ly retarded. As thefe Plants ad- 

 vance in Height, fo (hould they 

 have a greater Proportion of freih 

 Air, at all Times, when the Wea- 

 ther is warm, and their Waterings 

 Ihould be frequently repeated } tho' 

 it muft be perform 'd with great 

 Moderation, for too much Moi- 

 fture is very fubjed: to rot the 

 Roots i and when once the Roots 

 are decay'd, it feldom happens that 

 thofe Plants are ever recovered, 

 tho' managed with all polliblc 

 Skill and Care. 



During the Winter-feafon, thefe 

 Plants fhould be plac'd in a Bark- 

 ftove, that the Fibres of the Roots 

 may not be too much dry'd (which 

 often happens when the Pots are 

 plac'd upon Shelves in a dry Stove) 

 whereby the Top-fhoots of the 

 Plants are often decay'd, and the 

 Leaves are apt to turn brown and 

 fall off, which is of very ill Confe- 

 quence to themj for if once the 

 Leaves fall intirely off, the Plants 

 are feldom recovered again Co as 

 to be beautiful. 



This Stove fhould be kept up to 

 the temperate Heat (mark'd on 

 Mr. Fowler's Thermometers) with 

 which they thrive better than in 

 a great Warmth; for if they are 

 kept over hot, they perfpire too 

 freely, fo that their Leaves will 

 droop and change their Colour, 

 In this Seafon they fhould be wa- 

 ter'd frequently, but it muft be gi- 

 ven them fparingly, and the Water 

 fhould always be plac'd in the Stove 

 twenty-four Hours before it be u- 

 fed, that it may acquire a Warmth 

 nearly equal to the Temperature of 

 the Air in the Stove. 



You muft alfo clean their Leaves 

 frequently from Filth, which they 

 are fubjedt to contraft when fhut 

 up dole, as alfo many fmall In- 

 fers are harbour 'd upon the Sur- 



faces of the Leaves, which, if not 

 carefully clean'd off, will greatly 

 injure the Plants. The beft Me- 

 thod to clean off thefe is, with a 

 foft woollen Cloth dipt in Water, 

 with which you may eafily wafh 

 them off; but you fhould be care- 

 ful not to bruife their Leaves, nor 

 to wet them too much, cfpecially 

 in the Depth of Winter. 



You fhould alfo be careful in 

 placing them in the Stove, not to 

 fet them under the Branches of o- 

 ther Plants, nor too cloie to them, 

 whereby their Branches may in- 

 tangle therewith, which will caufc 

 them to fhed their Leaves, or ac 

 leaft occafion their difcolouring ; 

 and in the Spring, when their 

 Bloffoms begin to appear, they 

 muft be more frequently water'd, 

 as alfo their Leaves and Branches 

 often clean'd, which will caufc 

 their Leaves to look of a beautiful 

 Green, and their Flowers to be 

 ftrong, and their Fruit will fet the 

 better. 



In the Summer they muft be 

 continu'd in the Stove, with their 

 Pots plung'd in Bark (which fhould 

 not be too hot) but they muft 

 have a great Share of frefh Air in 

 warm Weather, and the GlalTes 

 fhould be fhaded in the Heat of 

 the Day, for they do not care to 

 be too much expos'd to the direct 

 Rays of the Sun, which occafions 

 their tender Shoots and Leaves to 

 flag and hang down, and thereby 

 retards the Growth of the Plants : 

 You muft alfo obferve to fhift them 

 into frefh Earth, whenever you 

 find their Roots to fhoot through 

 the Holes at the Bottom of the 

 Pots; but this will fcarce happen 

 oftener than twice a Year, fo that 

 I would advife the fhifting them 

 in May, and the Beginning of Au- 

 gtifli which are the propereft Sea- 



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