Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . apple, pear, plum,cherry-trees, &c, which were now nearly all at their bestin full flower. I saw here in many places large fieldswhich were nothing but Tra-scholor, all planted full ofall kinds of small trees for sale. There were here manygardeners, Tragards-mastare, whose only means ofliving consisted entirely of these Tra-scholor, treeschools, or as they are here called nurseries. This wasin itself a very useful thing, for when a gentleman or anyone else had bought an estate, or [T. 1. p. 387] wishedto form a new garden,
Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . apple, pear, plum,cherry-trees, &c, which were now nearly all at their bestin full flower. I saw here in many places large fieldswhich were nothing but Tra-scholor, all planted full ofall kinds of small trees for sale. There were here manygardeners, Tragards-mastare, whose only means ofliving consisted entirely of these Tra-scholor, treeschools, or as they are here called nurseries. This wasin itself a very useful thing, for when a gentleman or anyone else had bought an estate, or [T. 1. p. 387] wishedto form a new garden, he was not obliged to wait forseveral years before he could rear from seed, small treeswhich he could plant out, but he could at once buy allsuch of various sizes, well cultivated and clipped, fromthe aforenamed nurserymen, so that he could in one year,if he was otherwise able to afford it, om han annorshade rad dertil, plant as many trees in his garden ashe wished and required, and of whatever kind he pre-ferred. In the same way, if any old trees went off by90. Kabrcs ErtgLandJ wk
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