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than the tube of the flower, hanging downward. 

 This fort flowers in July, Auguft, and September, 

 but doth not ripen feeds in England. 

 The fixth fort is alfo a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This hath a fhort, thick, fucculent ftalk, 

 which rarely rifes more than a foot high, branching 

 out on e/ery fide, fo as to fpread over the pots in 

 which they are planted : they become woody by age, 

 and are clofely garnifhed with thick round leaves, of 

 a grayifli colour, with purple borders, plain on their 

 Xipper fide, but convex on their under, and very 

 flefliy, of an herbaceous colour within, and full of 

 moifture. This fort hath not flowered in England, 

 fo far as I can learn, for I have kept plants of it which 

 were twenty years old, but never attempted to flower. 

 It is undoubtedly a different fort from the former, 

 although they have been fuppofed to be the fame by 



fome writers. 



The feventh fort is fomewhat like the fixth, but the 

 ftalks rife higher, the leaves are much larger, and 

 Ihaped more like thofe of the fifth, but are fpotted 

 on their upper fide with great numbers of dark green 

 fpots i they have a deep border of purple on their 

 edges, and fit clofe to the branches. This hath not 

 as yet flowered in England. This is alfo a native of 



Ethiopia. 



The eighth fort hath been of late years introduced ■ 

 into the gardens in Holland, from the Cape of Good ; 

 Hope, where it grows naturally, and was fent me by 

 Dr. Adrian Van Royen, late profeflbr of botany at 

 Leyden. This rifes with a fucculent fl:alk near three 

 feet high, which divides into many branches, grow- 

 ing erefb, garniflied with oval fucculent leaves, placed 



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very fubjefb to rot ; fo that it Ihould condantly reinain 



either in the flioves, or in fumnier fiiould be placed in 

 an airy glafs-cafe with other tender fucculent plants 

 where they may have free air in warm weather, and 

 be fcreened from cold and wet ; but in autumn they 

 mufl: be removed into the fl:ove, wliere they Jhould 

 be kept in a moderate temperature of warmth : 

 this is propagated by cuttings, which Ihould be 

 taken off' in fummer, and planted into fmall pots 

 and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, aiid when they 

 have taken root, they fliould be removed into the 

 ftove. This plant mufl: have but little water, efpe- 

 cially in winter. 



The African Jcinds are all of them propagated by 

 planting cuttings in any of the fummer months, which 

 fhould be laid in a dry place for a fortnight or three 

 weeks after they are taken from the plant, before 

 they are planted ; for thefe abound with juice through 

 every part of the plant, which will certainly rot the 

 cuttings, if they are not fufl^ered to lie out of the 

 ground, that the wounded part may heal over, and 

 the great redundancy of fap evaporate. The foil in 

 which thefe plants thrive befl:, is one third frefli light 

 earth from a pafl:ure, one third fand, and the other 

 third part lime-rubbifli and rotten tan, in equal quan- 

 tities; thefe fliould be well mixed, and laid in a heap 

 R^ or eight months before it is ufed, turning it over 

 five or fix times, that the parts may the better incor- 

 porate; and before it is ufed, it will be proper to pafs 

 it through a fcreen, to feparate the large fl:ones, clods,, 

 &c. therefrom. 



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Having prepared the earth, and your cuttings being 

 in a fit order for planting, you mufl: fill as many halt- 



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oppofitej they are of a lively green, arid end in "penny pols with earth as you have cuttings to plant; 

 points, arid half embrace the ftalks .with their bafe. then put one cutting in the middle of each pot abbuc 

 This fort hath not as yet produced any flowers in I two or three inches deep or more, according to their 



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Good Hope, froni whence it was firft brought to the 

 gardens in Holland, and hath fince teen fpread ihto 

 mofl: parts of Eutopfe, where there are curious per- 

 fons who preferve exotic plants in their gardens : this 

 hath a ftiort, greenifli, fucculent ftalk, which feldom 

 fifes more than a fpari high, dividing into feveral ir- 

 regular branches, garnifhed with thick fucculent 

 leaves four inches long, and half an inch broad, and 

 as much in thicknefs, having a broad concave furrow 

 on their upper fide, running almoft their whole 

 length, and are convex on their under fide, of a 

 bright green, with a purple tip. The foot-ft:alks of 

 the flowers are produced at the end of the branches, 

 and rife near a foot high, having here and there an 

 oblong pointed leaf, growing on their fide. The 

 . flowers ftand upon fliort foot-fl:alks, which branch 

 'out from the principal fl:em ; thefe are yellow, hav- 

 ing pretty long tubes, which are cut at the top into 

 five parts, and are reflexed backward. The flowers 

 of this fort hang downward, and the ftamina are 

 longer than the tube of the flower ; the reflexed parts 

 of the petal are tipped with purple. Dr. Linn^us 

 has fuppofed this to be the fame with the fifth fort, 

 but whoever has feen both plants, cannot doubt of 

 their being difliinft Ipecies. 



The tenth fort grows naturally in the warm parts of 

 Africa, fo is much more tender than either of the 

 other forts : this rifes with an upright ftem about a 

 foot high, which is jointed and fucculent, garnifiied 

 with broad leaves, which arc deeply cut on their 

 edges ; they are of a grayifti colour, placed oppofite, 

 and almoft: embrace the ftalks with their bafe. The 

 foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from the end of the 

 branches, which are about fix inches long, fuftaining 

 feven or eight fmall flowers of a deep yellow co- 

 lourj'which are divided into four parts almoft to the 

 bottom. The ftamina of thefe flowers are not longer 

 than die fliort tube. This flowers at different feafons 

 of the year, but never produces any feeds in England. 

 This fort requires a warm ftove to preferve it through 

 the winter in England, nor ftiould it be expofed abroad 



in fummer ; for if it receives much wet, the ftalks are 



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earth clofe about them, and fet the pots in a warih 

 ftiady place for about a week, to prepare the cuttings 

 for putting forth roots ; after which they Ihould be 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tannfefs bark, 

 which will greatly facilitate their rooting ; but obferVfe 

 to give them air, by raifing the glafl^es at all times 

 ^when the weather will permit, as alfo to fliade the 

 glaflfes in the heat of the day. 



In about fix weeks or two months time after plant- 

 ing, thefe cuttings will be rooted, wlien you mufl: 

 begin to expofe them to the open air by degrees, firft 

 drawing the pots out of the tan, and fetting them on 

 the top, then raife the glaflfes very high in the day- 

 time ; and in about a week after remove the pots 

 into a green-houfe, and there harden them for another 

 week ; after which they may be expofed to th^ open 

 air in a well defended place, obferving not to fet 

 them into a place too much expofed to the fun, until 

 they have been inured to the open air for fome time. 

 In this place the plants may remain until the begin- 

 ning of Odober, at which time you fliould remove 

 them into the confervatory, placing them as near the 

 windows as poflible at firft, letting them have as much 

 free open air as the feafon will permit, by keeping the 

 'Windows open whenever the weather is good ; and 

 now you muft begin to abate yoGr waterings, giving 



you fliould not fuffer their 

 pf moifture, which is ano- 

 ther extreme fome people run into for want of a lit- 

 tle obfervation ; for when they are fuffered to fhrink 

 for want of fufficient moifture to keep their vefTels 

 diftended, they are rendered incapable of difcharging 

 this moifture whenever they receive it again. The 

 tenth fort Ihould be placed in a moderate ftove in 

 winter, nor muft it be fet abroad till Midfummer, 

 for it is much tenderer than any of the others^ 

 The beft method to treat moft of thefe plants is, to 

 place them in an open, airy, dry glafs-cafe, among 

 Ficoidefl^es and African Houfleeks, where they may 

 enjoy as hiuchof the fun-fhine aspofllBle, and have a 

 free, dry, open air ; for if thefe are placed in a com- 

 mon e;reen-houfe among fhrubby plants, which p c/- 



fill the houfe with a damp air, 



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