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1 1 . Cereus ; fcandens, minora 

 fvlygonus, articulatus. Var* Bat, 

 The lelTer creeping, jointed Torch- 

 Thiftle, with many Angles. 



12. Cereus 5 Tninimus, articula- 

 ti4Si polygonus, fpinofus. Boerh. Ind. 

 The leafl prickly jointed Torch- 

 Thiftle, with many Angles. 



The hrft Sort is the hardieft, as 

 alfo the moft common in England 

 of any of thefe Sorts, and may be 

 preferv'd in a good Green-houfe 

 without any artificial Heat, pro- 

 vided the Froft is kept intirely out, 

 and the Plant kept very dry all the 

 Winter, for Wet is the greateft 

 Enemy to thefe Plants. 



The 2d, 3d, 4th, j-th, 6th, 7th, 

 and 8th Sorts are fomewhat ten- 

 derer, and will require a little ar- 

 tificial Warmth in very bad Wea- 

 ther, therefore thele fhould be 

 plac'd in a Stove, which is kept 

 up to the temperate Heat, mark'd 

 on Mr. Fowler's Thermo7neters : 

 Thefe muft alfo have very little Wa- 

 ter in the Winter- feafon. 



The 9th Sort is by the Inhabi- 

 tants of Barbados, train'd up againfi: 

 their Houfes, for the Sake of its 

 Fruit, which is about the Bignefs 

 of a Bergamot-Vear and of a moft 

 delicious Flavour. This, with the 

 loth, I ith and 12th Sorts, are 

 very tender, and require a very 

 warm Stove to preferve them : 

 Thefe fhould be plac'd againft the 

 V/alls of the Stove, into which 

 they will infinuate their Roots, 

 and extend themfelves to a great 

 Length, and with a little Help, in 

 faftening them to the Wall here 

 and there, may be led up about 

 the Ceiling of the Houfe, where 

 they will appear very handfome. 

 And the nth Sort, when arriv'd 

 to a fufficient Strength, will pro- 

 duce many exceeding large, beau- 

 tiful, fwcet-fccnted Flowers j but 



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they are (like all the Flowers of 

 thefe Kinds) of a very fhort Dura- 

 tion, fcarcely continuing full blown 

 twelve Hours 5 nor do the lame 

 Flowers ever open again, when 

 once clos'd : Thefe Flowers open 

 in the Afternoon, and before the 

 next Morning fliut up again. 



I don't remember to have heard 

 of any of the other Sorts (except 

 the firft) which have produced Flow- 

 ers in Europe i tho' it is to be hop'd, 

 that when they are arriv'd to a 

 fufficient Strength, they will flower 

 as well as thofe two ; but, at pre- 

 fent, the Plants of the other Sorts 

 are but young, having been in Eng~ 

 land but a few Years. The firft 

 Sort feldoni produces its Flowers 

 until arriv'd to a confidcrable Age, 

 unlefs by fome Accident, which 

 many times occafions their flower- 

 ing fboner than they are common- 

 ly inclin'd to. Of this Kind, there 

 was a very large Plant in the Royal 

 Garden at Faris^ v/hich was up- 

 ward of thirty Feet high, and had 

 produc'd Flowers for feveral Years : 

 but by the Severity of the late 

 Winter {Anno 1728.) wasdeftroy'd. 

 There was alio another in the Fhy- 

 flck Garden at Leyden^ which, in 

 the Year 172.7, when I was there, 

 w^as above twenty Feet high, and 

 had a great Number of Flowers 

 upon it j but I don't know of any 

 in England that are above twelve 

 or fourteen Feet high, tho' there 

 have been many flower'd within a 

 few Years paft. 



Thefe are all propagated by Cut- 

 tings, fo that if you intend to in- 

 creafe the Number of them, you 

 muft cut off their Stems, at what 

 Length you pleafe : Thefe fhcuid 

 be laid by in a dry Place to heal, 

 at leaft a Week or ten Days before 

 they are planted ; but if they lie a 

 Fortnight or three Weeks it is 

 much 



