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vent their being deftroy*d, and after 

 they have been inured to the open 

 Air for two or three Years, they 

 will then be moftly out of Dan- 

 ger, and will grow much better 

 than thofe Plants, which are kept 

 in Pots or Tubs. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 laying down their young Branches 

 in the Spring, which fliould be flit 

 at a Joint (as is pradis'd in laying 

 Carnations) and in dry Weather 

 they muii be frequently watered 

 to encourage their ftriking Root, 

 which they rarely do until the fe- 

 cond Year, before which they fliouId 

 not be difturb'd ^ but then ii they 

 have taken fufficient Root, they 

 ihould be tranfplanted in April, 

 placing them, as was before dire- 

 cted, into a warm Situation, ob- 

 ferving to water them in dry Wea- 

 ther, as alfb to lay Tome Mulch a- 

 bout their Roots to prevent the 

 Ground from drying too faft ; and 

 in Winter lay a little frefh Mulch 

 about them to keep out the Froft ; 

 after two or three Years, they 

 will be fufficiently hardy, and will 

 require no farther Care, but to dig 

 the Ground about them every 

 Spring, and keep them clean from 

 VVeeds, as alio to trim up the late- 

 ral Branches, to make them ajp- 

 pire in Height; but by no Means 

 fhould you fheer them into Balls 

 and Pyramids (as is the common 

 Practice) but let them grow in 

 their utmoft Luxuriancy, in which 

 Manner they will appear much 

 more beautiful than in thofe ftudi- 

 ed Figures. 



Theie Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated fro^m the Berries, which may 

 be obtained frorA the Southern 

 Parts of Fra/we or Spain, where 

 they grow in great Plenty i they 

 mull be ibwn in Pots or Tubs ot 

 light h-efli Earth, and houied ia 



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Winter (for the Plants feldom 

 come up until the fecond Year) 

 but in Summer they fhould be ex- 

 pofed in a warm Situation, and 

 often refrefh'd with Water; when 

 the Plants come up they muft be 

 carefully clear'd from Weeds, and 

 refreib'd with Water in dry Wea- 

 ther, and in Winter the Pots or 

 Tubs muft be removed into Shel- 

 ter, but fliould have a great Share 

 ot free Air in mild Weather; and 

 the Spring following the Plants 

 ihould be taken up, and each of 

 them planted into a feparate Pot, 

 then plunge the Pots into a mode- 

 rate Hot-bed to facilitate their ta- 

 king Root, after which they may 

 be expos'd to the open Air (as was 

 diredted for the older Plants) and 

 continue to houfe them e very- 

 Winter, until they are three or 

 four Years old, after which they 

 may be planted into the open Air, 

 when they muft be treated as the 

 old Plants. 



Thefe Trees are always Green, 

 which renders them more valua- 

 ble, and their Leaves being of a 

 beautiful Figure, and their Heads 

 generally growing very regular, 

 renders them worthy of a good 

 Situation; they feldom rife above 

 twelve or fourteen Feet high with 

 us, and fhould therefore be inter- 

 mixed with other Ever-greens <rf" 

 the fame Growth. 



LEONTOPETALON; Lion- 

 Leaf. 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a thick tuberofe perennial 

 Root ; the Flower is naked, and con- 

 Jifls of five or fix Petals which ex- 

 pand in Form of a Rofe, garni (J}' d 

 with five Stamina; in the Middle 

 of the FloToer rifes the Fointah 

 which afterwards becomes a Blad- 

 der, containing many fpherical Seeds. 



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