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of the Hot-bed, and carry them to 

 fome wcll-lhelter'd Situation, where 

 they may remain until the Begin- 

 ning of October \ at which Time 

 they mufl: be carry'd into the Green- 

 houfe, obferving to place them 

 where they may enjoy as much 

 free Air as pollible when the Win- 

 dows are open'd, as aifo to be clear 

 from the Branches of other Plants. 



During the Winter- feafon they 

 will require to be often water 'd, 

 but you muft be careful not to give 

 them too much at each Time i and 

 in March you muft remove thefe 

 Plants each into a feparate Pot, 

 being careful not to take the Earth 

 from their Roots, and if at this 

 time you plunge them into a j-refh 

 moderate Hot-bed, it will greatly 

 facilitate their rooting again, and 

 be of great Service to the Plants j 

 but when you perceive they are 

 rooted, you muft give them a great 

 deal of Airj for if you draw them 

 too much, they will become weak 

 in their Stems, and incapable to 

 fupport their Heads, which is a 

 great Defeat in thefe Trees. 



You muft alfo harden them to 

 the open Air, into which they 

 ihould be remov'd about the Middle 

 of Mayy obferving, as was before 

 directed, to place them in a Si- 

 tuation that is defended from ftrong 

 Winds, which are injurious totheie 

 Plants, efpecialiy while they are 

 young. In Winter houfe them, as 

 before, and continue the lame Care, 

 with which they will thrive very 

 faft, and produce annually great 

 Quantities of Flowers. 



Thefe Plants are pretty hardy, 

 and will require no other Care in 

 Winter than only to defend them 

 from hard Froft«i nor do I know 

 whether they would not live in the 

 open Air, if planted againft a warm 

 Wall, which is what I am now 



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trying, for 1 have planted fbme 

 againft a Wall tor that Purpofe, 

 and I think wc have Uttle Reafbn 

 to doubt of the Succefs, Unce they 

 are much hardier than the Spanijhi 

 but there is this Difference between 

 them, liz. thefe Plants have large, 

 thick, ever-green Leaves, {q that if 

 they were cover'd with Mats, ai 

 was diredled for the Spanifi Jaf- 

 miney the Leaves would rot and 

 decay the Shoots j but as thefe will 

 only require to be cover'd in ex- 

 treme Froft, fo, if their Roots arc 

 well mulch'd, and a Mat or two 

 lofely hung over them in ordinary 

 Frofts, it will be fufficient, and 

 thefe Mats being either roU'd up, 

 or taken quite off in the Day, there 

 will be no great Danger of their 

 being hurt, which only can pro- 

 ceed from being too long ciofe 

 cover'd. 



In the Spring thefe ihould be 

 prun'd, when you ftiould cut off 

 all decay'd Branches j but you muft 

 not fhorten any of the other Branches, 

 as was dire£led for the SpaniJJj Sort, 

 for the Flowers of this Kind arc 

 produc'd only at the Extremity of 

 the Branches, which, if (horten'd, 

 they would be cut off, and this 

 growing of a more ligneous Sub- 

 ftance in the Branches than the 

 other, will not produce Shoots ftrong 

 enough to flower the fame Year. 



If you would propagate this 

 Plant trom Layers, the Shoots 

 ftiould be laid down in March ; 

 and if you give them a little Cut 

 at the Joint (as is pradlis'd in lay- 

 ing of Carnations) it will promote 

 their Rooting : You Ihould alfo 

 obferve to refrefh them often with 

 Water when the Weather is dry; 

 which, if carefully attended to, the 

 Plants will be rooted by the fuc-- 

 ceeding Spring fit to be tranfplanted, 

 when they muft be planted in Pots 



