beautiful of all the Sorts, as alio 

 extremely fweet-fcented : The Flow- 

 ers of this Kind are much larger 

 than any of the others, and are 

 commonly of a Red Colour on the 

 Out-fide. This Plant is propagated 

 by Budding or Inarching it upon 

 the common White fafmhe, on 

 which it takes very vvellj and is 

 render'd hardier than thofe which 

 are upon their own Stocks. But thofe 

 of this Kind being brought over 

 from Itafy every Spring in fo great 

 Plenty, they are feldom rais'd here : 

 I fliall therefore proceed to the 

 Management of fuch Plants as are 

 ufually brought into England from 

 the Place above mentioned, which 



feneraly are ty'd up in fmall 

 unches containing three or four 

 Plants, and wrap'd about their 

 Roots with Mofs, to prcferve 

 them from drying i which, if it 

 happen that the Ship has a. long 

 Pallage, will often occafion them 

 to pui"h out fcrong Shoots from 

 their Roots, which muft always be 

 taken off before planting, otherwife 

 they will exhaull the whole Nou- 

 rifhment of the Plant, and deftroy 

 the Graft. 



When you receive thefe Plants, 

 you m'dCi clear the Roots of the 

 Moxs, and all decay'd Branches iT>ou;d 

 be taken off j then place their 

 Roots into a Pot or Tub ot Water, 

 which fhould be fet in the Green- 

 houfe, or fome other Room, where 

 it may be skreen'd from the Cold : 

 In this Situat'Oii they may continue 

 two Days,- after which you mull 

 prune off all the dry Roots, and 

 plant them into Pots fili'd with 

 trefh light Earth,- then plunge the 

 Pots into a moderate Hot-bed of 

 Tanners Bark, obierving to water 

 and fliade them, as the Heat of the 

 Seafon may require. In about three 

 Weeks or a Month's Time they 



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will bcgm to Ihoot, when you muft 

 carefully rub off all fuch as are pro- 

 duced from the Stock below the 

 Grah ; and you muft now let them 

 have a great Share of Air, by raifing 

 the GlalTes in the Heat of the Day j 

 and as the Shoots extend, they 

 fhiouM be topp'd, to ftrengthen 

 them, and, by Degrees, fliould be 

 harden'd to endure the open Air, 

 into which they fliould be remov'd 

 in June : but muft have a warm 

 Situation the firft Summery for if 

 they are too much expos'd to the 

 Winds, they will make but indif- 

 ferent Progrefs, being render'd fome- 

 what tender by the Hot-bed. If 

 the Sumnicr be warni, and the 

 Trees have fuccceded weD, they 

 will produce fome Flowers in the 

 Autumn following, tho' they will 

 be few in Number, and' not near fb 

 ftrong as they will be the fucceed- 

 ing Years, when the Trees are 

 ftronger, and have better Roots. 



Thele Plants are commonly pre- 

 ferv'd in Grecn-houfes, withOranges, 

 Myrtles, &c. and during the Winter- 

 fedlbn will require to be frequently 

 watered, which fhould be given 

 thera fparingly each time, efpecially 

 in cold Weather i for too much 

 V/ct at that Scafbn v/ill be apt to 

 rot the Fibres of their Roots: 

 They fhould alfo have a great Share 

 of tree Air when the \A/eather v/ill 

 permit i for which Purpofc they 

 fiiould be plac'd in the cooleft Part 

 of the Grecn-houfe, aniong Plants 

 that are hardy, where the Wmdov/s 

 may be open'd every Day, except 

 in trofty W^eather j nor fljould they 

 be croudcd too clofe among o iacr 

 Plants, which often occafions their 

 growing mouldy, and decays :he 

 younger Branches. In April the 

 Shoots of thefe Plants fliould be 

 fiiorten'd down to four Eyes, and 

 all the weak Bi-anches fhouid be cut 



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