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■quire a little Air in very hot Wea- 

 ther, but fhould be water'd very 

 iparingly, for the Moifturc v/hich 

 arifes from the Tanners Bark will 

 be almoft fufficient for them. 



This Plant is not very cafy to 

 increaie in this Country, tliough I 

 have feen fbme young ones that 

 were produc'd from Seeds which 

 ripen'd in Englaml: Thefe Seeds 

 were fbwn upon a Pot of Lime- 

 rubbifli, and but gently cover'd 

 with the fame Mixture of Lime- 

 rubbifli and Sand (as was before 

 order'd for thefe Plants) and the 

 Pots plung'd into a Hot-bed of 

 Tanners Bark, where the young 

 ones began to appear in about ten 

 Weeks afcer fowing, and by care- 

 ful Management were preiirv'd : 

 But thefe Plants being of very flow 

 Growth, do not arrive to any 

 Magnitude in lefs than four or five 

 Years, which renders this Method 

 very tedious, and as it is not a ve- 

 ry fure one, fo 'tis feldom praflis'd 

 in England. I have alfb made Ufe 

 of another Method, which has fuc- 

 ceeded very well j z. e. when the 

 Cap or Crown, which is produc'd 

 on the Top of the Plant, has been 

 injur'd, it occafions the Plant to 

 lend out many Side-heads, feverai 

 of which I have taken off, and 

 pjanted in Pots fill'd with Lirne- 

 rubbifh and Sea-land, plunging the 

 Pots into a Hot-bed, and they have 

 taken Root very well, and in one 

 Year's time have made very hand- 

 ibmc Plants, but thefe Heads fhould 

 not be planted immediately after 

 they are taken from the old ones, 

 for the wounded Part will be apt 

 to rot, therefore you fliould lay 

 them by in a warm Part of the 

 Stqve for about a Fortnight j in 

 wlxich time the wounded Part will 

 heal over, and they may then be 



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planted without Danger: But you 

 muft obferve to keep them very 

 dry, otherwife they will rot in a 

 fhort time. 



The fmaller Sort is not fb com- 

 mon in England, which is occafi- 

 on'd by its being very rare in our 

 American Settlements, .this being 

 originally brought from the Spa^ 

 niJJj IVeji-Indies, where is a great 

 Number ot other very flrange 

 Sorts. 



This is only propagated by Seed, 

 v/hich is produc'd in great Plenty 

 every Year from old Plants. The 

 Fruit of this Kind is not thrufl out 

 from the Top of the Plant, as in 

 the larger Sort, but is produc'd 

 from the Hollows between the 

 Protuberances of the Plant, and is 

 preceded by a white cottony Sub- 

 fiance, which furrounds the Flow- 

 ers. Thefe Fruit are nearly as large, 

 and of the fame Shape and Colour 

 with thofe of the large Sort, and 

 are as tuU of Seeds. 



Thefe Seeds mull: be fbwn in 

 the fame manner as the former, 

 and the Plants preferv'd both Win- 

 ter and SHrm7Mr in the fame Situa- 

 tion, and fliould have but little 

 Moiflure in very hot Weather ; m 

 Winter they mud have Water gi- 

 ven them very fparingly ; for at 

 that Seafbn they are very apt to 

 rot, if they receive much Moi- 

 flure. 



Thefe Plants are preferv'd with 

 great Care by fuch as are curious 

 in Exoticks, they being of the 

 moft uncommon and wonderful 

 Stru(fiure, greatly differing from 

 any thing in the vegetable King- 

 dom, of European Growth, info- 

 much that many Perfons, at the 

 firfl Sight of thefe Plants, have 

 liippos'd them not natural Produ- 

 ftions, but rather fomc artful Con- 

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