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you fhould pafs it through a rough 

 Screen, in order to icpsrate the 

 largeft Stones and Clods, but by no 

 means fift it too fine, which is a 

 very common Fault : Then you 

 Ihould leferve ibme of the fmalier 

 Scones and Rub' ifli to lay at the 

 Bottom of the Pots, in order to 

 keep an open Paifage for the Moi- 

 fture to drain off 3 which is what 

 muil be obferv'd for all fucculent 

 Plants, for if the Moifture be de- 

 tain'd in the Pots, it wll rot their 

 Roots, and deftroy the Plants. 



When you plant any of the 

 Branches of thefe Plants, you fliould 

 plunge the Pots into a moderate 

 Hoc-bed, which will greatly faci- 

 Itt-ite their taking Root : You Ihould 

 alfo refrefh them now and then 

 with a little Water, but be very 

 careful not to let them have too 

 much, or be too often water'd, 

 efpecially before they are rooted : 

 When the Plants begin to fhoor, 

 you muft give them a large Share 

 of Air by railing the Giafles, other- 

 wife their Shoots will draw up fo 

 ■weak as not to be able to fupport 

 themfclves j and after they have 

 taken flrong Root, you fliould 

 inure them to the Air by degrees, 

 and then remove them into the 

 Siove v/here they fhould remain, 

 placing them near the GlalTes, which 

 (bould always be opened in warm 

 Weather, ib that they may have 

 the Advantage of a free Air, and 

 yet be protected from Wet and 

 Cold. 



During the Summer-feafbn, thefe 

 Plants wjl require to be often re- 

 freilvd with Water, but it muft not 

 be givtn to them in large Qusnti- 

 titjs, left it rot them; and m Wm- 

 'ter they fnould have very little 

 Water given to them, but that 

 fhculd be proportion'd to the 

 Warmth of the Stove, fgr if the 



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Air be kept very warm, they will 

 require to be often refrcHi'd, other- 

 wife their Branches will fhrink; 

 but if the Houfe be kept in a mo- 

 derate Degree of Warmth, they 

 fhould have very little, for Moi- 

 fture at that Seafon will rot them 

 very loon. 



The Heat in which thefe Plants 

 thrive bed, is the temperate Point, 

 as mark'd on Mr. Fowlers Thar mo-' 

 meters ; for if they are kept too 

 warm in Winter, it caufes their 

 Shoots to be vtry render, and there- 

 by very liable to decay if not duly 

 attended. Thofe Sorts which are 

 inclinable to grow upright, fhould 

 have their Branches fuppcrted with 

 Stakes, otherwife their Weight is 

 fo great, that it will break them 

 down. 



Thefe Plants are by moil People 

 exposed to the open Air in the 

 Summer-feafbn, tut they thrive 

 much better if they are continued 

 in the Stoves, provided the Glafles 

 be kept open, fo that they may 

 have free Air j for when they are 

 fct abroad, the great Rains which 

 generally fall in Summer, together 

 with the unfettled Temper of the 

 Air in our Climate, does greatly 

 diminifh their Beauty by retarding 

 their Growth, and fometimes in 

 wet Summers they are (o replete 

 with Moifture as to rot in the fuc- 

 ceeding Winter j nor will thofe 

 Plants which are fet abroad, (I mean 

 the tender Sorts) produce their 

 Flovvers and Fruit in fuch Plenty 

 as thofc which are conftantly pre- 

 ferv'd in the Houfe. 



The third Sort is fuppos*d to be 

 the Plant upon which the Cochineal- 

 Fly breeds : Thele depolite their 

 Eggs in the C-enter of the Flowers, 

 upon the Crown of the Ovary j 

 and whe^ they are hatch'd, the 

 young Inie^s feed upon the Fiuit, 



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