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if permitted to ftand, will produce flcv;^rs ; and tliefe 



often ftarve and kill the grafts, fo that there will 



be onlv the common fort left ; and this has been the 



cafe with fome plants which he examined, therefore 



fuppofed the difference of the other fort was wholly 



Qwin<T to culture i whereas, if he had only obfcrvcd j 



the difference of their leaves, he would have certainly 



jnade two diftinft fpecies of them, which he has now 



done in the laft edition of his fpecies. 



This plant is propagated by budding or inarching it 



upon the common white Jafmine, on which it takes 



very well, and is rendered hardier than thofe wliich j of air when the weather is mild and v/ill admit of it, 



are upon their own ftocks. But the plants of this kind I otherwife the flower- buds will grow mouldy and decay. 



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reen-houfes, yet they will endure the cold of our 



not to force them too much -, and as foon" as thtf 

 have made Ihoots three or four Inches long, the 

 glaffes lliould be opened in the day time, that the 

 plants may, by degrees, be inured to the open air, 

 into which they fhould be removed by the latter end 

 of May, or the beginning of June ; otherwife their 

 flowers will not be fo fair, nor continue fo lonfr. If 

 the autumn prove favourable, thefe plants wiU c(?n- 

 tinue to produce frefti flowers until November ; and 

 fometimes when they are fl:rong, they will continue 

 flowering later ; but then they mufl: have a great (hare 



being brought over from Italy every fpring in fo great 

 plenty, they are feldom raifed here : I fnall therefore 

 nroceed to the m.anasemcnt of fuch plants as areulu- I ordinary winters in the open air, if planted againft a 



ally brought into England from the place above-men- 

 tioned, which are generally tied up in fmall bunches. 



warmvvall, and covered w^ith mats in frofliy weather ; 

 they will alfo produce ten times as many flov/ers in 



containint^ four plants, and their roots wrapped about J one feafon as thofe kept in pots, and the flowers v/ill 

 with mofs, to preferve them from drying-, which, it j likewifebe muchlarger-, but they fliould not be planted 

 it happen that the ihip has a long pafl^age, will often j . abroad till they have acquired ftrength, fo that it will 

 occafion them to pufh out ftrong fnoots from their J be neceflary to keep them in pots three or four years, 

 roots, which mufl: always be taken off before they are J v^hercby they may be Ihcltered from the frofl: in win- 

 ter ; and when they are planted againfl: the wall, which 

 fhould be in May, that they may take good root in 



planted, otherwife they will exhauft: the whole nou- 



rifhment of the plant, arid defl:roy the graft. ... 



In the making choice of thefe plants, you fhould j the ground before the fucceeding winter, you muit 



carefully obferve if their grafts are alive, and in good 

 health : for if they are brown and ihrunk, they v/ill 

 not pufh out, fo that there will be only the ftock left, 



which is of the common fort, '\ ",:■,./ *-. -..-.^ 

 When you receive" thefe plants, "you mufl cleaf the 



turn them out of the pots, preferving the earth to their 

 roots J and having made holes in the border where 

 they are to be planted, you fl^ould place them therein, 

 with their flems clofe to the wall j then fill up the 

 holes- round their roots with good, frefli, rich earth, 



roots of the hiofsj^and'all decayed branches fhould be j and give them fome water to fettle the ground about 

 taken off; then place tlieir roots into a pot or tub^of I them, and nail up their fhoots to the wall, fliortening 



water, which fhould ^be^ fet in. the green-houfe, or 

 fome other room, where it may be fcreened from the 

 cold ; in this fituation they may continue two days, 



fuch of them as are very long, that they may pulh ouc 

 new fhooLs below to furnifli the wall, continuing to 

 nail up all the fhoots as they are produced. . In the 

 after ^vhich yoii mufl prune off all the dry roots, and j middle, or toward the latter end of July, they will 

 'jciit down the branches within four inches of the place j begin to flower, and continue to produce new flowers 

 ';■ where they were grafted, and plant them into pots fill- j until the frofl: prevents them ; which, when you ob- 

 ' ^ed with frefli light earth \ then plunge the pots into a i ferve, you fhould carefully cut off all the tops of fuch 

 moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to wa- j fhoots as have buds formed upon them, as alfo thofe 

 ter and fhade them, as the heat of the feafon may re- | . which have the remains of faded flowers left ; for if 

 quire. In about a month or fix weeks after they will j thefe are fuffered to remain on, they will fopn grow* 

 begin^tp fhqot, when you mull carefully rub off all J .mouldy, efpecially when the trees are covered, and 

 fuch as are produced from the flock below the graft ; j thereby infeft many of the tender branches, which 



" and you mufl: how let them have a great fhar'e of air 

 ' "by raifing the glaffes in the heat of the day ; and" as 



will greatly injure the trees. 



Toward the middle of November, if the weather proves 



the Ihoots , extend, they fhould be topped, to flrength- j col4 and the nights frofty, you mufl begin to cover 



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en them, ''and by decrees fhould be hardened to en- 

 dure the open air, intowhich they fhould be removed 

 ^the bcsinnirig of June, Hut miift have a warrn fitu- 



ation the iirit lummer ; for if they are too much ex- 

 . pofed to the V^nds, they will make "biit 'indifferent 

 progrefs,' being rendered fome\yhat tender, by the 1 T, them Jn.a^fhort time : it will^alfo be very neceffary to 



your tjees with mats, which ^fhould be nailed, over 

 \ them pretty clofe; but this fhould be done wfien tSc 



trees are perfectly dry, otherwife the wet being lodged 

 '. upon the branches, will often caufe a riiduldinefs upon 



therri, and the air beinor excluded therefrom, will rot 



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hot;bed. ' Mf the fummer proves warm, and the trees 

 |Tiave fucceeded well, they will produce fome Bowers 

 ., In* the autumn following;, though* tKey will be lew in 

 ...^jiumber, and not near fo flrong as they will be the 

 .^fucceeding yeaFsV when the" trees are flroriger"' and 

 . -nave better, roots, 



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rhefe plants are commonly prefcrved in green-houses, 

 with OrangeSj'Myrtles, &c. and during the .winter 

 ieaion, will require to be freauentlv watered ; which 

 ■. ^ihould be performed 'fp 



ingly each time, efpecially 



\ :in cold'^^eather,' Tor 'too 'much wet at that feafon 



...jWiU be apt to rot the fibres" of their, roots -Ttliey 



j;.j3™^^^ alfo have a great fhare of frefl^ air when the 



.,, leather, willpermit, for which purpofe they ihould 



,jPe placed in the coolefl part of the green-houfe, 



.-5^!?Pg plants that^are hardy, wheVe^the windows may 



, :^^ ^P^ned every dayV except in frofty ^weather i nor 



, ,^ould they be' crowded too clofe amohs other plants, 



wmch often occafiOQs the tender part of their fhoots 



to grow" mouldy and dccayf ' In April the /hoots of 



^. thefe plants fhould be fhortcned down to four eyes, 



and all the weak' branches fhould be cut off j and if 



: P^.1^1^^ ^he cohveniency'of aglafs-flove,'or a deep 



v^^?! ^^ PM^^. ^b? pots in at that .fealoh, to' draw 



•, them but again, Lt will be of great fervicg in forward- 



K^g thetr fiowenng j" yet flill you {hQuld be carefwl 



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r take off the mats as foon as the weather will permit 

 :u to prevent this mouldinefs, and only keep them clofe 

 "^'covered m frofty weather, and in the night's fat which 

 - ;; tihie you fhould alfo lay fome mulch upon the furfaceof 

 rf the ground about their roots, and fallen fome bands of 

 ; hay about their ftems, to guard them from the frojl 5 

 ^. and in very fevere weather, you fhould add a double or 

 ^'ueble* covering^ of mats over the trees; by" which 

 :. method, carefully performed, you may preferve them 

 |.|. through tlie'hardefl winters. .In the fpring, as the 

 \ weather is wairmer, you fhould by degrees take off 

 .vthe coyerinsr; but you fhould be careful not to ex- 

 Dofe them too foon to the open air, as alio to guard 

 ,^. them again fl:^ the^ morning frolts and dry ealteny 

 ;^winds,' which often reign in March, "to' the no fmall 

 "■"^eftrudioh of tender plantf if they are cxpofed 

 \. thereto r'nor fhould you qqitejemoye your covering 

 //.until the middle of April, when^he fbaion is fettled ; 

 ^; at which ^ time you fhould prune the trees, cuttin_ 

 ''out all decayed an^w^eak* branches, fhortening'the 

 ftrong ones' to abouttwo feet lc>ng, which will caufe 

 them to flioot ftrong, and produce many flowers. 

 / There is a variety of this with femi-double flowers, 

 .which is at prefent more rare in England, and only 

 '..to be found in /ome curious gardens j though in 

 Italy it is pretty conimon, from whence it is fpmetimcs 



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