. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 457. Priinus spin6ga. planted in grass fields or in parks, to protect them from cattle. They are in general use for this purpose in France. They are also used as a substitute for stones and tiles in draining; and, formed into faggots, they are sold for heating bakers' ovens, and for burn
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 457. Priinus spin6ga. planted in grass fields or in parks, to protect them from cattle. They are in general use for this purpose in France. They are also used as a substitute for stones and tiles in draining; and, formed into faggots, they are sold for heating bakers' ovens, and for burning lime or chalk in kilns, &c. The living plant cannot be recommended for hedges, on account of the rambling habit of its roots, and the numerous suckers they throw up; and because it is apt to get naked below, from the tendency of the shoots to grow upright and without branches. These upright shoots make excellent walking-sticks, which, ac- cordingly, throughout Europe, are more frequently taken from this tree than from any other. Leaves of the sloe, dried, are considered to form the best substitute for Chinese tea which has yet been tried in Europe ; and they have been extensively used for the adulteration of that article^ The juice of the ripe fruit is said to enter largely into the manufacture of the cheaper kinds of port wine ; and, when properly fermented, it makes a wine strongly resembling new port. In planting groups and masses in parks, by the addition of a few plants of the sloe, a degree of intricacy may be given sooner and more ef- fectively, than by the use of the common thorn; but, at the same time, the sloe produces a degree of wildness from its numerous suckers, and the want of control which they indicate, which is not displayed by any of the species of Crataegus, which do not throw up suckers. For producing wildness and in- tricacy, therefore, in park scenery, the sloe is of great value, and its effect is much heightened by the addition of the common furz
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