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and if planted in a dry rubbifh Soil 

 will thrive, and endure the fevereft 

 Cold of our Climate. 



The tenth Sort is propagated by 

 planting Cuttings during any ot 

 the Summer Months, which fhould 

 be laid in a dry Place a Fortnight 

 after they are cut from the old 

 Plants, that their wounded Parts 

 may heal over before they are plan- 

 ted, otherwife they are fubjed: to 

 rot. Thefe fhould be planted in 

 Pots fili'd with light, frefh, fandy 

 Earth, and plac'd in a fliady Situa- 

 tion (but not under the Drip of 

 Trees) obfcrving to give 'em now 

 and then a little Water, when the 

 Earth is dry j but you muft be ve- 

 ry careful not to let them have too 

 much Moiflure, which will rot 

 'em. 



When they have taken Root, 

 they may be remov'd into a more 

 open Situation, placing 'em amongft; 

 other Exotick Plants, in a Place 

 where they may be defended from 

 ftrong Winds; in which Situation 

 they may remain until Autumn, 

 when they muft be remov'd into 

 the Confervatory, to be preierv'd 

 from Cold in Winter, which will 

 deftroy 'em. Tho' they do not re- 

 quire any artificial Heat, but only 

 to be protected from Frofi:, yet do 

 they require to have as much free 

 Air as poflible in mild Weather i 

 therefore the bcft Way of prefer- 

 ving thefe Plants, is to have an airy 

 Clafs-cafe, in which many Sorts of 

 FicoUes's, and other fucculent Plants, 

 may be intermixed with thefe, 

 where they will thrive much bet- 

 ter than if placed amongft Orp.'/iges^ 

 Myrtles, and other Trees in a Green- 

 houiei becaufe the Perfpiration of 

 thofe Trees renders the Air of the 

 Place damp, and when the Houfe 

 is clofely fhut up, this Air is often 

 sancidj which being imbib'd by 



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the HoufeleekSf will caufe their 

 Leaves to fall off, and the Plants 

 will decay foon after j whereas in 

 an open airy Glafs-cafe, where 

 there are none but fucculent Plants, 

 there will never be near lb much 

 damp in the Air, and in fuch Pla- 

 ces they will thrive and flower al- 

 moft every Winter, when the Plants 

 have gotten fufficient Strength. 

 Thefe Plants in moift Weather will 

 iend forth long Roots from their 

 Branches, four or five Feet from 

 the Ground, and if the Earth is 

 plac'd near to thele Roots, they 

 will ftrike into it, and the Bran- 

 ches may be afterwards feparated 

 from the old Plants. 



The eleventh Sort is a Variety 

 of the tenth, which was acciden- 

 tally obtain'd in the Gardens of 

 the late Dutchefs of Beaufort at 

 Badmingtony from a Branch which 

 broke off from one of the plain 

 Sort of Houfeleek Trees by acci- 

 dent, and being planted in Lime 

 Rubbifh afterwards, became beau- 

 tifully variegated ; from which 

 Plant there have been vaft Num- 

 bers rais'd, and diftributed into ma- 

 ny curious Gardens, both at Home 

 and Abroad. This is propagated 

 in the fame manner as the former, 

 and requires the fame Management 

 in Winter J but the Soil in which 

 it is planted fhould be one half frefli 

 fandy Soil, and the other half Lime 

 Rubbifh and Sea Sand, equally 

 mix'd, in which it will thrive 

 much better than in a rich Soil: 

 You muft alfo be very careful not 

 to give it too much Water in Win- 

 ter, which will caufe it to caft its 

 Leaves and decay. With this Ma- 

 nagement thefe Plants will grow 

 to be eight or ten Feet high, and 

 will produce beautiful Spikes of 

 Flowers every Year, which are 

 commonly in Beauty in Winter, 



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