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to be kill'd, and fometimes tKeir 

 vvhoic Stems quite to the Surface : 

 .Yet it rarely happens that itdeflroys 

 the whole Piuicj for if the Roots 

 are permitted to ccntinue undi- 

 fturb'd, theyieldom fail to flioot up 

 again in the fucceeding Summer. 



Thele are propagated by laying 

 (down thdr Branches, which in one 

 Year's time will take good Roots, 

 and may then be remov'd to the 

 Places where they are dciign'd to 

 remain : The beft Seafon for trani- 

 planting thefe Plants, is towards the 

 latter End of March, or the Bsgin- 

 niPig oi April, juft before they begin 

 to flioot i for if they are remov'd 

 earher, and it fliouid prove dry 

 frofty Weather, with cold North- 

 Eaft Winds, (as it often happens in 

 March) thefe Plants will fcarcely 

 endure it, which is the Occafion ot 

 the Death of lb many of them, as 

 is often obferv'd upon Tranfplan- 

 tation. 



The Plants fliould be planted 

 againH: a Wall or other Building, 

 which fnould face the South-Eail 

 or South- Weft j or ellc intermix'd 

 amongft flowering Shrubs in Quar- 

 ters 3 where, if they are regularly 

 train'd up to Poles, they will flower 

 ex'.reni^ly well, and have a very 

 good Elfedl in diverfifying fuch 

 PLnrations. The beft Seafon for 

 pruning of thefe Plants is in the 

 Spring, atier the cold Weather is 

 paft j for if they are pruned very 

 early, and it fliould happen to be 

 JFrofty Weather afterwards, it would 

 endanger moft of the young Branch- 

 es j therefore it is much the better 

 Way to let the whole Plant remain 

 untouch'd (fuffering all the rude 

 Pare to hang down before the Stem 

 and Branches) during the Winter- 

 fealbn, which will be pf Service in 

 protediing them from the Severity 

 of the Cold i and if at Michaelmas 



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you lay a little Dung or other 

 Mulch about a Foot thick upon the 

 Surface of the Ground near the 

 Stems, it will effe<Stually guard their 

 Roots from Froft 5 which Method 

 fliGuld be conftantly pradtis'd with 

 fuch as are planted in open Quar- 

 ters. The Manner of Pruning is 

 nothing more than to cut oft" all 

 the imall weak Shoots, and ftiorten 

 the ftrong ones to about three Feet 

 in Length : Or, if the Building is 

 high againft which they are planted, 

 they may be lett much longer, tho* 

 you fliculd be careful not to leave 

 them too long ; for as they are vi- 

 gorous growing Plants, ibthey will 

 loon get above the Building, and 

 become troublefome. Thole that 

 are planted in Quarters, and train'd 

 to Stakes, muft be cut iliorter, in 

 order to have the Flowers nearer 

 the Ground : Thefe, when their 

 Seafon for Flowering is paft, fhould 

 have a little Mulch laid about their 

 Roots, and then their Stakes may 

 be taken away, fuftering their 

 Branches to lie upon the Ground, 

 which will alfo be of Service to 

 prote(ft the Pl.mts from the Inju- 

 ries of the Wintcti and in the Be- 

 ginning of April they may be 

 trimmed and ftaked up again: And 

 when the Plants begin to ihoot, they 

 fhould conftantly be kept train'd up 

 to the Stakes, whereby they will 

 not only appear handibme, but the 

 Place will be clearer to work in, as 

 alib to pafs through. 



The Fruit-bearing Kind may alfo 

 be propagated by lowing of the 

 Seeds in the Spring of the Year, in 

 Pots fill'd with light rich Earth, 

 v/hich fhould be plung'd into a 

 moderate Hot-bed, to facilitate the 

 Growth of the Seeds ; and when , 

 the Plants are come up, you mull j 

 harden them by Degrees to bear the ■ 

 open Air ; In tliefe Pots they 



