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brought over amongfl: the fingle ; the flowers of this 

 kind have only two rows of leaves, fo that it is ra- 

 ther cultivated for itscuriofity, than for any extraordi- 



• nary beauty in the flowers. This may be propagated 

 by budding it upon the common white Jafmine, as 

 hath been direfted for the Angle, and mull be treated 



in the fame manner. 



The fifth fort grows naturally in India j this rifes 

 with an upright woody ftalk eight or ten feet high, 

 covered with a brown bark, fending out feveral 

 branches which want no fupport -, thefe are clofely 

 garnifhed with trifoliate leaves of a lucid green, which 

 are placed alternate on the branches ; the two fide 

 lobes of thefe leaves which grow oppofite, are much 



' lefs than the end one ; they are oval and entire, con- 

 tinuing green all the year : the flowers are produced 



( at the end of the (hoots in bunches, which have long 

 flender tubes, and are divided at the top into five ob- 

 tufe fegments which fpread open ; thefe flowers are of 

 a bright yellow, and have a mofl: grateful odour. 

 They come out in July, Auguft, September, and 

 Odober, and fometimes continue to the end of No- 

 vember ; they are frequendy fucceeded by oblong 

 oval berries, which turn black when ripe, and have 



each two feeds. 



This fort of Jafmine is propagated either by feeds, or 



laying down the tender branches ; if you would pro- 

 pagate them by feeds, which they fometimes produce 

 in'England, you fliould make a moderate hot-bed in 

 the fpring, into which you Ihould plunge fome fmall 



• pots, filled with frefli light earth -, and in a day or two 

 after, when you find the earth in the pots warm, you 



. mull put your feeds therein ; about four in each pot 

 will be fufficient, covering them about an inch thick 

 with the fame light earth, and obferve to refrelh the 

 pots with water as often as you fhall perceive the 

 earth dry ; but do not give them too much at each 

 ^ time, which would be apt to rot the feeds. ■'[Jl;^-''-^ 

 ' In abput fix or eight weeks after lowing, the plants 

 - will appear above ground^ "at which time it will be 

 / necelTary to remove tRe pots' into another frelh hot- 

 bed, of a moderate temperature, in order to bring 

 ';> the plants forwar^ ; you mull alfo be careful to water 

 ^ them as often as is necelTary, and in the great heat of 

 ; the "day the glalTes ffiibuld be tilted pretty high, and 

 . fhaded with mats, to pfevehl the plants from being 

 ' fcorched with heat. ^ About, the middle of May you 

 Ihould begin to harden them to the open air, by 

 taking off the glalTes when the weather is warm ; but 

 ' this muH be done cautioufly, for you fhoiild not ex- 

 pofe them to the open fun in a very hdt'dky at firll, 

 * which would greatly injure them i'but rather takeoff 

 ^'^ the glalTes in warm cloudy weather at firft, or in gentle 



*^fhowers of fain, and fo by degrees Inure them to bear 

 *- the luii; anH in June you Ihould take'the ^ots oyt'of 

 "^the hot-bed,, and carry thern to foipe wqH fheltered 

 „ lituation, where they may remain until the beginning 

 / of October; at'whichtime they mull be carried into 

 ■ ;the green-houfe, oblerving to'place'tTierri where they 



<;^rnay enjoy a^^mucF Tree ^ir as pollible when the 

 'Pwindowj are opened, as alfo to be clear frpm the 

 >^Vbranches of other plants.***"** ;. 





-=^^During the winter leafon they will require to be often 



■- weltered, but you mull be careful ridfto ^ive them 



A^^too muclj at each ^tirne; and in March jou^mull re- 



' 3 move thefe plants each into a feparate pot, beine: 



. ; ^ careful not to take the earth rrom their roots ; and if 

 .^^atlhis time you plunge them into a freflf niodefate 

 .v — hot-bedi it will greatly facilitate their rooting^ again, 



.- iO^iand be of great fervice to the plants ;"but when they 

 ..ri|^are rooted^ you muH give them a great deal of air; 

 . ^ for if y oil draw them too much, they' will become 



■ v,,.weak ihlheir llem's, "and incapable 'to~ lupport their 

 -^^ heads,"which is a great defefl in thefe trees.'' ' 

 ■^ You mull alfo harden them to the open air, into 

 which tliey Ihould be removed about me middle of 

 '- May, obfervirigV as was Wore direfted, "to place 

 V • them in a fitujition that is defended from fl:rong winds, 

 ' which are injurious to thefe plants, efpecially while 

 ' they are young. In winter houfe them as before, and 



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continue the fame care, with which they w'.ll thrive 

 very fall, and produce annually great quantities of 

 flowers. 



Thefe plants are pretty hardy, and will require no 

 other care in winter, than only to defend them from 

 hard frolls ; nor do I know wheciier they would not 

 live in the open air, if planted againfl a warm wall 

 which is what fliould be tried by planting fome ao-ainli 

 a wall for that purpofc; and I think we have^little 

 reafon to doubt of the fuccefs, fince they arc much 

 hardier than the Spanifh *, but there is this differen 



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between them, viz. thefe plants have large, thick 

 Evergreen leaves, fo that if they v/ere covered with 

 mats, as was directed for the Spanifh Jafmine the 

 leaves would rot and decay the flioots ; but as thefe 

 will only require to be covered in extreme froll fo if 

 their roots are v/ell mulched, and a mat or two loofely 

 hung over them in ordinary froflis, it will be fufficient- 

 and thefe mats being either rolled up, or taken quite 

 off in the day, there will be no great danger of their 

 being hurt, which only can proceed from being too 

 long clofe covered. 



In the fpring thefe Ihould be pruned, when you 

 fhould cut off all decayed branches ; but you mull 

 not Ihorten any of the other branches, as was direded 

 for the Spanilh fort, for the flowers of this kind are 

 produced only at the extremity of the branches, which, 

 if Ihortened, they would be cut off; and thefe growing 

 of a more ligneous fubllance than the other, will not 

 produce Ihoots ftrong enough to flower the fame year. 

 If you would propagate this plant from layers, the 

 fhoots Ihould be laid down in March ; and if you give 

 them a little cut at the joint, as is pradtifed in laying 

 of Carnations, it will promote their rooting: you 

 mould always obferve to refrelh them often with water, 

 when thV weather is dry ; which, if carefully attended 

 to, "the plants' will be rooted by the fucceeding Ipring, 

 '' fit to be tranfplanted, when they muH be planted in * 

 - pots filled with light earth, and rpanaged as was be- 

 lore direfled for the feedling plants. "^ • r" 



This fort is frequently propagated, by inarching the 

 young ihoots into ftocks of the comnion yellow Jaf- 

 mine, but the plants fo raifed do not grow fo ftrong 

 as thofe which are upon their own Hock ; befides, the 

 commoh yellow Jafmine is very apt to fend out a 

 great number of fuckers from the root, which renders 

 the plants unfightly ; and if thefe fuckers are not cbn- 

 ftantly taken off as they are produced, they will rob 

 "the plants of their nourilhment.' ■ - ■ , ^ f? 

 'The fixth fort grows naturally in the Azores ; this 

 hath long flender branches which require fupport, and 

 may be trair^ed twenty feet high ; they are garnilhed 

 with trifoliate leaves, whpfe lobes are large and heart- 

 fhaped, of a lucid green, and are placed oppofite on 

 the branches ; they continue all the year. The flow- 

 :ers,are produced at the end of the branches;" in loofe 

 bunches ; they have long narrow tubes, which at the 

 top are cut into five fegments fpreaiiing open ; they 

 'are of a clear white, and have a very agreeable fcent. • 

 -This flowers at the fame tinie with the former; the 

 '^'gardeners call it frequently the Ivy-leaved Jafipine. 

 7- The ^zorian Jafmine is alfo pretty hardy, and re- 

 ^'"qmres no more llielter than^only from hard frofts; 

 -^'^ and I am' apt to thinlc,'^if thisfort was'plahtecfaga^^ 

 ^'''alva?m wall,' and' managed as" hath been djrfitfd for 

 % the yellow Indian Jafmine, it would /"ccefd ver/ 

 ;' well -, for I remember to have fcen fome plants of this 

 kmd growmg agamll a wall m the gardens at liamp- 

 ^ ton Court, where they' had ehdui*ed the winter,, .and 

 wefe in a more flourifliing ffat^'than ever I law any 



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of the kind in pots> and produced a greater ouannty 

 of flowers;^-^ '-Thefe plants are propagated in the fame 

 manner as the yellow Indian, and require tneiaui- 



managemetit. 



• Thefe plants are as deferving of a place in all gree^' 

 xhoufes, as any which are there prefervec!*, for their 

 'leaves beinor of a Ihining ereen, make a good ap- 



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pearance all the year j and their flowers haying a fine 

 'Vicerit, and continuing fo long fh fucceflion^, renders 

 them very valuable* . • - - -, 



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