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Wildernefs or other Plantation of 

 Flowering Trees is delign'd, and 

 the Ground be moift, this and the 

 next are two of the moft proper 

 Trees for luch Purpufes j thefe 

 thriving much better, and will 

 produce the;r Flowers larger and 

 in greater Quantities, than when 

 th-y are placed in a dry Situation. 



Thefecond Soit is very common 

 in old Gardens in moil Parts of 

 England: This produces only bar- 

 ren Flowers, which being all very 

 large, are produced in a globular 

 Form, £o that, at a Diflance, they 

 relemble Snow-ball's; whence the 

 People in fome Countries give it 

 the Name of Sncw-o'all Tree. This 

 Difference was at firfl: accidental, as 

 is the Cafe of all double Flowers 

 •which commonly arife from Seeds; 

 and tho' thefc are not produftive 

 of Fruit, yet for the Sake of their 

 Flowers they are much more 

 efteem'd than the iinglc Sort by the 

 Gardeners. 



The ftrip'd Sort is alfb an Acci- 

 dent, occalion'd by an Obftriidion 

 of the Juices, as is the Cafe of all 

 variegated Plants: This ispreferv'd 

 as a Curiofity by fuch as are Lovers 

 of flrip'd Trees and Plants, but 

 mufi: not be planted in a rich Soil, 

 which would caufe them to grow 

 vigoroully, whereby they would 

 be in Danger of becoming plain 

 again. 



4^1 thefe Sorts may be propa- 

 gated either from Suckers or by 

 laying down their Branches, which 

 will take Roor in a Year's time^ 

 when they may be taken off from 

 the old Plants, and traniplanted 

 either into a Nurlery, where they 

 may be train'd up for two or three 

 Years, or plac'd where they may 

 remain tor good. The beft Time 

 to remove thele Trees, is ^tMzchael- 

 m^^i as foon as their Leaves- begin 



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to decay, that they may be well 

 rooted t3efore the Drought of the 

 next Spring comes on, which is 

 often deffcrudlive to fuch as have 

 been newly tranfplanted, if they 

 are not carefully attended with 

 Water. 



They are extreme hardy, and 

 will endure the feverefl: Cold of 

 our moft Northern Situations, and 

 are only impatient of great Heat 

 and Drought, {o that they are very 

 proper to plant in very cold Soils 

 and Places which are greatly ex- 

 pos'd to the North Winds, where 

 few other Shrubs will thrive fo 

 well. They will grow to the 

 Height of twelve or fourteen Feet, 

 and if reduc'd to regular Heads, are 

 very ornamental during the Seafbn 

 of Flowering; and their Flowers 

 are very proper to intermix with 

 Teonies and ether large Flowers, 

 for Bafons and Flower-pots to adorn 

 Halls and Ghimnies. Their Seafon 

 of Flowering is in May^ though 

 their Flowers do {bmetimes con- 

 tinue in Beauty a great Part of 

 J-tiney efpeciaily if the Weather prove 

 cool and moift. 



OPUNTIA : The Indian Fig. 

 The CharaBers are; 



The Florper conffis of many Leaves^ 

 •which expand in Form of a Rofc, 

 having n great Number of Stamina 

 in the Center^ rohich grow upon the 

 Top of the Ovary : The Ovary after- 

 ■Kurds becomes a fefhy umbilicated 

 Fruity yoith a foft Fulp inclojing 

 many Seeds, -which are, for the mofi 

 part, angular. 



The Species are; 



I . Opuntia ; vulgo, Herbariorum, 

 J. B. The Common Indian Fig 

 of the Botanifts. 



a. Opuntia ; minima^ folio fub- 

 rotundo Tourn. Leaft Indian Fig, 

 with roundifli Leaves. 



3. Opuntia J 



