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The PraBice of Gardening. 177
open Air, its Fault is, that it is fbmewhat fubjecl to grow
Yellow.
The Trees moft proper for Porticos, Colonades, Arcades,
Peers, Cabinets and Green Galleries, are the Horn-beam, the
Lime-Tree and the Elm. The Nature of Horn-beam makes
it fit for Hedges, being full of Branches to the very Foot, and
requiring to have its head cut, withoutwhichitis apt toperifh.
The Lime-Tree naturally bends and takes any Form you
pleafe to give it, and by its great number of Branches makes
a very thick tufted head. But the Male Elm, as we call it,
is preferable to either of theie, being capable of all Sorts of
Figures, growing very fait, being lefs fubjecf to grow bare and
to perifh than the Horn-beam ; lefs liable to break than the
Lime, and more eafy to take in any lort of Ground. All the
fault of the * Elm is, that it is a much greater charge to keep *M the beau-
dipt than the others : By reafon it is continually putting out ^/^ **
little Shoots which deviate from the Contour of the Arches, planted -with
and from the Upright of the Pilafters. f.ms "nd
For fiich Squares of Wood as you would have fhoot up
very high, all the Trees before mention'd may be employed
in them; however, thofe that are molt efteemed, are the
Oak, Elm, Chefnut, Beech, and Horn-beam, which grow
very tall, form a beautiful Covert, and are very profitable.
For planting Thickets and Under-wood at the Foot of the
great Trees, the Horn-beam, Maple, Filberd, Lime-Tree,
and White-Thorn, are the beft, and make the moft bufhy
Heads; however, all Plants in general are not improper for
thisUfe.
I n low and marfhy Places you may' plant Afp, Poplar,
Birch, and Alder, as beft for the high Trees, and fine Walks,
and fill up with Oziers, Willow, Cane-Withy, Hafel, &c.
A s for what concerns Woods of Ever-Greens ; Cyprefs,
Fir, Pine, Picea, and Scarlet-Oak, fhould be chofen to make
the Walks, and tall Wood within, as being thofe that fhoot
the higheft, and moft upright. You may plant the Palifades
or Hedges with Yew, Box, Phyllirea, and Cyprefs; and the
Thickets with Juniper, Savine, Lawrel, Alaternus, Holly,
and other Ever-Greens above mention'd.
All ever-green Trees and Shrubs, to be good, fhould be of
a deep and Yery lively green inclining to a dark, without look-
A a ing
open Air, its Fault is, that it is fbmewhat fubjecl to grow
Yellow.
The Trees moft proper for Porticos, Colonades, Arcades,
Peers, Cabinets and Green Galleries, are the Horn-beam, the
Lime-Tree and the Elm. The Nature of Horn-beam makes
it fit for Hedges, being full of Branches to the very Foot, and
requiring to have its head cut, withoutwhichitis apt toperifh.
The Lime-Tree naturally bends and takes any Form you
pleafe to give it, and by its great number of Branches makes
a very thick tufted head. But the Male Elm, as we call it,
is preferable to either of theie, being capable of all Sorts of
Figures, growing very fait, being lefs fubjecf to grow bare and
to perifh than the Horn-beam ; lefs liable to break than the
Lime, and more eafy to take in any lort of Ground. All the
fault of the * Elm is, that it is a much greater charge to keep *M the beau-
dipt than the others : By reafon it is continually putting out ^/^ **
little Shoots which deviate from the Contour of the Arches, planted -with
and from the Upright of the Pilafters. f.ms "nd
For fiich Squares of Wood as you would have fhoot up
very high, all the Trees before mention'd may be employed
in them; however, thofe that are molt efteemed, are the
Oak, Elm, Chefnut, Beech, and Horn-beam, which grow
very tall, form a beautiful Covert, and are very profitable.
For planting Thickets and Under-wood at the Foot of the
great Trees, the Horn-beam, Maple, Filberd, Lime-Tree,
and White-Thorn, are the beft, and make the moft bufhy
Heads; however, all Plants in general are not improper for
thisUfe.
I n low and marfhy Places you may' plant Afp, Poplar,
Birch, and Alder, as beft for the high Trees, and fine Walks,
and fill up with Oziers, Willow, Cane-Withy, Hafel, &c.
A s for what concerns Woods of Ever-Greens ; Cyprefs,
Fir, Pine, Picea, and Scarlet-Oak, fhould be chofen to make
the Walks, and tall Wood within, as being thofe that fhoot
the higheft, and moft upright. You may plant the Palifades
or Hedges with Yew, Box, Phyllirea, and Cyprefs; and the
Thickets with Juniper, Savine, Lawrel, Alaternus, Holly,
and other Ever-Greens above mention'd.
All ever-green Trees and Shrubs, to be good, fhould be of
a deep and Yery lively green inclining to a dark, without look-
A a ing