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obferving to water and fhade therti 

 until they have taken Root; after 

 which you muft be careful to give 

 them Air, at all Times when the 

 Seafon is favourable, otherwife they 

 will draw up very weak, and be 

 iubje<5l to grow mouldy and decay. 

 You fhould alfo draw the Earth up 

 to the Shanks of the Planrs, as 

 they advance in Height, and keep 

 them always clear from Weeds j the 

 Water they fl^.ould have, muft be 

 given them fparingly, for if they 

 are too much water'd, it will caufe 

 tliem to grow too rank, and fome- 

 times rot off the Plants at their 

 Shanks, juft above Ground j when 

 the Weather is very hot, you fliould 

 cover the Glafll^s with Mats in the 

 Hear of the Day, to fcrcen them 

 from the Violence of the Sun, which 

 is then too great for them, caufmg 

 their Leaves to flag, and their Blof- 

 foms to fall off without producing 

 Podsj as will alfo the keeping c. 

 the GlalTes too clofe at that Seaibn. 

 But when the Plants begin to fruit, 

 they fliould be water'd oftener, and 

 in greater Plenty than before; for 

 by that Time the Plants will have 

 neaily done growing, and the of- 

 ten retreO-iing them will occalion 

 their producing a greater Plenty of 

 Fruit. 



The Sort of Fca which is always 

 ufed for this Purpofe, is the Dwarf; 

 for all the other Sorts ramble too 

 much to be kept in Frames: the 

 Reafon for lowing them in the 

 common Ground, and afterwards 

 tranfpianting ihcm on a Hot-bed, is 

 alio to check their Growth, and 

 caufe them to bear in lefs Com- 

 paisj for if the Seeds were ibv/n 

 upon a Hot- bed, and the Planrs 

 continued thereon, they would 

 produce fuch luxuriant Plants as 

 not to be contained in the Frames, 

 and would bear but li'.tie Fruit, 



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The next Sort of Tea, which is 

 fown to fi^ccced thofe on the Hot- 

 beds, is the Hoi-fpur, of which 

 there are reckon'd three or four 



Sorts, as the Mafier's Hot-fpir, the 

 Reading Kot-Jpiir, and fome others ; 

 which are very little differing from 

 each otlier, except in their early 

 Bearing, for which the Ma-Jier's 

 Hot-fpur is chiefly preferr'd ; tho' if 

 either of thefe Sorts are cultivated 

 in the fmie Place for three or four 

 Years, they are apt to degenerate 

 and be later in Fruiting, for which 

 Reafon mcft curious Perlbns pro- 

 cure their Seeds annually from 

 fome diilant Place, and in the 

 Choice of thefe Seeds, if they could 

 be obtained from a colder Situation, 

 and a poorer Soil, than that in which 

 they are to be Ibwn, it will be 

 much better than on the contrary, 

 and they will come earlier in the 

 Spring. 



Thefe muft alio be fown on 

 warm Borders, towards the latter 

 End of Otiober, and when the Plants 

 are con.c up, you fhould draw the 

 Earth up to their Shanks in the 

 Manner before directed, which 

 fliould be repeated as the Plants 

 advance in Height (always obicr- 

 ving to do it when the Ground is 

 dry) which will g'-eatiy protc6l the 

 Stems of the Plants againft Froil •, 

 and if the Winter iliould prove ve- 

 ry feverc, it will be of great fer- 

 vice to the Plants, to cover them 

 with Peas-haulm, or fome other 

 light Covering, which fhould be 

 condantly taken off in mild V/ea- 

 ther, and only fufler'd to remain 

 on during the Continuance of the 

 Froffi tor if they are kept too 

 ciofc, they will be drawn very 

 weak and tender, and thereby be 

 liable^ to be dc-ftroy'd with the lead 

 Iuclcmcn^7 of the Seafon. 



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