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the roct3 as entire as poflible ; then with your knife 

 yoii fhould prune off all the very Imall fibres j and 

 if there are any which have a tendency to root down- 

 right, fuch roots fhould be fhortened •, then having 

 thus prepared the plants, you Ihould draw a line 

 acrofs the ground intended to be planted, and with 

 your fpade open a trench thereby cxaftly ftrait, into 

 which you fliould place them at the dillance before- 



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Nurfery, where they fliould be preferved until thcv 



have flowered, when you fhould mark all fuch as are 

 worthy of being tranfplanted into the flower-ga^dcn 

 which fhould be done in their proper feafons • for it 

 is not fo well to have all thefe feedling flowers ex 

 pofed to public view in the flower-garden, bccaufc 

 it always happens, that there are great numbers of 

 ordinary flowers produced amongft them, which will 



mentioned, fetting them cxadlly upright -, and then j make but an indifferent appearance in the pleafure- 

 put the earth in clofe to them, filling up the trench, - --j — 



foot prefs the earth gently to the 

 roots of them, obferving not to difplace them fo as 

 to make the rows crooked, which will render them 

 unfightly ; thefe plants Ihould by no means be head- 

 ed, or pruned at top, which will weaken them, and 

 caufe them tp produce lateral branches, and thereby 



fpoil them. 



If the winter fhould prove very cold, it will be of 



great fervice to your young flocks, to lay fome mulch 

 upon the furface of the ground near their roots, which 

 will prevent the froft from penetrating the ground, fo 

 as to hurt the tender fibres which were produced af- 

 ter planting •, but you fhould be careful not to let it 

 lie too thick near the flcms of the plants, nor remain 

 too long, lefl the moiflure fhould be prevented from 

 penetrating to the roots of the plants, which it often 

 does, where there is not due care taken to remove it 

 away as foon as the froft is over. 

 In the fummer feafon you muft always obferve to 

 hoe and deflroy the weeds, which, if permitted to re- 

 main in the Nurfery, will greatly weaken and retard 

 the growth ofyourftocks i and, the fucceeding years, 

 you fhould obferve to dig up the ground every fpring 

 between the rows, which will loofen it fo, as that the 



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NUX AVELLANA. 

 NUX JUGLANS. 5 

 NUX VESICARIA, 



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See Staphylodendron 

 5: C T A N T H E S. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1 6. Mm 

 lum. Raii Meth. Plant. Arabian Jafmine. 

 The Characters are. 



The empakment of the flower is cylindrical^ permanent ati 

 of one leaf cut into eight or ten acute fegments. Thefiowi 



of the falver-fhape^ of one leaf 



empales 

 fpread 



figments at 

 twofmall awl'Jhaped 



ftamina^ fttuated at the bottom of the tube^ terminated h 

 ereil fummits^ and onercundijh deprejfed germen^ fupport^ 

 ing a fmgle ftyle the length of the tube^ crowned iy a bifid 

 ere£l Jiigma. The germen afterward becomes a roundijb 

 berry with two cells^ each contmning a large roundijh feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl fcftion of 

 Linnasus's fecond clafs, which includes thofe plants 



The Species are. 



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I. Nyctanthes {Sa?nbac) caule volubili, foliis fubova- 



tis acutis. Hort. Upfal. 4. NySanthes with awindinf 



Jlalk and acute leaves. Jafminum Arabicum. Cluf. Cur, 



3. The Arabian Jafmine, 



fibres may eafily ftrike out on each fide, and the | 2, Nyctanthes (ffir/»^tf) petiolis pedunculifquc villo- 



weeds will, thereby be deflroyed •, you fhould alfo ob- 

 ferve, where any of the flocks have fhot out lateral 



branches, to prune them off, that they may be en- j cifcrum, florc albomajore, nodlu olenie.,Con:. Hort. 



Mai. Indian berry-hearing Jaf^ine^ with larger votitt 



\ fis. Lin. Sp, Plant. 6. Nylianthes with the feet -fch of 

 the leaves and flower's hairy. Jafminum Indicum bac- 



fmooth 



The fecond year after planting, fuch of the flocks as j 'flower^ fmelling by night-. 



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are defigned for dwarf trees will be fit to bud, but 



''thofe which are defigned for flandards, fhould befuf- I has been formerly brought to the iflands in America, 

 fered to grp^ fi^t or fevep feet high before they are j :; where the plants are cultivated for ornament; this 



' ' rifes with a winding flalk to the height of fifteen or 



twenty feet, fending out many fmall branches, gar- 

 nifhed with ovalfmooth leaves near three inches long, 



The manner of budding and 



budded or grafted. 



grafting being fully defcribed under their refpeftive 

 heads, 1 fhall not repeiat them in this place, nor need 



Ifayany thing more of treating thefe trees after bud- j and almofl two broad, of a light green, (landing op- 

 ding, that being alfo treated of under the feveralar- j fite on fhort foot-flalks, ending in acute points. The 



flowers arc produced at the end of the branches, and 

 alfo upon the fide fhoots, upon fhort foot-ftalksjeach 



tides of fruits ; I fhall only add, that thofe flocks 

 which were budded in the fummer, and have failed, 

 may be grafted the following fpring, but Peaches and I generally fuftain three flowers, the two lower being op- 



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Nedlarines never take well from grafts, thefe fhould J pofite, and the middle ones longer: thefe have cylindrir 

 tlierefore be always budded. j cal empalements, which are fhort, and are cut almoft 



The ground you intend for the Flower-nurfery fhould I to the bottom into eight narrow fegments. The tube of 

 be well fituated tb the fun^ but defended from flrong I the flower is narrow, about half an inch long, andi« 



cut at the top into eight obtufe fegments, which ex- 

 pand quite flat ; they are of a pure whitej and have 



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windsi By plantations of trees or buildings, and the 

 foil fhould be light and dry 5 'which muft always be 



obferved, efpecially For bulbous -rooted flowers,^ which a moft aereeable odour, fomewhat like the Orang^^ 



are defigned to be planted therein, the particulars 

 of which are exhibited under the feveral articles of 

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I In this Nurfery fhould be planted the offsets 'of all 

 ,, jour bulbous-roofed Bowers, w are to re- 



•,J maifi-jantil they become blowing rbots, when they 

 TThould be removed into the pleafure-garden, and 

 *^ planted either in beds or bordei:s, according to the 



goodnefs of the flowers, or the management which 



they require. 



You may alfo in this ground raife the feveral forts of 



^V bulbous- rooted flowers from feed, by which means 



^^^ 'ne\x varieties may be obtained -, but mofl people arc 



' difcpuraged from fetting about this work, from the 



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flower, but fweeter ; thefe flowers, when fully blown, 

 drop out of their cups upon being fhaken, and fre- 

 quently fall in the night, fo that when the plants arc 

 in full flower, the place under them is crftcn covered 

 with flowers in the morning, which foon change to a 

 purplifti colour. The plants condhue flowering great • 

 part of the year, when they are kept in a proper tcffl- 



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length of time before the feedlings will come tp 

 ; flower : however, after a perfon hath once begun, and 

 * cohflantly continued fowing every year, after the par- 

 cel firf^ fown has flowered, the regular fucceffion of 

 them coming annually to flower, will not render this 

 method fo tedious as it at firft appeared. 

 The feedling Auriculas, Polyanthufes, Ranupculufes, 

 Anemonies, Carnations, &c. fhould be raifcd in this 



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There is a variety of this Ibrt with very large double 

 flowers, having a moft agreeable odour, which grows 

 naturally at Malabar, where the women ftring tW 

 ftowers to hang round their necks, and by way (» 

 ornament.- This fort was, fome years paft, growng, 

 in the garderis at HamptOii-Courr, but was atter-'. 

 ward loft, with many other. rare plants, by ine igno- 

 ranee of the gardener ; and, for feveral .yjf " P^[^ 

 was only known to grow in the gardens of the i- J 

 ofTufcany in Europe, who kept' a conftant g^ara 

 over the plants, fo that neither cuttings or laycn* 

 might be taken fr6m them, fo as to be prcpagatea , 

 but I have lately received a plant of this fort, whicn 

 brought from the Malabar coaft, with fcvcraJ otncr 



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