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Sand, which being preferv'd from 

 Wet, will afford a great deal of 

 Pleafure, when other Flowers are 

 not to be procur'd. 



The ninth and tenth Sorts are 

 Biennial Plants. Thefe feldom con- 

 tinue after they have flower'd and 

 produced Seeds. They may be 

 Ibwn in the Spring upon a warm 

 and dry Border j and when the 

 Plants are come up pretty ftrong, 

 they may be transplanted out ei- 

 ther into Pots or in warm Bor- 

 ders, allowing them at leaft eight 

 or ten Inches Room ; for when 

 they grow ftrong, they Ihoot out 

 many Branches from their Sides, 

 and produce Bunches of dry Flow- 

 ers like the other Plants of this 

 kind, which being preferv'd, do 

 add to the Variety. 



But thefe Plants while frefh, do 

 emit a violent ftrong Smell upon 

 the leaft Touch, for which they 

 have been by many People reject- 

 ed. They will endure our ordi- 

 nary Winters in the open Air, if 

 planted in a dry Soil 5 but in fe- 

 vere Cold, are apt to be demolifh'd. 



The eleventh Sort is one of the 

 moft beautiful of all this Tribe, 

 producing large Bunches of bright 

 Yellow coloured Flowers. This is 

 preferv'd in Tortugal and Spain for 

 adorning their Places of Worfhip 

 in the Winter-feafon, as alfo for 

 the Ladies to adorn their Heads j 

 for which Purpofes it is preferable 

 to any of the flowery Tribe. 



This Plant feldom produces Seeds 

 in England, but is propagated by 

 planting Cuttings in the Summer- 

 leafon, which muft be fet in Pots 

 of light Earth, and plung'd into a 

 moderate Hot-bed, to facilitate their 

 ftriking Root ■■, then you muft put 

 each Plant into a feparate Pot fiU'd 

 with the like frefti Earth, and du- 

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expoie them with Oranges, Myr- 

 tles, &c. but in Winter they muft 

 be put either under a Hot-bed 

 Frame, or into an airy Green- 

 houfe, placing them near the Win- 

 dows, that they may enjoy the 

 free Air, whenever the Weather 

 will permit the Glaftes to be opcn'd ; 

 for if they are crowded amongft 

 other Plants, they are apt to draw, 

 and their under Branches and 

 Leaves, will rot and decay : It 

 muft alfo have frequent, but gentle 

 Waterings. This produces its Flow- 

 ers in May, which when fully 

 grown, ftiould be cut, and preferv'd 

 in clean white Papers, and kept 

 from the Air, which greatly dimi- 

 niflies their Beauty: And this cut- 

 ting off the Flowers will caulc 

 them to pufh out many Side- 

 ftioots, whereby the Plant may be 

 increas'd. 



The twelfth Sort g-rows to be a 

 very large Tree, where it hath 

 the Advantage of 1 warm Cli- 

 mate, that it may be planted in 

 the full Ground: And here in Eng- 

 land there are feveral Trees of 

 pretty large Growth : We have 

 Ibme in the Phyfick Garden, which 

 are upward of twelve Feet high, 

 and have confiderable Stems, and 

 fine regular Heads, to which they 

 may be eaiily train'd, provided Care 

 be taken in their Diredion while 

 young. 



This is propagated by planting 

 Cuttings, as was direded for the 

 former Sort, and requires to have 

 a frefti light Soil, and frequent 

 Waterings : In Winter it muft be 

 hous'd with Bays and other hardy 

 Kinds of Ever-greens, where it 

 may have free open Air in mild 

 Weather. I have fbmetimes known 

 Plants of this kind endure abroad 

 in moderate Winters, but in ievere 



Cold they never efcape. 



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