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much the better, and they will be 

 iniels Danger of mifcarrying. 



Thefe Cuttings fhould be planted 

 in fmall Pots, fili'd with light 

 fandy Earth, with a Mixture of 

 Lime-rubbifh, laying fome Stones 

 in the Bottom of the Pots to drain 

 off the Moiflurej then place the 

 Pots into a gentle Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners-bark, to facilitate their root- 

 ing, giving them once a Week a 

 gentle Watering. 



The beft Seafon for this Work 

 is in fune or July^ that they may 

 have time to root before Winter : 

 Tov/ard the Middle of Augufi you 

 muft begin to give them Air by 

 degrees, to harden them againft 

 Winter, but they Ihould not be 

 wholly expos'd to the open Air or 

 Sun : At the End of September they 

 mufl be remov'd into the Stove 

 where they are to abide the Win- 

 ter : during which Seafon, you 

 mull be very careful not to let 

 them have much Water, and al- 

 -ways obfervc to place the young 

 Plants, for the firfl: Winter, in a 

 little v/armer Situation than the 

 older Plants, as being fomewhat 

 tenderer. 



Thele Plants fliould always have 

 a dry Situation in Winter ; for as 

 they imbibe the greateft Part of 

 their Nourifj-iment from the cir- 

 cumambient Air, ib if this be too 

 replete with moift Particles, it wijl 

 occa/ion their rotting. Thefe Plants 

 fhould none of them be expos'd 

 abroad, not even in the Midfl: of 

 Summer, for great Rains, which 

 often happen at that Seafon, are 

 very injurious to them: The firft 

 eight Sorts ihould be therefore 

 ^rlac'd fo as to enjoy a free Air in 

 the Summtzr, but at the fame time 

 icreen'd from Rains and great 

 Dews i it wiJl therefore be much 

 zhc better M.ei:hod to fet them in 



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an open Glafs-ftove, whe^e the 

 Windows may be fet open in good 

 Weather, and fhut in cold or wet. 

 The other four Sorts muft not be 

 expos'd too much to the open Air, 

 even in the hotteft Seafon, efpe- 

 cially if you delign to have them 

 flower 5 and in Winter they fhould 

 be kept very warm, and have no 

 Water given them . 



When you have once cut off the 

 Tops of any of thefe Plants, in 

 order to increafe them, the old 

 Stems will put forth treih Shoots 

 from their Angles near the Top, 

 which when grown to be eight 

 or nine Inches long, may alfo be 

 taken off to make freih Plants, 

 and by this means the old Plants 

 will continually afford a Supply, 

 fo that you never need cut off 

 above one Plant of a Sort, which 

 you fhould preferve for a Breeder. 



Thefe Plants being fucculent, 

 they will bear to be a long time 

 out of the Ground, therefore who- 

 ever hath a mind to get any of 

 them from the Weft-Indies^ need 

 give no other Inflrudtions to their 

 Friends, but to cut them off, and 

 let them lie two or three Days to 

 dry; then put them up in a Box 

 with dry Hay or Straw, to keep 

 them from wounding each other 

 v/ith their Spines ^ and if they 

 are two or three Months on 

 their PafTage, they will keep 

 very well, provided no Wet get 

 to them. 



CERINTHE; Honey- wort. 

 The Characiers are j 



It hath glaucous deep-green Leaves ^ 

 rohich are for the moft part hefet 

 tpith Trickles : The Tlovjers are cy- 

 lindrical, confifling of one Leaf in 

 shape like thofe of Comfrey, and 

 are pendulous j each Flower is fuc- 

 ceeded by tsvo oblong naked Seeds. 



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