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which will readily grow, and become good plants for potting off in 

 autumn. The parting the roots should be done in spring, before 

 they begin to shoot. The second sort multiplies exceedingly by its 

 creeping rools ; which should be divided into slips, and planted in a 

 bed of rich earth till autumn, when some should be transplanted into 

 pots for occasional shelter in winter. ' 



All the other more tender stove kinds are capable of being in- 

 creased by seeds, layers, and cuttings: The seeds are procured chiefly 

 from abroad; and should be sown in spring in pots, plunging them 

 in a hot-bed, or in a stove bark-bed: the plants soon appear, which, 

 when three inches high, should be pricked out in separate small 

 pots, giving water, and re-plunging them in the hot- bed, occasion- 

 ally shading them till rooted : as they advance in growth, the}' 

 should be shifted into larger pots, and be retained constantly in the 

 stove. 



The layers should be made from the young branches in the spring 

 or beginning of summer, which will readily grow, and be fit to pot 

 off separately in autumn. 



The cuttings should be made in the spring or summer, from the 

 young s'.icots, planting them in pots, plunging them in the bark, and 

 giving water frequently; when most of them will take root, and be 

 fit to pot off singly in autumn. 



In respect to their general culture; as in severe winters, in the 

 first sort, the blanches, if not duly protected, are sometimes killed, 

 it is advisable at such times, whilst the plants are young in parti- 

 cular, to give them the shelter of mats during the inclement season, 

 and protect their roots with dry litter laid over the ground; care- 

 fully uncovering their branches as soon as the frost breaks: this co- 

 vering, however, is only necessary in very severe frosts. 



The green-house sorts should generally be potted, to move to 

 shelter in winter, either of a green-house, or deep garden-frame : 

 some pLnls of each sort may also be planted in the full ground, in a 

 warm bjrJer, to take their chance ; covering the ground over their 

 roots in severe weather; and in the different orders of planting, plac- 



