ORPINE-APPLE, 



twifted out of the fruit, and to pull off a 

 few of the under leaves, and lay them forrie 

 time in a fhady dry place to harden ; then 

 plant them in fmall halfpenny pots, and 

 plunge them into a bed of tanner's bafk,, 

 made ready in the breeding-ftove for that 

 purpofe. 



IT is certain that a plant lying fo long. 



JM 



in drying, after it is deprived of its'nou- 

 rimment (the fruit) muft be a detriment 

 to it, and . greatly retard its growth, for 

 the leaves become foft and languid like any 

 other plant that is much dried in a fun- 

 ihiny day ; and were it not for the nature 

 of the leaves being ftrong, and of a very 

 different texture from woody plants, it 

 would mew its wrong treatment as much 

 as thofe would were they treated in the 

 fame manner. 



THE cutting off the foft end that is 

 rwifted out of the fruit deprives the bot- 

 tom of the plant from ever puming out a 

 root, for it remains to the lafljuft as it 



