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feeing called Musk, or Mufcovy. 

 There is but little Beauty in the 

 Flowers of this Plant 5 however it 

 may be admitted to have a Phce in 

 fome odd Corner, or fhady Border 

 in a Garden tor Variety, it being 

 very hardy, and will thrive in al- 

 mofl any Soil or Situation. 



The 17th and i8th Sorts do pro- 

 duce very handfome Flowers, and 

 «s they are Plants which take up 

 but little Room, and require very 

 little Trouble to cultivate them, fo 

 it is worth while to allow them a 

 Place tor Variety, in fbme Corner 

 of the Garden, thefe being both as 

 hardy as the former Sort. 



The 19th, 20th, lift, lid, 23d, 

 »4.th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 50th 

 and 31ft Sorts, are Natives of a 

 vrarmer Climate than ours, and re- 

 quire to be fhelter'd in Winter: 

 Thefe being all ihrubby Plants, may 

 be propagated by planting their 

 Cuttings, any Time in Summer, in 

 a Bed of light, frefh Earth, observ- 

 ing to water and lliade them until 

 they have taken Root, which will 

 be in about a Months Time after 

 planting, being careful to take off 

 The Mats or other Covering every 

 Night, that the Cuttings may have 

 the Benefit of the Dewsj as alfb 

 whenever there may happen to be 

 any Showers in the Day-time, 

 never to cover them but when the 

 Sun fhines very hot upon the Bed. 



In this Place they may remain 

 two Months from their firfl plant- 

 ing, by which Time they will be 

 rooted fuflicient for planting; you 

 mull therefore prepare ibme Pots, 

 which fliould be leven Inches over 

 the Top, thefe fhould be filled with 

 frefh, light Earth, and having taken 

 the Plants up, with as much Earth 

 as pofl'ible to their Roots, you 

 (hould plant them into thefe Pots, 

 each Plant into a fcparate one, re- 



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moving them into a fhady Situation 

 until they have taken frefh Root, 

 obferving to water them frequently 

 as they may have occafion ; and 

 when they arc rooted, you fhould 

 remove them to a more expos'd 

 Situation to harden them, in which 

 Place they fhould remain until the 

 Middle of Ociober, v/hen the Morn- 

 ings begin to be frofty, at which 

 Time they ought to be removed 

 into the Green-houfe, where they 

 fhould be placed as near the Win- 

 dows as poifible, obferving to let 

 the Windows be open, that they 

 may have as much fi-ee Air as 

 poifible, until the Weather begins 

 to be very cold. 



Thefe Plants, during the Winter 

 Sealbn, will require to be often 

 refrefli'd with Water j but they 

 fhould never have too jnuch given 

 them at once ; they fhould alio be 

 frequently pick'd to take off all 

 dead or decay 'd Leaves, which if 

 fuffer'd to remain upon them, will 

 not only render the Plants unfightly, 

 butalfo infedt the Air of the Green- 

 houfe, eipecially when the Win- 

 dows are kept flmt clofe, and there- 

 by become injurious to all thp Plants 

 placed therein. 



You muft alfo obferve to fet 

 thefe wJiere they may be clear from 

 the Heads of other Plants, for they 

 will by no means bear to be flifled, 

 which would caufe them to cafl 

 their Leaves; nor do they require 

 to be kept very warm in Winter, 

 for if they are but fcreen'd from 

 the Frofl, it will be fiifficient, and 

 all artificial Warmths are prejudi- 

 cial to thefe Plants. 



Ihe 29th Sort is very fubjedi-to 

 caft its Leaves in Autumn, and 

 thereby appears to unskilful Per- 

 fons as dead; but if it be fuffered 

 to remain in the Pot undiflurbed, 

 and very little Water given to it 

 during 



