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Tq removing of thefe Plants, you 

 Ihoaid be careful to preferve as 

 much Earth about their Roots as 

 you can j and if the Seafon fliould 

 prove hot and dry, you mufl wa- 

 ter and (hade them, until they have 

 taken frefhRootj after which they 

 will require no other Culture than 

 was betbre directed. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated, by planting Cuttings of 

 them upon a gentle warm Bed in 

 Mayor June, keeping them fhaded 

 with Mats, and frequently refrefli- 

 ed witii Water until they have 

 taken Root, which will be in about 

 two Months Timcj when you may 

 traniplant them into Pots filled 

 with good frefh light Earth, which 

 ibould be fet in a fhady Place until 

 they have taken Root, and then 

 may be expofed to the open Sun 

 until Ociober^ when you fhocld re- 

 move them into Shelter the firft 

 "Winter i but the fucceeding Spring 

 you may plant them abroad, as 

 was before direfted for the Seed- 

 ling Plants. 



The eighth Sort is by much the 

 moll beautiful of all thefe Cijius's : 

 The Flowers, which are as big as 

 a handfome Rofe, are of a fine 

 White, with a deep purple Spot 

 on the Bottom of each Leaf. This 

 Plant alio abounds with a fweet 

 glutinous Liquor, which exfudcs 

 thro' the Pores of the Leaves in fo 

 plentiful a manner, in hot Wea- 

 ther, that the Surfaces of the Leaves 

 are covered therewith. From this 

 Plant (C/«///i^; thinks) might be ga- 

 thered great Quantities of the La- 

 danum, which is ufed in Medicine, 

 in the Woods in Spain, where he 

 faw vaft Quantities of this Shrub 

 growing. 



But it is from the twelfth Sort, 

 which Monfieur Toumefort fays, 

 the Greeks, in the Archipehgo^ ga- 



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ther this fweet Gum : In the ^o-> 

 ing of which (Bellon'ms fays) they 

 make ule of an Inflrument like a 

 Rake, without Teeth, which they 

 call Ergajiiri : To this are tied 

 many ThoiTgs of raw and untan- 

 ned Leather, which they rub gent- 

 ly upon the Bufhes, that produce 

 the Luddnum, that fo that liquid 

 Moiflure may flick upon the 

 Thongs After which they fcrape 

 it off with Knives: This is done 

 in the hottefl Time of the Day^ 

 for which Reafon, the Labour of 

 gathering this Ladstnum is excef- 

 five, and almofl intolerable, lince 

 they are obliged to remain on the 

 Mountains for whole Days toge- 

 ther, in the very Heat of Sum- 

 mer, or the Dog-Days : Nor is 

 there any Perfbn almofl that will 

 undertake this Labour, except the 

 Greek Monks. 



Monfieur Toumefort alfo relates 

 the fame in his Travels^ where he 

 fays. That the Shrubs which pro- 

 duce the Ladanum grow upon dry 

 fa-ndy Hillocks, and that he ob- 

 ferved feveral Country-Fellows in 

 their Shirts and Drawers, that were 

 brufhing the Shrubs with their 

 Whips, the Straps whereof, by 

 being drawn over the Leaves of 

 the Plant, licked up a fort of odo- 

 riferous Balfam {ticking upon the 

 Leaves, which he fuppofes to be 

 Part of the nutritious Juice of the 

 Plant which exfudes thro' the Pores 

 of the Leaves, where it remains 

 like a fattifh Dew, in fl-jining Drops 

 as clear as Turpentine. 



When the Whips are fufficiently 

 laden with this Grcafe, they take 

 a Knife and fcrape it clean off the 

 Straps, and make it up inio a Mafs 

 of Cakes of different Sizes : This 

 is what comes to us under the 

 Name of Ladanum or Ldbdanurrt, 

 A Man that is diligen| will gather 



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