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tliey are planted immediately, they 

 arc very fubjeft to rot. Theie 

 Cuttings lliould be planted into 

 fmall Pots, filled with light fandy 

 Earth, and plunged into a very mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, to promote their 

 taking Root, obferving to (bade 

 *em in the Heat of the Day i as 

 alfb to refrefh 'em with Water as 

 often as you (hall fee it necef- 

 fary, being careful not to give 

 them too much, left yoii Ihould 

 rot them. 



When the Cuttings are rooted, 

 they fhould be inured to bear the 

 open Air by Degrees, into which 

 they muft be removed, placing 

 them in a Situation which is de- 

 fended from ftrong Winds, and the 

 violent Heat of the Sun, where 

 they remain until the latter End of 

 September, when they muft be car- 

 ried into the Green-houfe, and 

 placed near the Windows, that they 

 may have free Air, until the Middle 

 of October y when they muft be re- 

 moved to the warmeft Part of the 

 Green-houfe, and during the Win- 

 ter Seafon they Ihould be watered 

 very fparingly, for much Wet is 

 very apt to rot *em. Thefe Plants 

 may be expofed in the Summer 

 Seafon with licoides's, Sedom's, Sec. 

 in a well fheltered Situation, and 

 Ihould have frequent Waterings 

 during the Time they are abroad, 

 but it muft not be given to them 

 in great Quantities. At Michael- 

 mas they muft be removed into 

 the Green-houfe, and manag'd as 

 was before diredled j obferving to 

 fliitt the Earth in the Pots every 

 Year, and to allow 'em larger Pots 

 as you may find their Roots require 

 it. With this Management they 

 will grow to a conliderable Size in 

 a few Years, and In kindly Seafons, 

 will produce their Flowers in Au- 

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agreeable Variety amongft other 

 Exotick Plants. 



The fecond Sort is now very 

 common in England, tho* it has 

 not been near fo long an Inhabitant 

 of our Gardens as the former. This 

 was brought from the Cape of Good 

 Hope into fbme curious Gardens in 

 Holland, where it hath been in- 

 crcafed, and fent into fevei-al Parts 

 of Europe. This Plant may be eafily 

 propagated by planting of Cuttings, 

 in any of the Summ.er Months: 

 Thefe Cuttings muft be taken from 

 the Plants at leaft a Week before 

 they are planted, that their wound- 

 ed Part may be healed, otherwife 

 they are fubjedt to roc. They muft 

 be planted into fmall Pots, filled 

 with light fandy Earth; and if they 

 are plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed, it will forward their taking 

 root; but if the Bed is too warm, 

 they will not do fo well as in the 

 open Air, in a well fheltered Situa- 

 tion, with other hardy fucculent 

 Plants; and in Winter they fhould 

 be placed into a dry Green-houfe, 

 where they muft have free Air 

 when the Weather is mild, for 

 they arc pretty hardy, and on- 

 ly require to be prcferved from 

 Froft, but they ihould not have 

 too much Water in the Winter 

 Seafon, which is apt to rot them. 

 Thefe Plants (if well maniged) will 

 grow to the Height of fix or eight 

 Feet, and will produce Flowers al- 

 moft every Year ; but the greateft 

 Beauty is in their thick facculent 

 Leaves, which are covered over 

 with a fine glaucous Flue, fbme- 

 what like that of the Green-gage 

 Plumb. Thefe Leaves, when broken, 

 do emit a ftrong Scent, fbmewhat 

 like Turpentine, which has occa- 

 fioned fbme Perfons to give it the 

 Name of Balm of Gileady tho' very 

 improperly. 



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