interpretation of john bartram's garden by - University of Delaware ...

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The White Cedar expedition must be pleasant,
but it would spoil trade to tell how easily the
White Cedar is propagated from cuttings not one
will miss I have 2 dozen of the finest straight
upright plants from cuttings thou ever saw; but
this Gordon and I keep a great secret13
Hotbeds would be useful for propagating both seeds
and cuttings. Detailed construction information can be
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read and respected. 15
found in The Gardeners Dictionary," a book John Bartram
The entire nursery area should be fenced, as Philip
Miller recommended in his Gardeners Dictionary:
You must observe to enclose it, (the nursery) that
cattle and vermin may not come in; for these will
make great havock with young trees, especially in
the winter, when the ground is cover'd with snow,
that the have little other food which they can
come at. r6
A few grass paths between the nursery beds will allow the
visitors to observe the operations close up as they walk
through this area.
This nursery exhibit area should be given high
developmental priority. Since Bartram's Garden was not a
landscaped pleasure garden, it is clearly important to
demonstrate the significance of his horticultural work to
the garden visitor.