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time the blossoms arc beginning to appear; and when dry at that 

 season, and they are kept moist, they very soon take root; but to- 

 wards November their roots should be well covered to keep out the 

 frost. In performing this business the balls of earth round their 

 roots should be preserved. 



In raising the second species the seeds must be procured from 

 abroad, and the plants be left longer in the pots, as three or four 

 years, or until they are become perfectly woody; and when put 

 out, warm situations be chosen for the purpose, where the soil is 

 dry, as the plants do not succeed well where the land is too 

 moist. 



The third species should be raised in pots filled with bog earth, 

 which should be set out in moist watery situations. 



In propagating them by the second method, or that of cuttings* 

 they should be made from the young shoots, and be planted in pots 

 in the spring or summer months, plunging them into a good hot-bed 

 of tan or dung till they have stricken root. 



In the layer mode of propagation the young shoots should be 

 chosen, as they otherwise seldom take root in less than two years. 



In grafting them, stocks of any of the varieties may be had re- 

 course to. 



It continuing the double-blossomed and scarlet varieties, some of 

 these last methods must always be employed. 



These are some of the most ornamental plants of the evergreen 

 kind for shrubberies and pleasure-grounds that we possess. The 

 first sort and varieties sometimes rise to a considerable height, as 

 ten or fifteen feet. They are now found in most plantations, and in 

 the months of October and November, which is the season when 

 they are in flower, and the fruit of the former year is ripe, as it is a 

 whole year in growing to perfection; they are very ornamental. 

 When there is plenty both of fruit and flowers upon the trees, they 

 indeed make a handsome appearance, as most other plants are past 

 their beauty. The trees which have large oval fruit make the greatest 

 figure; the flowers of this being larger and oblong. The variety with 

 double flowers is a curiosity; but the flowers, having only two rows 



