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for if they are 'planted too clofe, 

 t|ieir Fruit is never To fair, nor 

 will ripen fo kindly as when they 

 have Room for the Air to pafs be- 

 tween the Rows. The Soil in 

 which they thrive heft, is a frefh, 

 iandy Loara, neither too moift nor 

 over dry, the Extreme of either 

 being injurious to thefc Plants. 



Tlie Time for dreifing of them 

 is in Qcioher, when all the old 

 Wood, which produc'd Fruit the 

 preceding Summer, fliould be cut 

 out down to the Surface of the 

 Ground, and the young Shoots 

 mud be (horten'd to about two 

 Feet in Length;' then the Spaces 

 between the Row? fhould be well 

 dug to encourage their Roots j and 

 if you bury a very little rotten 

 Dung therein, it will make them 

 fhoot vigoroufly the Summer fol- 

 lowing, and their Fruit will be 

 much faiiier. During the Summer 

 Seafon they Ihould be kept clear 

 from Weeds, which, with the be- 

 fore-mention'd Culture, is all the 

 Management they will require: But 

 it is proper to make new Planta- 

 tions once in three or fpur Years, 

 becaufe thofe are better than fuch 

 Plants as are fuffer'd to remain 

 longer. 



AUthe other Sorts are propaga- 

 ted from Suckers rn the fame Man- 

 ner as the Garden Rjifiierries, and 

 are equally hardy, fo that the'y may 

 be placed in the open Air in any 

 Part of the Garden, provided it be 

 not ovcr-moilf, which is apt to 

 rot the Roots of fome Sorts in 

 Winter, but efpecially of the Ca- 

 jjaJa Sorty which is apt to perilh if 

 planted in a very wet Soil. 

 : RUSCUS ; Knee- Holly or But- 

 chers-Broom. 



The Chavmciers are; 



The FloTver-cup ccnjijjs of omLenf^ 

 ^h'lch U cut into fti.iXSil'Di'hihons.j 



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QHf of which is produced a glohaluf 

 'Bell-jl;ap\l Flovpcr, conffting ft1(h if 

 one Leaf, in the Center of which ri-^ 

 fes the Pointal, rvhkh afterwards be^ 

 comes a fo^t ronnMJh Fruit, in which 

 is inclos'd one or t-^^ hard Seeds. 

 The Species are j 



1. Ruse us J myrtifoUus, aculefi.- 

 tuf. Tcurn. The common Knee- 

 Holly or Butchers- Broom. 



2. Ruscus j anguflifolius frucid 

 folio imdfcente. Tourn,' Narrow- 



leav'd putchers-Broora o-^ Alexan^ 

 drian Laurel, with the Fruit grow-* 

 ing on the Leaves. 



5. Ruscus i latifolius, frucftc fo^ 

 Ho, innajcente. Tourn. Broad-leav'd 

 Butchers-Broom or Alexandrian Lau- 

 rel, with the Fruit growing on the 

 Leaves. 



4. Ruscus ,• mguflifoUus, fruHn 

 fummis ramulis innafcente. Tourn. 

 Narrow-leav'd Butcher j..- Broom 09 

 Alexandrian Laurel, with the Fruit 

 glowing upon the Tops of the 

 Branches. 



y. Ruscus J latifoliusy foUorunt 

 fmu fiorifer er fruciiflr. H. Elt. 

 Broad-leav'd Alexandrian Laurel 

 with the Fruit growing upon the 

 Edges of the Leaves. 



The firft Sort is very commorj 

 in the Woods in divers Parts or 

 'England, and is rarely cultivated in 

 Gardens. The Roots of this Kind 

 are fomctimes ufcd ifi Medicine* 

 and the green Shoots are cut, and 

 bound into Bundles,: and fold tu 

 the Butchers, who ufe it as Befbms 

 to fwccp their Blocks ; from whence 

 it had the Name oi^ Butchers-Broom. ^ 



The fccond, third, and fourtk 

 ■ Sorts are hardy Plants, and tho' nor 

 Natives of England, yet may be 

 pteferv'd 'in Gardens, if planted iri, 

 a fhady Situation, as in Wiiderncfs< 

 Quarters, i^-c. where they ferve to 

 intermix with other Wood Plants 

 X.0 make Variety 3. and the third 

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