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muft be put into a Frame, in or- 

 der to flielter 'em from hard Frofts j 

 for thole Plants which have been 

 brought up tenderly, will be liable 

 to fuffer by hard Frofts, cfpecially 

 while they are young. In April 

 following thefe Plants may be fha- 

 ken out of the Pots, and placed 

 into the full Ground where they 

 are delign'd to remain, which 

 ihouid be in a light Soil, and a 

 warm Situation, in which they 

 will endure the Cold of our ordi- 

 nary Winters extremely well, and 

 continue to produce Flowers mofl 

 part of the Year. 



Thofe alio which were fbwn in 

 an open Border may be tranfplant- 

 ed in the April following in the 

 fime Manner: But in doing of 

 this, you muft be careful to take 

 *em up with a Ball of Earth to 

 their Roots, if polTible i as alfo to 

 water and fliade 'em until they 

 have taken Root j after which, 

 they will require little more Care 

 than to keep 'em clear from Weeds, 

 and to prune their Heads once a 

 Year, i. e. About the Beginning of 

 fuly, in order to" reduce them to 

 a regulir Figure : But you fnould 

 never prune them early in the 

 Spring, nor late in the Autumn-^ 

 for if Frotl fhould happen ibon af- 

 ter they are pruned, it will deftroy 

 the tender Branches, and, many 

 times, the whole Plant is loit 

 thereby. 



Thefe Plants have been conftant- 

 ly preferv'd in the Green-houfe, 

 fuppofing 'em " very tender ; But I 

 have had large Plants of this Kind, 

 which have remain'd in the open 

 Air m a v^'^arm Situation many 

 Years without any Cover, and 

 have been much ftrongcr, and 

 fiower'd better, than thoie which 

 ■were houfed : Though, indeed, it 

 Will be proper to keep a Plant or 



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two in Shelter, left, by a very Se- 

 vere Winter (which fometimes hap- 

 pens in England) the Plants abroad 

 fhould be deftroy'd. 



They may alfo be propagated 

 by Cutuings, which ftiould be 

 planted in April, upon a Bed of 

 light Earth, and water'd and iha- 

 ded until they have taken Rootj 

 after which they may be expos'd 

 to the open Air, but they ftiould 

 remain in the fame Bed till the 

 April following before they are 

 tranfplanted , by which Time they 

 will have made ftrong Roots, and 

 may be remov'd then with Safety 

 to the Places where they are to 

 remain, obferving (as was before 

 diredled) to water and fhade them 

 until they have taken Root : After 

 which you may train them up 

 with ftrait Stems, by faftening them 

 to Sticks, otherwife they are apt 

 to grow crooked and irregular j 

 and when you have got their Stems 

 to the Height you delign them, 

 they may then be reduc'd to glo- 

 bular Heads, and with pruning 

 their irregular Shoots every Year, 

 they may be kept in very good 

 Order. ' 



This Plant grows in great Plen- 

 ty in the Kingdom of Naples^ 

 where the Goats feed upon it, 

 with whofe Milk the Inhabitants 

 make great Quantities of Cheefe : 

 It alio grows in the Illands of the 

 Archipelago, where the Turks ufe 

 the Wood of thefe Shrubs to m.ake 

 Handles to their Sabres j and the 

 Calogers of Fatmos make their Beds; 

 of this Wood. 



This is, as hith been before ob- 

 ferv'd, by many People fuppos'd to 

 be the Cytifus of Virgil, Coluinella, 

 and the old Writers in Husbandry, 

 which they mention as an extra- 

 ordinary Plant, and worthy ot Cul- 

 tivation for Fodder j from whence 



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