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The 14th, ij-th, i6tk, 17th, and 

 1 8th Sorts are all propagated by Cut- 

 tings, as was before directed. Thefe 

 may be train'd up to Shrubs with 

 regular Stems, and will grow to 

 the Height of fix or feven Feet : 

 They are pretty hardy, and require 

 only to be fecur'd from our fevere 

 Frofts, and muft have free open 

 Air and frequent Waterings in mild 

 Weather. Thefe are ail pretty Varie- 

 ties in Coilett'ons of Exotick Plants, 

 and altho' fome of the Flowers 

 have no great Beauty in them, yet 

 they are worth preferving, for the 

 lake of Variety. 



ELM ; -vUe Ulmus. 



EMERUSi Scorpion Sena i 'vulgo. 

 The Characters are^ 



It hath Leaves like thofe of the 

 Colutea : The Florpers are papilio- 

 naceous : The Fads are jlender, and 

 contain two or three Cylindrical- 

 JJmp'd Seeds in each. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Emerus i C£falp. Scorpion 

 Sena j 'vulgo. 



2. Emeu us j minor. Toitrn. Tlie 

 lelTer Scorpion Sena. 



The firft of thefe Shrubs is very 

 common in all the Nurferies near 

 Loyidon, but the fecond is at prefent 

 in very few Gardens ; thefe are 

 both o'i them extreme fine flower- 

 ing Shrubs, and arc great Orna- 

 mcnts to fmaller Wildernefs Quar- 

 ters of Shrubs, when mtermix'd 

 with Plants of equal Growth. The 

 firfl: will rife to the Height of feven 

 or eight Feet, and may be reduced 

 to a regular Figure, if proper Care 

 be taken while they are young. 

 The fecond feldom rifes above two 

 or three Feet high, but may be 

 train'd into a handfome Figure. 

 Thefe Shrubs continue Flowering 

 through the greateil Part of the 

 Summer 5 therefore the bell Seaibn 

 to prune them, in order to reduce 



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them into Shape, is about the Mid- 

 dle of September, foon after they 

 have done Bowering ; for if you 

 cut them in Summer, it will pre- J 

 vent their flowering in Antumny "^ 

 unlefs it be done in May, which 

 will deflroy the firft Crop of 

 Flowers, and prevent their pro- 

 ducing Seeds. 



Thefe Shrubs are eafily propagated 

 by lowing their Seeds (which they 

 commonly produce in great Plenty) 

 in March, upon a Bed of light 

 fandy Earth, obferving to keep the 

 Bed clear from Weeds; and in 

 very dry Weather you mufl: often 

 reh-efh the Bed with Water, which 

 fliould be given carefully, left the 

 Seeds fhould be wafh'd out of the 

 Ground by hafty watering. When 

 the Plants are come up, you muft 

 continue the fame Care ; and the 

 Michaelmas following (i'fyour Plants 

 have thriven well) you may draw 

 out the largeft, which may be 

 tranfplanted mto a Nurfery, at three 

 Feet diftance Row from Row, and 

 one Foot afunder in the Rows; 

 this will give room to thofe Plants 

 which are left to grow in the 

 Seed-bed, in which Place they may 

 remain another Year, when they 

 will alfb be fie to tranfplant into a 

 Nurfery, where they fhould- be 

 train'd up in the manner you defign 

 them to grow, either in round 

 Heads, or in rude Plants : In two 

 or three Years more they will be 

 fit to plant out, where they are to 

 remain for good ; in doing of which, 

 you fhould be careful in raking 

 them up, not to break or wound 

 the Roots : Nor fhould they remain 

 too long in the Nurfery before they 

 are tranfplanted j for they are fub- 

 jedt to fr.oot dov/n-right Roots, 

 which, when cut off, ofr-times 

 proves the Death of the Tree. In 

 uii other rcfpctts it muft be treated 



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