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the next fpring ; they may be either fown in pots, or 

 the full ground. If they arcfown in pots in autumn, 

 the pots ihould be placed under a common frame in 

 winter, where the feeds may be protefted from hard 

 ffoft, and, if in the fpring the pots are plunged into 

 a very moderate hot-bed, the plants wiJl foon rife, 

 and have thereby more time to get ftrcngth before 

 winter. When the plants come up, they muft have 

 a large fhare of air, and fhould be gradually harden- 

 ed to bear the ope:i air, into which they fhould be 

 removed as foon as the weather is favourable, placing 

 them where they may have the morning fun, and 

 muft be kept clean from weeds ^ and in dry weather, 

 if they are fupplied with water, it will greatly pro- 

 mote their growth •, but toward autumn it will be 

 proper to ftint their growth by keeping them dry, 

 that the extremity of their Ihoots may harden; for if 

 they are replete with moifture, the early frofts in au- 

 tumn will pinch them, v/hich will fometimes caufe 

 their flioots to decay almoft to the bottom, if the 

 plants are fully expofed. If the pots are put under 

 a common frame again in autumn, it will fecure the 

 plants from injury, for while they are young, and 

 the upper part of the {hoots are foft, fo they will be in 

 danger of fufFering if the winter proves very fevere; 

 but in mild weather they muft always enjoy the open 

 air, therefore fliould never be covered but in froft. 

 The fpring following, juft before the plants begin to 

 Ihoot, they fhould be Ihakenout of the pots, and 

 carefully feparated, fo as not to . tear the, roots, and 

 ' then tranfplanted into a nurfery in rows three feet 

 afunder, and about one foot diftance in the rows. In 

 this nurfery they may ft^nd two years to get ftrength, 

 and then may be tranfplanted where they are to re- 

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 The feeds which are fown in the full ground, may be 

 • covered the firft winter with feme old tanners bark 

 V to keep out the froft, and in the fpring it may be 

 drawn off again after the danger of the hard froft is 

 : over ; and when the plants come up, they muft be 

 kept clean from weeds, which is all the care they will 

 require the firft fummer; but as the plants in the full 

 ground are apt to grow luxuriant, and continue grow- 

 - ing late in autumn, they fhould be covered to Icreen 

 them from the early froft, which will otherwife kill 

 their tops, and this often occafions theni to die down 

 a confiderable length, and frequerjidy almoft^to the 

 ' ground in hard winters. In the fpring following the 

 -=' plants may be taken up carefully, and tfahfplanted 

 "into a nurfery at the fame diftancd as before direfted. 

 -■-This method of propagating the plants from feeds is 

 •^-feldom praftifed after a'perfon is once "pofTefTed of 

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outer are more than two inches long, ahd ail inch 

 and a quarter broad i the end lobe is heart-lhaped^ 

 ending in an acute point, and is three inches long 

 and two broad at the bafe \ they are fawed on their 

 edges, and hoary on their under fide ; the midrib 

 which fuftains the lobes, has two leafy membranes 

 running along the fides from joint to joint, which are 

 narrow below, and gradually increafe in their brcaddi 

 to the next joint. When the leaves are broken, they 

 emit a milky juice from the wouhd. As I have not 

 feen the flowers of this fort, I can give no account 

 of them. 



This fort does not put out fuckers from the root like 

 the American kinds, fo muft either be propagated by 

 layers, or by cutting off fome of the roots, and plant- 

 ing them upon a gentle hot-bed in the fpring, by 

 which method there is great probability it may be pro- 

 pagated, but my plant was too weak for this purpolG 

 when it was deftroyed. 

 The eighth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; this hath a ftrong woody ftalk which rifes ten 

 or twelve feet high, covered with a gray bark, fend- 

 ing out many fmooth branches on every fide, garnifhcd 

 with trifoliate leaves ftanJing upon pretty long foot- 

 ftalks. The lobes of the leaves are oval and entire^ 

 about an inch long, and three quarters broad, hoary or! 

 their under fide, but fmooth and of a lucid green on 

 their upper \ the flowers are produced from the wings 

 of the leaves in fmall panicles ; they are of an herba- 

 ceous colour, and appear in July, but fall away in 

 Englarid ^vithout having any feeds fucceed them. 

 The ninth fort alfo grows naturally at the Cape of* 

 Good Hope ; this rifes with a woody ftalk to the 

 height of leven or eight feet, covered with a brown 

 bark, having many irregular branches,' 'garnifhed 

 with trifoliate leaves ftanding upon long foot-ftalks. 

 The lobes of this fort are angular, and ftaaped like a 

 rhombus ; they are near two inches long, and one 

 broad, downy on their under fide, but uf a dark green 

 on their upper. The flowers come out in flender 

 bunches from the fide of the branches ; they are of a 

 whitifh herbaceous colour, and foon fall away. 

 The tenth fprt grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; this rifes with a woody ftalk like the eighth, 

 dividing into many branches covered with a brown 

 bark, gafnifhed with trifoliate leaves, ^hofe lobes are 

 wedge or heart-fhaped, of a lucid green, and fit clofe 

 to the foot-ftalk. This fort does not flower here fo 

 faras I cdnTTii<J,'"jor I have had fome of the plants in 

 my care almoft forty years, but they have not flower- 

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The eleventh fort is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope;/- This hath fome refemblance of the former, 

 but the lobes of the leaves are twice as large and oval, 



with fome indentures on their edges ; they have feve- 

 ral tranfverfe veins" running froni the midrib to the 



edges, and are very ftiff, of a bright ^lucid green on 

 both fides. . This fort has not flowered here fo faV as 

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flowering Khfufes Sh large gardens, where they make, f ''The twelf^th fort came from the Cape of Good Hope^ 



where it grows naturally. This rifes with a woody 



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get ftrength, ^and then may Ijq pl^^^£d where. 

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'^k fine variety in autumn, efpecially the fecond, fourth, 

 '^•and fifth forts, with their large pur^^le, or red pani-] 

 -'cles, which have a good cffed;; but whcw thefe'are' 

 -^afftfed, thciV ftiekef§"muft be every year taken off, 

 V '-©therwife they will grow up to a thicket and deftroy 



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•---The fevcnth fort grdws naturally in the'eaft.^"-*i"The^ 



feeds of this were fent to the Royal Garden at Paris, 



,"" where they fucceeded, and from thence 1 received the 



' • plan¥J" which grew very well in the open air at Chelfea 



"■ -* ■'"years, but the fevere winter in 1740 deftroyed 



. ■ ' it, lb that it is not quite fo hardy as the other forts. 



-'; This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk five or fix feet high, 



' • ftnding out fnariy irregular branches. The young 



-ihoots and foot-ftalks of the leaves are covered with 



a foft brown hairy down -, the leaves are compofed 



.' of three or four pair of oval lobes terminated by an 



' -odddne; the inner lobes are fmall, and the outer 



■ large ; the firft are not more than an inch and a halt 



long, and three quarters of an inch broad, but the 



ftalk feven or eight feet high, dividing into feveral ir- 

 f^'giilar branches; which arecovered with a dark brown 

 bark, and garnifhed with narrow, fpear-fliaped, trifo- 

 liate leaves, ftanHing upon pretty long foot-ftalks. The 

 lobes a?6 two inches long,' Snd half an inch broad in 

 the middle^' ending in acute points ;" they are downy 

 on their under fide, but of a lucid green on their up- 

 pcr7^The 'flowers are produced in fmall loofe bunches 

 - ' frdhi the fide of the branches ; they are fmall, of an 

 ' herbaceous colour, and fall off without having any 

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All thefe African forts are too tender ;to live through 

 the winter in the open air in England, fo they are 

 planted in pots or tubs, and houfed in autumn, and 

 during the' winter they muft be treated in the fame 

 way as other hardy ^^een-houfe plants. They all re- 

 tain their leaves through the year, fo tnake a good 

 variety when intermixed with other plants in the grcen- 

 houfe in winter^ They may be' pr'opagated by cut- 



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