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flill continue to produce indented 

 Leaves; but the extreme Parts of 

 the Tree, and all the vigorous 

 Shoots, produce whole Leaves ; fb 

 that the Variation froni the com- 

 mon Sort is but fmall. The tv^o 

 ftrip'd Sorts are alfo Varieties of 

 the common, one having whole, 

 the other indented Leaves. The 

 Early Wiiite, Italian, Late Red, 

 and Dutch Sorts, are Foreigners ^ 

 but have been more cultivated in 

 the Nurieries about London, than 

 thofe which are of our own 

 Growth, and are much commoner 

 m the Gardens than thofe. The 

 Early White is the firfl Sort that 

 flowers, commonly beginning in 

 April i this is fucceedcd by the Ita- 

 lian 5 then the Dutch and Late 

 Red Sorts follow; the latter of 

 which, during the time of flower- 

 ing, is the mod: beautiful of all the 

 Kinds; for its Flowers are produ- 

 ced in very dole Bunches, and 

 every Shoot of the Tree produces 

 many Bunches, which flowering 

 all together, renders it a very fine 

 Shrub : but this feidom lafts more 

 than a Fortnight in Beauty j where- 

 as the Dutch Sort, which pro- 

 duces its Bunches but thinly (its 

 Branches growing more ditfuled) 

 continues flowering until prevented 

 by froily Weather. The Ever- 

 green Honeyfuckle begins to produce 

 its Flowers at the Bei^inniny: of. 

 June, and often continues flower- 

 ing 'rill Michaelmas, which, toge- 

 ther with its Ever-green Leaves, 

 renders it a very valuable Shrub. 



All thefe Sorts of ^oneyfucldes 

 are propagated by laying' dc vvn 

 their Branches in the Spring ; v- hich 

 by Michaelmas following (if rhey 

 have been fupply'd with Water) 

 will have taken Root, fo as to be 

 'fit to remove, which fhould be in- 

 to Nurfery-beds, for a Year or tv/Oj 



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the better to traiii them up, either 

 for Headed-Plants, or for Creepers 

 to plant againft Trees, Walls, Pales, 

 O'r. which in two Years Time, 

 at mofi:> will be fit for any of thofe 

 Purpoies ; or they may be propa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings of the 

 young Shoots, either at Michael- 

 mas, or early in the Spring of the 

 Year, in a ihady Border, where 

 they may continue 'till the Michael- 

 mas following, vi"hcn they may be 

 tranipbnted into Nurfery-beds, (as 

 was before diredcd : ) But the 

 Ever-green Honeyfuckle is difficult 

 to encreaie this Way, therefore it 

 would be better to propagate it by 

 Layers. 



Thefe Shrubs arc very great Or- 

 naments to fmall Quarters of Flow- 

 ering Shrubs, when train'd up to 

 regular Heads ; and the different 

 Varieties being intermixed there- 

 v/ith, their long Continuance in 

 Flower, together with the Beauty 

 and Sweetnefs of their Flowers, 

 renders them as valuable Shrubs for 

 fuch Purpofes as any we havcj and 

 they are no Icis valuable for plant- 

 ing againit the Stems of old Trees 

 in Groves or Avenues, where, if 

 they are not too much overihaded 

 by the Trees, they will thrive and 

 flower exceedingly. 



The beft Seafon for cutting thefe 

 Trees, to keep them in a regular 

 Form, is about Michaelmas, foon 

 after they have done flower- 

 ing, that their Wounds may heai 

 before Winter : And this Work is 

 beft perform'd with a Knife, ob- 

 ferving to cut behind a Leaf-Bud; 

 tor how long foever the Shoot is 

 left beyond, it decays down to the 

 Bud, and thereby becomes un- 

 fightly. They are all extreme hardy, 

 except the E^'er-green, which is 

 fuppos'd to be an American Plant j 

 and is fometlmes, m very fevere 

 Winters, 



