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Rock Kofi, and the Leaves thofe of 

 the Myrtle. 



But this Plant was not known 

 to any of the modern Botanifts, 

 until one Mr. Salvador e, an Apo- 

 thecary, who liv'd at Barcelona, 

 went into thoie Iflands in fearch 

 of Simples, where he found this 

 Plant, and fending fome Specimens 

 thereof into England and Hollaml, 

 which had fome ripe Seeds in their 

 Veflels, they were Ibwn, and grew, 

 from whence this Plant hath been 

 fpread into many curious Gar- 

 dens. 



This Plant is propagated, either 

 from Seeds fbwn on a moderate 

 Hot-bed in the Spring, or by plant- 

 ing Cuttings in the Summer Months 

 in Pots of good Earth, which 

 fhould be plung'd into an old Hot- 

 bed, and kept water'd and fliaded 

 in the Heat of the Day, until they 

 have taken Root, when you may 

 by degrees expofe it to the open 

 Air, but it muft be hous'd in Win- 

 ter, with Myrtles, Amomum Flinii's, 

 <^c. being too tender to endure 

 the Cold ot our Winters in the 

 open Ground, but may, with a 

 flight Shelter, be eafiiy preferv'd. 

 It requires frequent, but gentle 

 Waterings, and loves a loofe landy 

 Soil, with a fmall Mixture of very 

 rotten Dung. 



This is worthy of a Place in 

 every curious Colledlion of Plants, 

 for the Beauty of its red Shoots, 

 fmall crifp'd Leaves, and its con- 

 tinuing to flower moil Part of the 

 Year. 



ASH-TREE i vide Fraxinus. 



ASHES are efteem'd by fome a 

 good fuperficial Drefling of Corn 

 and Meadow Land, as they give a 

 new Ferment to fuch Lands as are 

 in any Degree fluggifh and unac- 

 tive, and inrich thofe which are 

 jejune and flow, being endow'd 



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with Angular Qualities to make 

 them prolifick. 



All Sorts of AjJjes do, indeed, 

 contain in them a very rich fertile 

 Salt, and are the beft Manure of 

 any to lay upon cold, wet Land, 

 but then they ought to be kept 

 dry, that the Rain may not wafli 

 away their Salt. Experience has 

 fliewn, that the Afies of any Sort 

 of Vegetable, are very advantageous 

 to Land, by the Improvement that 

 has been made in moft Places in 

 England, by burning Bean Stalks, 

 Fern, Furze, Heath, Sedge, Straw, 

 Stubble, &c. 



Coal-Aj1)es, or fuch as are made 

 of Newcafile, Scotch, and other Pit- 

 Coal, are much recommended by 

 fome J but the firft are mofl ap- 

 prov'd of, becaufe they contain a 

 greater Quantity of nitrous and 

 uilphureous Matter than the others 

 do, tho' the reft are good. 



But thefe ought to be apply'd 

 fuperficially, and not lb near the 

 Roots of Plants j and if fb, there 

 are few Plants but will receive 

 Benefit by them, by their nitrous 

 and {ulphureous Qualities being 

 walh'd down by the Rain, which 

 will open by the Strength of Wa- 

 ter, and caufe it to heave in fome 

 Degree, as Lime will do when Wa- 

 ter is thrown upon it. 



Wood-AjJjes are commended as 

 the Principal of fuperficial Dref^ 

 fings for Land, in that they con- 

 tain a vegetative kind of Salt. 



Kiln-AJJjes, i. e. fuch as are made 

 of Straw, Furze, ^c. are by Ibmc 

 accounted as good as any of the 

 fpirituous Improvements of Lands 

 that are lightiflii but for fuch as 

 are heavy, they are look\i upon as 

 fcarce folid and ponderous enough. 

 Thefe Afl}ef, the Maltfters in the 

 VVejl'Country fift over their Corn 

 and Grafs, Thele arc fuppos'd, by 

 G 4 thtis 



