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low, their Beauty is hid from iisj 

 whereas when they are advanced 

 upon Shelves, we fee them in a 

 full View; in this Situation they 

 may remain, until the Beauty of 

 their Flowers are paft ; when they 

 mufl be fet abroad to receive the 

 Rains, and have open free Air, in 

 order to obtain Seeds, which will 

 fail if they are kept too long under 

 Shelter. When your Seed is ripe, 

 obferve to gather it when it is per- 

 fectly dry, and expofe it to the Sun 

 in a Window upon Papers, to pre- 

 vent its growing mouldy, and let 

 it remain in the Pods till the Sea- 

 fbn for lowing it. 



Thofe Perfons who are curious 

 in having their Flowers very ftrong, 

 do never fuffer more than two 

 Heads to remain upon each P^oot i 

 for where there arc more left, the 

 Heads will be weak, and each will 

 produce a fmail Tiufs of Flowers. 

 Therefore where there is but one 

 ftrong Head upon a Root, the 

 Trufs of Flowers will be much the 

 ftronger. 



In Autumn thefe Plants muft be 

 carefully rlear'd from rorfen or de- 

 cayed Leaves, which, if fuffered to 

 remain upon the Plants, will great- 

 ly weaken, and fometimes wholly 

 dcflroy them. You muft alfo ob- 

 ferve that the Wet be not detain'd 

 in the Pots, for where this happens 

 to be lodged any Time, it rarely 

 fails to kill the Plants. 



AURICULA URSI iMYCONI ; 

 vide Verbafcum. 



AZED'\RACHi The Bead-Tree. 

 The Characters are ; 



Jt hath pennated Leaves fomcvohat 

 like thofe of the Afl} j the TloTners 

 eonfif. of five Leaves, which expand 

 in form of a Role ; in the Center of 

 the Iloroer is a long fimbriated Tube, 

 containing the Styles the Fruit is 

 rQundifl) andfiefJjy, containing a hard 



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furrorp'd Nut, which is divided iniG 

 five Cells, each containing one o&long 

 broadifi) Seed. 



We have, at prefent, but one 

 Specie of this Tree in England y 

 v/hich is, 



AzEDARACH. Bod. The Bead- 

 Tree. 



This Tree is propagated only by 

 Seeds (which may be obtain 'd from 

 Italy or Spain, where they annu- 

 ally produce ripe Fruits in the Gar- 

 dens where they are planted ; for 

 it is not an Inhabitant of either of 

 thofe Countries ; ) The Seeds or 

 Berries fljould be fown in Pots fiU'd 

 with good frei"h light Earth, and 

 plung'd into a Hot-bed of Tanners- 

 bark, where (if the Seeds are frefh) 

 they will come up in about two 

 Months time : When the Plants 

 are come up, you fliould water 

 them frequently, and begin to let 

 them have a large Quantity of free 

 Air, by raifing the GlalTes every 

 Day ; and in July you fnould ex- 

 pofe them to the open Air, in a 

 well flieiter'd Situation, that they 

 may be harden'd before Winter. 

 In Oliober you fliould remove the 

 Pots into the Confervatory, where 

 they fhould be plac'd near the 

 Windows, that they may enjoy 

 free open Air, when the Weather 

 is mild, for they don't care to be 

 over-top'd with other Plants. Du- 

 ring the Winter Seafon you mull 

 refrefh them gently with Water, 

 but by no means repeat this too 

 often, nor give them too much 

 each timei for their Leaves being 

 dropp'd, they will not be in a Con- 

 dition to throw ofF a Superfluity of 

 Moifture. 



In March following you may 

 fhake out your Plants from the 

 Seed Pots, and divide them, plant- 

 ing each into a feparate fmall Pot, 

 fili'd with light frefli Earth, plung- 

 ing 



