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7he Practice of Gardening, 175
Elms, when well kept, grow very tall and lofty ; they put
out beautiful Leaves, and are withal very lailing: Walks
of Limes are^ iikewife very handfome, efpecially when they
are Dutch Limes. Thefe Trees are known to moot up very
high, they have Vimooth Bark, an agreeable Leaf, and yield
abundance of Flowers that imell very iweet; befides which,
they are liibjecl to no Sort of Vermin. Thefe are the two
Kinds of Trees I advile you conftantly to make uie of, pre-
ferably to the Horfe-Chefhut, nctwithftanding it is lb much
in famiom I cannot deny but the Horfe-Gheihut is a hand-
fome-Tree; 'tis certain it grows very ffcrait, has a fine Body,
a polifiYd Bark, and a beautiful large Leaf ; but the Filth
it makes continually in the Walks; by the Fall of its Flowers
in the Spring, its Husks and Fruit in the Summer, and its
Leaves in the Beginning of Autumn, mightily leffens its Merit:
Add to this, that k is very iubjed to May-Bugs and'Cater-
pillars, which often {trip it quite naked in the Summer-time;
that its Shade, as is pretended at leaft, is very unwholeibme;
that it grows but to a moderate Stature, lafts but a very little
while, and that its Timper is of no manner of Profit.
I n Avenues that lie in open Fields, we make ufe of Elms
or Chdhut-Trees, and inmoift Grounds, of Willows, Aipen-
Trees, &c.
You lhould obferve never to plant Elms too near Kitchen-
Gardens, Fruit-Trees or Flower-Borders, becaule their Roots
which run along the Ground devour every thing, and the
Fruit and Flowers will never thrive as they ought. In their
place you may put Lime-Trees and Horfe-Chefnuts, whole
Roots take up but little room.
The right way of choofing Elms, Limes, Horfe-Chef-
nuts, and generally all the Trees above-mention'd, confifts
in the three following Obfervations, which contain all that can
be faid upon this Subject
The firft is to examine if a Tree be ftrait, of a fine Stem,
of a bright and imooth Rind free from Mois; if it have good
Store of Roots, and very fibrous; if it be well drawn,.
without breaking or wronging the greater Roots- You
ean't- be deceived in believing a Tree in this Condition;,
good, fince it has all the Qualities requilite to make it, irr
Timej a- fine Tree. But, if the Plant be crooked, lhorty
and.
Elms, when well kept, grow very tall and lofty ; they put
out beautiful Leaves, and are withal very lailing: Walks
of Limes are^ iikewife very handfome, efpecially when they
are Dutch Limes. Thefe Trees are known to moot up very
high, they have Vimooth Bark, an agreeable Leaf, and yield
abundance of Flowers that imell very iweet; befides which,
they are liibjecl to no Sort of Vermin. Thefe are the two
Kinds of Trees I advile you conftantly to make uie of, pre-
ferably to the Horfe-Chefhut, nctwithftanding it is lb much
in famiom I cannot deny but the Horfe-Gheihut is a hand-
fome-Tree; 'tis certain it grows very ffcrait, has a fine Body,
a polifiYd Bark, and a beautiful large Leaf ; but the Filth
it makes continually in the Walks; by the Fall of its Flowers
in the Spring, its Husks and Fruit in the Summer, and its
Leaves in the Beginning of Autumn, mightily leffens its Merit:
Add to this, that k is very iubjed to May-Bugs and'Cater-
pillars, which often {trip it quite naked in the Summer-time;
that its Shade, as is pretended at leaft, is very unwholeibme;
that it grows but to a moderate Stature, lafts but a very little
while, and that its Timper is of no manner of Profit.
I n Avenues that lie in open Fields, we make ufe of Elms
or Chdhut-Trees, and inmoift Grounds, of Willows, Aipen-
Trees, &c.
You lhould obferve never to plant Elms too near Kitchen-
Gardens, Fruit-Trees or Flower-Borders, becaule their Roots
which run along the Ground devour every thing, and the
Fruit and Flowers will never thrive as they ought. In their
place you may put Lime-Trees and Horfe-Chefnuts, whole
Roots take up but little room.
The right way of choofing Elms, Limes, Horfe-Chef-
nuts, and generally all the Trees above-mention'd, confifts
in the three following Obfervations, which contain all that can
be faid upon this Subject
The firft is to examine if a Tree be ftrait, of a fine Stem,
of a bright and imooth Rind free from Mois; if it have good
Store of Roots, and very fibrous; if it be well drawn,.
without breaking or wronging the greater Roots- You
ean't- be deceived in believing a Tree in this Condition;,
good, fince it has all the Qualities requilite to make it, irr
Timej a- fine Tree. But, if the Plant be crooked, lhorty
and.