nust be due Time allow'd to do it in, and inter must be very careful in ufing his es and Preparations, and the Labourers ful in opening the Roots; fo that in a ys Time, if there was a fufficient Allowf Men and Money, a House might be afs'd with a full grown Wood, and a compleatly planted with bearing Trees fort of Fruit.

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re is a Piece of Amusement which I have my House several Years, which any Genwho has the Convenience of Water Gates, or running through his Gardens, it up to his Pleasure and Ufe. It is a that goes by Water, being a perpetual in regard it needs no winding up: own it go a Month together without

them, it is now growing, and has several Fruit upon it; but the Method of moving a Tree in this State to a little Distance, is very different to the moving a Tree with Fruit upon it.

In the doing of this Work, a Gardener must firft be very cautious in applying the Mixture of Gums, and that he does not use that kind of Mixture which is made for Kernel or Pepin Fruit, to a Stone Fruit-tree, or the contrary.

Secondly, He must take care to plaister the wounded Parts of the great Roots as foon as each of them is clear of the Earth, and if the Trees are to be carried to any great Distance, to anoint their Roots as foon as poffible with the viscous Preparation, for in hot Weather they will dry in a Minute.

Thirdly, If the Soil they are to be planted in be a Clay, we are not to make the Holes for the Trees in the Clay; for though we make them twenty Foot wide, and were to fill them with the best fifted Earth with Water, the Tree will decline in the Winter, though it will not fail when we plant it in the Summer. In the Letter concerning Mr. Potter's Ranuncula's, we may see the Reason.

With the like Success have I transplanted two or three Elms about thirty Foot high, fo that there has been no Appearance of their Removal; their Leaves have remain'd green and bright, and are now profperous; their Heads are full, and they afford as much Shade fince their Removal as they did before; and by the fame Rule I am fatisfied, that there is not a Tree in England which is found, and is not of more Weight than can be tranfported from Place to Place, but might be tranfplanted with the fame Safety as one might plant a Cabbage Plant; but

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there must be due Time allow'd to do it in, and the Planter must be very careful in using his Mixtures and Preparations, and the Labourers as careful in opening the Roots; so that in a few Days Time, if there was a fufficient Allowance of Men and Money, a House might be encompass'd with a full grown Wood, and a Garden compleatly planted with bearing Trees of every fort of Fruit.

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Concerning a new Method of bringing Pear Trees to bear Fruit, communicated by Mr. Heron, &c. and of producing Tree which shall bear Fruit that fhall be Hermaphrodite.

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Have perused the greatest Part of what you have written about Gardening with a great deal of Pleasure; and I muft fay, fuch as have any Curiofity, owe very much to you, for what you have publifh'd upon that Account. The knowing Part of the World, who value themselves upon Subjects of that Nature, cannot but in Justice have you in great Esteem, and more especially where they have the Advantage of your Conversation.

There is a Piece of Amusement which I have had at my House several Years, which any Gentleman, who has the Convenience of Water near his Gates, or running through his Gardens, may put up to his Pleasure and Ufe. It is a Clock that goes by Water, being a perpetual Motion, in regard it needs no winding up: I have known it go a Month together without