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from ftrong Winds : And at this 

 time you may trim the Plants, in 

 order to reduce them to a regular 

 Figure; and if they are inclinable to 

 make crooked Seems, you Ihould 

 thrufr down a (lender ftrait Stick 

 clofc by them, to which their 

 Stems fhould be fallen'd, {6 as to 

 bring *em upright. 



It Care be taken to train them 

 thus while they are young, the 

 Stems afterwards, when they have 

 acquired Strength, will continue 

 il:rait without any Support, and 

 their Branches may be prun'd, io 

 as to form either Balls or Pyramids 5 

 which for fuch Plants as are pre- 

 ferv'd in the Grecn-houfe, and re- 

 quire to be kept in fmall Com pais, 

 is the bcft Method to have them 

 handfbme: But then thcie ihccr'd 

 Plants will not produce any Flow- 

 ers j for which Reafon that Sort 

 with double Flowers fhould not be 

 clipp'd, becauie the chief Beauty 

 of that conliils in its Flowers : 

 But it will be necellary to iuffer a 

 Plant or two of each Kind to grow 

 Tude, for the Ufe of their Branches 

 in Noiegays, O'C. for it will greatly 

 deface thole which have been 

 conftantly flieer'd to cut ott their 

 Branches. 



As thefe Plants advance in Sta- 

 ture, ib they fliould annually be 

 remov'd into larger Pots, according 

 to the Siz.e of their Roots, but you 

 muft be careful not ro put them 

 in Pots too large, which will cauie 

 them to l"hoot weak and ftraggling, 

 and many times proves the De^ 

 ilru£fion of them 5 therefore when 

 they are taken out of the former 

 Pots, the Earth about their Roots 

 fl^ould be pared off, and that wirh- 

 iniide the Ball mull be gently 

 looien'd, that the Roots may not 

 be too cloiely coniin'd ; and then 



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place them into the fame Pofs 

 again, provided they are not too 

 Imall, filling up the Sides and Bot- 

 tom of them with frelh rich Earth, 

 and giving them plenty of Water 

 to fettle the Earth to their Roots, 

 vvhich Ihould be frequently repeated, 

 for they require to be often water'd. 

 both in Winter and Summer; but 

 in hot Weather they mufl have it 

 in Plenty. 



The beft Scafon for fhifting theie 

 Plants, is either in April or Augufi, 

 tor it it be done much fooner in 

 the Spring, the Plants are then in a 

 flow growing State, and fb not 

 capable to flrike out trefli Roots 

 again very foon : And if it be done 

 later in Autumn, the cold Weather 

 coming on will prevent their 

 taking Root; nor, is it advifeable 

 to do it in the great Heat of Sum- 

 mer, becauie they will require to 

 be very often water'd, and alio to 

 be plac'd in the Shade, otherwile 

 they will be liable to miicarry : 

 And that being the Sealbn wheri 

 thefe Plants fhould be plac*d amongft 

 other Esoticks to adorn the leveral 

 Parrs ot the Garden, thefe Plants 

 being then remov'd, could not be 

 expos'd until they have taken Root 

 again, which at that time (\i the 

 Sealbn be hot and dry) will be 

 three Weeks or a Month. 



In Ociobcr, when the Nights 

 begin to have Frolls, you fliould 

 remove tne Plants into the Grecn- 

 houle; but if the Weather proves 

 favourable in Autumn, (as it often 

 happens) they may remain abroad 

 until the Beginnmg of November ; 

 for it they are carry'd into the^ 

 Grcen-houie too fbon, and the Au- 

 tumn fhould prove warm, they 

 will make freili Shoots at that Sea- 

 lbn, which will be weak, and often 

 flecay in Winter, \i the Weather 



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