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ifbnaUe, which is a better Method 

 than to raiie thero iVom Layers in 

 this Country, that being too te- 

 dious i and thole which are thus 

 brought over, have many times 

 very large Seems, to which Size 

 young Pianrs in this Country would 

 not arrive in ten or twelve Years 

 G owth. When you firft procure 

 thefe Stems, you fhoald (after 

 having fbak'd their Roots twenty 

 four Hours in Water, and clean'd 

 them from the Fikh 'hey have con- 

 tra(£ted in th>.'ir PaiTage) plant them 

 m pots fill'd with frefh, light, fandy 

 Earth, and pluag'd into a moderate 

 Hot bed, obierving to skreen them 

 from the Violence of the Sun in 

 the Heat of the Day, and alio to 

 refrcfh them with Water, as you 

 fhall find the Earth in the Pots dry. 

 In this Situation they will begin to 

 fhoot in a Month or lix Weeks after j 

 when you Ihould let them have Air 

 in Proportion to the Warmth of 

 the Seafbn: And after they have 

 made pretty good Shoots, you 

 fhould inure them to the open Air 

 by degrees} into which they fhould 

 be remov'd, placing them in a Si^ 

 tuation v/here they may be defended 

 from ftrong Winds : In this Place 

 they (hould remain until OSiober 

 following J when they mwft be 

 remov'd into the Green-houfe, as 

 was bvffore directed . Having thus 

 manag'd thefe Plants until they have 

 acquir'd ftrong Roots, and made 

 tolerable good Heads, you may 

 (draw them out of the Pots, pre- 

 ferving the Earth to their Roots, 

 and plant them in the open Air in 

 a warm Situation, where you muft 

 manage them as was before directed 

 for the young ones, and thefe will 

 in two or three Years produce 

 Fruit, provided they do well. The 

 Luca, and Box-leav'd Olives are the 

 hardieftj, for which Reafon they 



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fhould be preferred to plant in the 

 open Air, but the firfl Sort will grovlf 

 to be the iargeft Trees. 



The Oleajier is very hardy, and 

 will endure the fevereft Cold of 

 our Climate, provided it have a dry 

 Soil, and is not too much expos'd 

 to the cold Winds. This will grow 

 to the Height of lixrcen or eighteen 

 Feer, and make a large Head j and 

 if planted among other Exot'clc 

 Trees in Wildernefs-Quarters, will 

 greatly add to their Variety by its 

 Silver-colour'd Leaves ; and during 

 the Seafbn of its Flowering, (which 

 is in Jane) it perfumes the cir- 

 cumambient Air to a great Diftance, 

 tho' the Flowers are very fmall, and 

 of little Beauty. This fometimes 

 produces Fruit in I.ngland, when 

 the Trees are pretty old, but it often 

 happens, that if they bear any 

 Quantity of Fruit, they die foon 

 after. 



This Tree may be propagated by 

 laying down the tender Branches, 

 which will take Root in one Year's 

 Time; when they maybe taken off 

 from the old Plants, and piac'd 

 where they are to remain, for they 

 do not care to be often tranfplanted. 

 The bell Seafbn for removing them 

 is the latter End of March, or the 

 Beginning of April, jull: before the 

 Leaves come outj when you fliould 

 alfb obferve to mulch the Ground 

 about their Roots, and refrefh them 

 with Water, as they may require it; 

 and after they have taken good Root 

 in the Ground, they will grow very 

 quick, and in two or three Years 

 will produce Flov^ers. 



OMPHALODESj Venus Navc^r- 

 wort. 



The CharaSfers are j 



The Flower confifts of one Leaf^ 

 rphich expands in a- circular Order, 

 and is cut into fcveral Segments \ 

 the Tointil, which r'rfes in the MiddU 



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