluity of ufelefs Branc Thefe Roots fhould be conftantly removed would exhauft the Strength of th and parted every Year, and the Earth of the caufé them to decay in a few ¥ w PR PLR The Reafons which have been laid down for Pruning of Fruit-T rees, are as follow ; Firft, to preferve Trees longer in a vigorous bearing ; the fecondis, to render the Trees more autiful tothe Eye; and thirdly, to caufe the Fruit to be larger and better tafted. 1. It preferves a Tree longer in a healthy bearing State, by Pr Branches, whereby there g off all fuperfluous are no more left up- on the Tree than is neceffary, or that the Roots can nourifh kindly ; fo that the Root is not exhaufted in fupplying ufelefs Branches, which muft afterwards be cut out, andthereby confequently much of the Sap expendedto no Purpofe. 2. By skilful Pruning of a Tree, it is in Winter to get a Gardener to prune them, it is fufficient: But this is a very great Miltake ; for the greateft Care ought to be employed about them in the Spring, when the Trees are in vigorous Growth; which is the only proper Seafon, to procure a Quantity of good Wood in the different Parts of the Tree, and to difplace all ufelefs Branches, fo foon as they are produced, whereby the Vigour of the Tree will be intirely diftributed to fuch Branches only, as are defign’d to remain, which will render them ftrong, and more capable to produce good Fruit; whereas, ifall the Branches are permitted to remain, which are produced, fome of the more vigorous will attraét the I would not be underftood to be an Advocate greateft Share of the Sap from the Tree, whereby they will be too luxuriant for producing Fruit, and the greateft Part of the for a Sort of Pruning, which I have feen too muchpractis’d of late, viz. the drawing of a other Shoots will be ftarved, and rendered fo weak, as not to be able to produce any thing regular Line againft the Wall, according to the Shape or Figure they would reduce the elfe but Bloffoms and Leaves (as hath been Tree to, and cut all the Branches, whether itrong or weak, exactly to the chalk’d Line; Perfon, let him be ever fo well skill’d in FruitTrees, to reduce them into anytolerable Order the Abfurdity of which Pra@tice, by Winter-pruning only, neglected in the Spring. rendered much more pleafing to the Eye; but will foon appear to every one who will be at the Pains of obferving the Difference of thofe Branches fhooting the fucceeding Spring. All therefore that mean by rendring a Tree beautiful is, that the Branches are all prum’d according to their feveral Strengths, and are nail’d at e Diftances, in proportionto thediff of their Leaves and Fruit ; and that no Part of the Wall (fo far as the Trees are advanc’d) be left unfurnifhed with bearing Wood. A Tree well manag’d, thoughit does not reprefent any regular Figure, yet will appear very beautiful to the Sight, whenit is thus drefs’d and nail’d to the Wall. 3. It is of great Advantage to the Fruit 5 for the cutting awayall ufelefs Branches, and hortening all the bearing Shoots, according to the Strength of the Tree, does render the Tree 1 - capable to nourifh thofe which are } g, fo thatthe Fruit will be much ! and better tafted. And this is the ntage which thofe Trees againft Walls or shave, to fuch as are Standards, and Permitted to growas they are naturally in3 for it is not their being trained either \ Nall or Efpalier, which renders their { fo much better than Standards, but be- have a lefs Quantity of Branches - their Roots to nourifh, and fo their Fruit will be larger and 1, Reafons for being thus exthe next Thing is the Method of ing it; but this being fully handled Articles of the diff not repeat it again in ore fhall only ad fome ich are neceffary before-mentioned) fo that it is impoffible for a if they are wholly There are others, who do not intirely negleé&t their Trees during the Summer Seafon, as thofe before-mentioned ; but yet dolittle more good to them by what they call Summer-pruning; for thefe Perfons neglect their Trees at the proper Seafon, which is in May, when their Shoots are produced, anddo only about Midfummer go over them, nailing in all their Branches, except fuch as are produced foreright from the Wall, which they cut out; and at the fame time dooften fhorten moft of the other Branches; all which is intirely wrong Praétice; for thofe Branches whichare in- tendedforbearing the fucceeding Year, fhould not be fhortened during the Time of their Growth, whichwill caufe them to produce two lateral Shoots from the Eyes belowthe Place where they were ftopp’d, which Shoots will draw muchof the Strength from the Buds of the firft Shoot, whereby they are often flat, and do not produce their Bloffoms, andif thofe two lateral Shoots are not intirely cut away at the Winter-j they will prove injurious to the Tree. And in this Method, fuffering thofe luxuriant Shoots to remain upon the Tree until Mid/ummer before they aredifplaced, they will exhauft a great Share of the Nourifhment from the other Branches(as was before obferved) and by fhading the Fruit all the Spring Seafon, when they are cut away, and the other Branches faftened to the Wall, the Fruit by being fo fuddenly expofed, will receive a very great Check, which will caufe their Skins to grow tough, and thereby render them lefs del This is to be chiefly ur {tood of Fruit and Grapes; but Pe and Apples being much ha , do not fuffer rto the right Ma- fo much, though it is a great Difadvantage to Perfons who fuppofe, that but kept up to the the Summer-feafon, y great Diforder, and that Peach rries and Plums, are hen theyare Knife ; for where thefe Trees |
