ON

PLANTING

AND

RURAL ORNAMENT.

A

PRACTICAL TREATISE,

BY MR. MARSHALL.

THE THIRD EDITION.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW,
ST. JAMES'S;

FOR G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY,
PALL-MALL; G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER
ROW; AND T. GADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND.

1803.

Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek

München

CONTENTS

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

ADVERTISEMENT.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECTS.

SUBJECT THE FIRST.

PLANTING.

DIVISION THE FIRST.

MANUAL OPERATIONS.

Introductory Remarks, 5.

Cautions to Young Planters, 5.

Encouragements to Planting, 6.

SECT. 1. Propagating Trees and Shrubs, 8.

I. From Seeds, 8.

Gathering fresh Seeds, 8.)

Preserving them, 9.

Procuring dry Seeds, 10.

Trying their Quality, 10.

Raising in Beds of natural Mold, 11.

Soil and Preparation, 11.

Situation of the Seminary, 12.

Size of Seed Beds, 13.

Methods of sowing, 13.

Defending the Seeds and Seedlings, 14.

Raising in beds of Compost, 16.

Raising in Pots, &c. 16.

II. From Cuttings, 17.

III. From Suckers, 17.

IV. By Layering, 19.

Providing Layers, 19.

Method of Layering, 20.

Season of Layering, 22.

Removing the Layers, 22.

V. By Budding, 23.

VI. By Grafting, 23.

SECT. II. Training Trees and Shrubs,-in the

NURSERY, 23.

Nature of the Soil, 24.

Situation of the Nursery, 24.

Preparing the Soil, 25.

Pruning the Seedlings, &c. 25.

Planting them in Nursery Rows, 25.

Cleaning the Nursery, 26.

Pruning Nursery Plants, 27.

Thinning them., 28.

Taking them up, for Planting, 28.

Packing them for Carriage, 29,

SECT. III. Planting out Nursery Plants, 30.

Preparing the Ground, 30.

The Season of Planting, 32.

Pruning and Sorting the Plants, 32.

Planting them, 33.

Attendance after Planting, 37.

Cleaning the Plantation, 38.

Pruning the Young Trees, 38.

Thinning them, 40.

SECT. IV. Transplanting Tall Plants, 40.

DIVISION THE SECOND.

CHOICE OF TIMBER TREES.

SECT. I. Consumption of Timber, 47.

I. By Ships, 49.

II. By Buildings, 49.

III. By Machines, 50.

IV. By Utensils, 51.

The several Species of Timber used, by the

different Workers in Wood, 49 to 53.

SECT. II. Situation and Soils, 54.

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