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gulfh whether they are right or 

 not, by opening them, and obler- 

 ving the Number of Seeds in each, 

 for thefe have commoaly four, 

 whereas the Frangula has but two, 

 2nd the Cornus Focmina but one. 



The fecond Sort is lefs common 

 in England, and only to be found 

 in Gardens wheiie it is cultivated 

 for Variety. Both thefe Sorts may 

 be propagated by laying down their 

 tende? Branches in Autumny which, 

 if duly water'd in dry \yeather, 

 the fucceeding Summer will take 

 Root in the Compafs of one Year, 

 and may then be tranfplanted ci- 

 ther where they are to remain, or 

 in fome Nurfery, to be trained up 

 for a few Years, and then remo- 

 ved to their Places of Growth. 



The firfl Sort will grow to the 

 Height of eighteen or twenty Feet, 

 but being a flraggling Grower, is 

 feldom much cultivated in Gar- 

 dens. 



The fecond Sort feldom riles a- 

 bove eight Feet high, and fb fhould 

 be planted amongll Shrubs of the 

 fame Growth, where it will add 

 to the Variety, tho' it has little 

 rnore Beauty than the former. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 Sefds, "^''hich mull be Ibwn on a 

 Bed of frelli Earth, foon after they 

 are ripe ; the Spring following the 

 Plants will appear, when they muft 

 be carefully clc::n'd from Weeds j 

 the Autumn following they may 

 be tranfplanted out, and managed 

 as the Layers. 



The third Sort is commonly pre- 

 served in Grecn-houfes, in Englandy 

 but is hardy enough to bear the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters in 

 the open Air, if planted in a dry 

 Soil, and deknded from cold 

 Winds. 



This Plant may be propagated 

 hj laying down the tender Sran- 



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ches m the Spring, which if wa- 

 tered in dry Weather, will take 

 Root before the Michaelm/^s ioV 

 lowing, at which Time they may 

 be taken off and tranfplanted into 

 Pots, fill'd with light frefh Earth, 

 and in Winter placed in the Green- 

 houie. But if the young Plants are 

 dcligned for the full Ground, they 

 fhould continue upon the old ones 

 until Spring, at which Time they 

 may be taken off, and tranfplanted 

 where they are to remain. 



It may alfo be propagated by 

 planting Cuttings in May or yHne^ 

 upon a Bed of light frefh Earth, 

 oblerving to water and fliade 'em 

 until they have taken Root ; and 

 during the Summer Seafbn they 

 mull be kept clear from Weeds, 

 and at Michaelmas they may be 

 planted into Pots, as the Layers, 

 or elfe permitted to remain until 

 Spring, when they may be remo- 

 ved, as was dirc£fcd before. There 

 is no great Beauty in this Plant, 

 but it is prelerved in feveral Gar- 

 dens for the Sake of Variety. 



The fourth, fifth, and fixth Sorts 

 are alio preferved in feveral curious 

 Gardens for Variety, but the fixth 

 is the mofl beautiful of 'em allj 

 this produces vaft Quantities of 

 purple Flowers, moll part of Sum- 

 mer, and many times ripens its 

 Seeds in England: Theie may all 

 be propagated as the lad Sort, and 

 require to be houfed in Winter, 

 tho' they need only be flielter'd 

 from the extream Froft, but fhould 

 have as much free Air as pofTiblc 

 in mild Weather, and in Summer 

 muft be often watered. Thefe de- 

 light in a frefli light Soil, and re- 

 quire to be often removed, becaufe 

 their Roots do greatly increafe, lb 

 as to till the Pots in a fliort 

 Time. 



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