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being very careful not to give them 

 too much Water, efpecially towards 

 Autumn, when their green Leaves 

 begin to decay, at which Time 

 they ihonld have it very iparingly ; 

 and if the Seaibn fliould prove very 

 wet, you ihouid move the Pots on 

 one Side, or remove them under 

 Shelter to proted them from it: 

 And about the Beginning of October 

 you fhould remove them into the 

 Green-Houfe, placing them as near 

 as polTible to the Windows, that 

 they may have a good Quantity of 

 free Air, when the Windows are 

 open'd ,• for if they are defended 

 from the Froll and much Wet, it 

 will be fufficient, they not being 

 extream tender, nor will they ever 

 require any artificial Warmths in 

 Winter, but, on the contrary, as 

 much Air as poiTible in mild Wea- 

 ther. 



Thefe Plants require a very light, 

 fandy Soil ■■, but fliould not have too 

 much Dung. The Mixture of 

 Earth in which I find them grow 

 beft, is as follows : ift, Take a 

 Quantity of frelli Earth from a Pa- 

 fture-Ground that is inclining to a 

 Sand, (and if you have Time for the 

 Turf to rot before you have Occ^- 

 lion for it, add that to the Earth) i 

 then mix about a third or fourth 

 Part as much Sea-Sand, in Propor- 

 tion to the Liglitnefs of your Soil i 

 add to this about a fourth Part as 

 much rotten Tanners Bark ; mix 

 all wdl together, and let it lie in 

 a Heap two or three Months before 

 you have occafion for it, oblerving 

 to turn it over tv/o or three times, 

 that the Mixtures may be the better 

 united ; and if before it be us'd, 

 you pafs it through a rough Screen 

 to take out all large Stones,Roots,r9--c. 

 it will be the better i but by no 

 means fift the Earth fine, as is the 

 Practice of mar y People., for I am 



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fure it is doing a great deal of Da- 

 mage, (as was Ihewn under the Ar- 

 ticle Abies) : When thefe Plants are 

 potted, you fhould carefully lay 

 ibme Stones or Shreds in the Bot- 

 tom of the Pots, that the Water 

 may the better pa{s off i nor fhould 

 you plant them in Pots too large j 

 which is equally injurious to them, 

 as was before-mentioned. 



The 58th and 39th Sorts are 

 Plants of fhorter Duration than 

 thofs above-mentioned, rarely con- 

 tinuing above two Years 5 fo that 

 in order to preferve thefe, you 

 fhould fave the Seeds every Year, 

 which fl^iould be fown upon a mo- 

 derate Hoc-bed in the Spring, and 

 managed as v/as directed for the laft 

 mention'd Sorts. Thefe do often 

 produce Flowers and Seeds the fame 

 Summer j but the fecond Year, pro- 

 vided they are defended from the 

 Frofl in Winter, they will flower 

 early, and perfed: their Seeds before 

 Autumn. 



The 40th Sort is annual : This 

 mud be fown on a moderate Hot- 

 bed, and the Plants brought for- 

 ward in the Spring i but when 

 they begin to flov/er, muft be fet 

 in the open Air, other wife the 

 Flowers will fall away without 

 producmg any Seeds. This, tho' a 

 Plant of no great Beauty, yet is wor- 

 thy of a Place in every Collection of 

 curious Plants. 



There are a great Number of 

 Gerafiiums which I have not here 

 mention'd, many of which are Na- 

 tives of England, and others were 

 brought from divers other Parts of 

 Europe i but as thefe for the mofl 

 pan are annual Plants of no Beauty 

 or Ufc, {0 I thought it needlefs to 

 trouble myfelf or the Reader there- 

 wirh. 



GERMANDER } z-Ue Chamae- 

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