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The fifth Sort, tho' mentlon'd to 

 be a Native of Africa, yet is alfo 

 very common in divers Parts of 

 America, from whence I have fe- 

 veral times receiv'd the Seeds, 

 This produces very large Leaves 

 and Seeds, and will grow to a 

 large Size if planted in a rich Soil. 

 I have meafur*d one of the Leaves 

 of this Plant fwhich was growing 

 near Chelfed) which was upwards 

 of two Feet Diameter, and the 

 Stem was as large as a middle- liz'd 

 Broom-fraft, tho' but of one Sum- 

 mer's Growth. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by fbwing their Seeds upon a Hot- 

 bed 5 and when they are come up, 

 they fliould be each planted into 

 a feparate Pot fill'd with light frefh 

 Earth, and plung'd into a frefh Hot- 

 bed, obferving to water and fliade 

 them until they have taken Rootj 

 after which they muft have a great 

 Share of free Air, when the Seaibn 

 is mild, other wife they will draw 

 up tall, and be very weak : And 

 as thefe Plants grow very faft, fo 

 their Roots will in a ihort Time 

 fill the Pots, therefore they fliould 

 be fliifted into larger Pots fill'd with 

 the like frefh Earth j and toward 

 the latter End of May, when the 

 Seafon is warm, they may be 

 harden'd to endure the open Air 

 by degrees ; and then, if they are 

 planted out into a very rich Bor- 

 der, and in dry Weather duly wa- 

 ter'd, they will grow to^a very large 

 Size, particularly the firft Sort, 

 which I have feen upwards ot ten 

 Feet high in one Seafon j and thefe 

 Plants have produced a great Quan- 

 tity of Flowers and Seeds : But if 

 you intend to prefervetheni through 

 the Winter, they mufl never be 

 plac'd in the full Ground, becaufe 

 tifter their Roots have been widely 

 extended, there will be no trant 



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planting them with Safety j there- 

 fore the bed: Way is to fliift them 

 into larger Pots from time to time 

 as their Roots (hall require, placing 

 them in the open Air, during the 

 Summer Seafon, in fome warm. 

 Situation, where they may remain 

 until October, when they muft be 

 remov'd into the Houfe with other 

 Exotick Plants, obferving duly to 

 water them in Winter, and let them 

 have free Air in mild Weather, for 

 they only require to be protected 

 from Froft and cold Winds, fo that 

 they will endure the Winter in a 

 common Green-houi'e without any 

 Addition of artificial Warmth. 



The four firft Sorts will perfedt 

 their Seeds the firft Seafon in this 

 Climate, provided they are fbwn 

 early in the Spring, but the fifi;h 

 Sort will rarely produce any till the 

 fecond Year 5 fo that there is a 

 Neceflity of prefer ving this through 

 the Winter, otherwife it cannot be 

 maintain'd in England. 



Thefe Plants do deferve a Place 

 in every curious Garden for the 

 fingular Beauty of their Leaves, 

 (nocwithftanding their Flowers are 

 not very valuable) efpecially thofe 

 Sorts which may be propagated 

 every Year from Seeds, becaufe 

 thofc Pcrfbns who have no Green- 

 houfe to place them into in Winter, 

 may cultivate them as other annual 

 Plants i amongft which thefe being 

 plac'd either in Pots or Borders, do 

 afford an agreeable Variety : But 

 it muft be obferv'd, as thefe are 

 large growing Plants, never to place 

 them too near other Plants of lefs 

 Growth, becaufe thefe will over- 

 bear and deftroy them^ and thofe 

 which are planted in Pors fhould 

 be allowed room for their Roots 

 to expand, and muft be frequently 

 water'd, otherwife they will not 

 grow very large, 



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