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The Pra&ice of Gardening. i'8l
I N Borders the Yews are generally fet at 12 Foot diftance,
with a Shrub between ; but this Rule can't be follow'd
where the Borders are cut, or where they are in Comparti-
ment; you mufi then be governed by the Defign, and con-
fine yourfelf to certain ftated Places.
You muft obferve, in Borders that are twifting and cir-
cular, to plant the Yews in the Middle, at equal Diftances
one from another, and as upright as poffible by your Eye,
which is the iureft Method, having no Range to take, and
the Line being of no fervice. You will find in this Part
the Flowers that are proper for them with their Culture,
This is all the Difficulty in Parterres, which muft not be
clipped till the fecond Year after they are planted, that the
Box may take Root, and gather Strength. You then revifit
your Parterre from one End to the other, and new furnifh
with Box, the Places that require it. They make ufe of
Shears for clipping the * Box of Parterres, which fhould be * Gcvd Garden
cut clofe without difbrdering or varying from the Defign: In *J£fl*^.
and Borders ftraight Edgings of Box, you may itrain a Line times-mendtfo-
to clip them by. ; ££J g*
The moft proper Time to trim a Parterre, is the Month forbearing
of May; the fineft Parterres are dipt twice a Year, imme- fom* ?l*ce*~>-
diately after the two Seafons of the Rile of the Sap. If the ™hers"ti$,
Ground be lomewhat dry, you muft water the Box well the w the turning
firft Year it is planted, in order to haften its ftriking Root. J* ^j?
The Walks and Counter-Walks, that are to be planted contrary, tbofi
with Elms, Lime-Trees, Horfe-Chefnuts, &c. being drawn that^fsfS'
' . ~ , ' , 1^ \ 3'n t- "rsquite lame
out, you drive Stakes at every \ 12 Poot diltance, to mark a Defign.
the Place of each Tree. This Diftance is a Mean between the + IZ &<f^-
airie Foot from Tree to Tree, allowed by ibme,. which is not „ear 1 ? £»r-
enough, and the 15 or 18 Foot given by others,, which is too Hfifnt.
much; the Diftance of 12 Foot is realbnable, and more
in uie than either of the others.. In Avenues and Walks,
planted in the open Fields, the Trees may be fet at the diftance:
of 18 or 24 Foot,, for the better Husbandry of the Ground,,
in which they are planted.. Thus you have the Advan-
tage above and below. Thele Trees fhould be fecured by
Thorns, or the like, from being injured, by Cattle of niiichie--
Vous People..
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I N Borders the Yews are generally fet at 12 Foot diftance,
with a Shrub between ; but this Rule can't be follow'd
where the Borders are cut, or where they are in Comparti-
ment; you mufi then be governed by the Defign, and con-
fine yourfelf to certain ftated Places.
You muft obferve, in Borders that are twifting and cir-
cular, to plant the Yews in the Middle, at equal Diftances
one from another, and as upright as poffible by your Eye,
which is the iureft Method, having no Range to take, and
the Line being of no fervice. You will find in this Part
the Flowers that are proper for them with their Culture,
This is all the Difficulty in Parterres, which muft not be
clipped till the fecond Year after they are planted, that the
Box may take Root, and gather Strength. You then revifit
your Parterre from one End to the other, and new furnifh
with Box, the Places that require it. They make ufe of
Shears for clipping the * Box of Parterres, which fhould be * Gcvd Garden
cut clofe without difbrdering or varying from the Defign: In *J£fl*^.
and Borders ftraight Edgings of Box, you may itrain a Line times-mendtfo-
to clip them by. ; ££J g*
The moft proper Time to trim a Parterre, is the Month forbearing
of May; the fineft Parterres are dipt twice a Year, imme- fom* ?l*ce*~>-
diately after the two Seafons of the Rile of the Sap. If the ™hers"ti$,
Ground be lomewhat dry, you muft water the Box well the w the turning
firft Year it is planted, in order to haften its ftriking Root. J* ^j?
The Walks and Counter-Walks, that are to be planted contrary, tbofi
with Elms, Lime-Trees, Horfe-Chefnuts, &c. being drawn that^fsfS'
' . ~ , ' , 1^ \ 3'n t- "rsquite lame
out, you drive Stakes at every \ 12 Poot diltance, to mark a Defign.
the Place of each Tree. This Diftance is a Mean between the + IZ &<f^-
airie Foot from Tree to Tree, allowed by ibme,. which is not „ear 1 ? £»r-
enough, and the 15 or 18 Foot given by others,, which is too Hfifnt.
much; the Diftance of 12 Foot is realbnable, and more
in uie than either of the others.. In Avenues and Walks,
planted in the open Fields, the Trees may be fet at the diftance:
of 18 or 24 Foot,, for the better Husbandry of the Ground,,
in which they are planted.. Thus you have the Advan-
tage above and below. Thele Trees fhould be fecured by
Thorns, or the like, from being injured, by Cattle of niiichie--
Vous People..
2> JfK
V