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Time, provided they are watered 

 and fhaded as the Sealbn may re- 

 quire i then they fliould be taken 

 up, with a Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots, and planted into Pots fill'd 

 with light, Tandy Earth, and may 

 be exposed to the open Air until 

 OBober, at which Time they fhould 

 be remov'd into the Confervatory, 

 where they ihould be plac'd as free 

 as poflible from being over-hung 

 with other Plants : And during 

 the Winter-feafon they muft be re- 

 freOi'd with Water, but fhould not 

 have too much given 'em each 

 Time : You may let 'em have as 

 much Air as the Weather will per- 

 mit 5 for if they are kept too clofe, 

 they will be fubje6f to grow 

 mouldy, and generally decay foon 

 after. 



Thefe Shrubs may be trained up 

 either to form round Heads, or 

 into Pyramids, it being a very ma- 

 nageable Plant j but fhould not be 

 often cut ; for, by fo doing, 'twill 

 occaiion the Branches to grow very 

 clofe, whereby the Air will be ex- 

 cluded from the Middle-part of 

 the Plant, which will caufc the 

 Leaves to decay, and the Branches 

 to appear very un lightly j but if 

 you iliffer it to grow as it is aatu- 

 rally difpos'd, (only obferving to 

 tie up the Stem, to make it ftrait) 

 the Plant will thrive much better. 



The Beauty of this Shrub, is in 

 its fmall Evergreen Leaves, which 

 grow as clofe as Heath j and being 

 bruis'd between the Fingers, do 

 emit a very fragrant Odour. 



Frutex ; Virginianus, trifoliusy 

 Ulmi Samarris. Baiiijl. Fluk. Aim. 

 American Shrub Trefoil, v/ith Fruit 

 like the Elm. 



The Seeds of this Shrub were 

 fent from Carolina, by Mr. Catesby, 

 Anno 1714, from which leveral 

 Plants have been rais'd in the Gar- 



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dens near London ; but /ince it hzth 

 not as yet been reduced to any Cla.<s 

 of Plants, I fhall eontinue the old 

 Name to it. 



This Shrub is, hardy enough to 

 refift the fevereft Cold of our Cli- 

 mate in the open Air, provided it 

 be planted on a dry Soil. It may- 

 be propagated by laying down the 

 Side-Branches into the Ground in 

 the Spring, obferving to (lit them 

 at a Joint, as it is pradis'd inlaying 

 Carnations. When they are pegged 

 down, the Earth fl:iould be lay'd 

 two or three Inches thick over the 

 Part that is flit 5 and in dry Wea- 

 ther they ihould be water'd, which^ 

 if duly attended to, will greatly fa- 

 cilitate their Rooting-, fo that in 

 one Year they will be rooted fuf- 

 ficient to be tranfplanted out j but 

 if they are not flit, nor the Ground 

 about them water'd in dry Wea- 

 ther, it will be tv/o Years before 

 they will be fit to tranfplant. 



If the Plant likes the Soil into 

 which it is planted, it will make 

 conliderable flrong Shoots, and the 

 Leaves will be large and fair. There 

 is one of thefe Shrubs in the Thy- 

 fick-Ganlenit Chelfea, \yhich I raised 

 from Seeds Anno 1724., and has 

 been tranfplanted five Years in the 

 open Air ; This Plant is now. Anno 

 1735, upwards ot eight Feet high, 

 and has produced great Quantities 

 of Flowers, which are of a greenifh 

 white Colour, and are produced in 

 Bunches at the Extremity of the 

 Branches, which with the Strait- 

 nefs of its Grov>^th, and the Beauty 

 and uncommon Shape of the Leaves, 

 render it worthy of a Place in every 

 good Collection of Trees and Shrubs. 

 Frutex i [camlens, ptrc^Jelini fo- 

 His, VirginianHs, clavictdis donatus* 

 Fluk. M^»i^. The Pepper -tree i vtdg9. 

 This Plant was brought from 

 Virginia, where it is found in i^veat 

 A 'a 4 Pi'-n^y 



