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of eight or nine Feet, and produce 

 great Quantities of Flowers, but 

 unlefs tne Autumn proves very fa- 

 vourable, the Seeds do feldom ri- 

 pen, and the Plant being much 

 tenderer than the other Sorts, is 

 rarely preferv'd through the H^'m- 

 ter, tho' plac'd in the warmeft 

 Stoves, lb that we are obligd to 

 procure the Seeds from Abroad. 



The fecond Sort is of much 

 humbler Growth, feldom rifmg a- 

 bove two Feet high, but branches 

 out very much, and is befet with 

 Thorns : This will abide two or 

 three Years, if preferv'd in a good 

 Stove, and generally produces Seeds 

 every Year, io that it is now be- 

 come very common in the Englijij 

 Gardens, being the eafieft to pre- 

 ferve, and the mofl: plentiful in 

 feeding of all the Sorts. 



The third Sort hath very broad 

 Leaves, and is greatly befet with 

 fliarp Thorns ; This will rife to the 

 Height of five or fix Feet, but has 

 generally very flendcr Branches, 

 and is tenderer than the lifl-men- 

 tion'd ; It rarely produces Seeds in 

 this Country, but may be preferv'd 

 through the Winter in a very good 

 Stove. 



The fourth Sort has the quickefl: 

 Motion of all the Kinds at prefent 

 in England: This is Ibmewhat like 

 the third in Appearance, but grows 

 more ere£l, and hath fewer Spines, 

 and the Fiowers are of a different 

 Colour. The Seeds of this kind 

 are frequently brought over from 

 Barbados^ where, by the Plenty 

 of Seeds brought over, it feems to 

 be the mod common in that 

 Country, 



The fifth Sort is preferv'd in 

 Botanick Gardens for Variety, but 

 is a Plant of no great Curiofity : 

 It hath fomewhat the Appearance 

 ©f the firft Sort, and will gvov/ 



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ere£l to the Height of five or fij^ 

 Feet, and produce great Quantities 

 of Seeds j but it having no Motion 

 upon being touch'd, renders it lefs 

 valuable than the others. 



Thefe Plants were moft of them 

 thought to be Annuals formerly, 

 becaufe upon the firft Approach of 

 cold Weather they were deftroy'dj 

 but fince the modern Invention of 

 Bark-ftoves, mofl: of thefe Sorts 

 have been preferv'd two or three 

 Years, and do produce Seeds very 

 well. 



The Stove in which thefe Plants 

 are placed in U'inter., fliould be 

 kept to Anana's Heat (as mark'd 

 on Mr. Fowler's Thermometers jj 

 and during that Seafon they fliould 

 be frequently refrefli'd with Water, 

 which mufl: be plac'd in the Stove 

 at leaft twenty-four Hours before 

 it be ufed, that it may have nearly 

 an equal Warmth to the Air of 

 the Stove 5 but you mufl: not give 

 it to them in large Quantities, 

 v/hich will rot their Roots, and 

 cauie them to decay : You muft 

 alfo obferve to pick off all decay'd 

 Leaves which may appear at that 

 Seafon i which, if not taken off, 

 will harbour Inie£ts, to the great 

 Prejudice of the Plants. 



But v/here there is not the Con- 

 veniency of a good Stove to pre- 

 ferve thefe Plants throu2:h the 

 winter, their Seeds may be annu- 

 ally procured, and a few Plants 

 rais'd, tvhich may be kept in a 

 Hot-bed under Glaffes, where they 

 will continue until the Cold ap- 

 proaches in Autumn, and, being a 

 great Curiofity, arc worthy of 

 Care in every good Garden. 



MINT J -z^/Ve Mentha. 



MIRABILIS PERUVIANA; ti- 

 (k falapa. 



MISLETOE5 -vide Vifcum. 



MITELLA ; Amer can Sani c!c. 



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