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The firft Sort here mention'd is 

 one of the mofl: common Weeds 

 upon Dunghills, old Walls, and 

 Gardens, that we have in England; 

 lb that inflead of cultivating it, it 

 requires fome Pains to deftroy it in 

 Gardens : for if it be fuffer'd to feed 

 in a Garden (which it loon will do 

 if permitted to ftand) it will be 

 very difficult to extirpate it. This 

 is fometimes us'd in Medicine, but 

 its chief Ufe in England is to feed 

 Birds. 



The fecond Sort grows to a 

 Shrub of fevcn or eight Feet high, 

 and produces its Flowers, in Sum- 

 mer and Autumn, at the Extremi- 

 ty of the Branches, in Bunches ; 

 which tho' of no great Beauty, 

 yet fcTves to add to the Variety of 

 Exotick Plants in the Green-houfe. 

 This Plant may be propagated by 

 planting the Cuttings, during any 

 of the Summer Months, in a Bed 

 of frefli, rich Earth, obferving to 

 water and fhade them until they 

 have taken Root, after which they 

 will require no farther Care but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds until 

 Atigufl, when they fhould be taken 

 up carefully, and planted into Pots 

 fill'd with light rich Earth, and 

 plac'd in a fhady Situation until 

 they have taken Root ; after which 

 they may be remov'd to a more o- 

 pen Situation, where they may re- 

 main till the latter End of Ociober j 

 when they fl:iould be removed into 

 the Green-houfc, placing them in 

 the coldefi: Part thereof, for they 

 only require to be flielter'd from 

 fevere Froft, and muft have as 

 much free Air as podible in mild 

 Weather 5 and be after refrefh'd 

 with Water : In Summer they may 

 be exposed with lAyrtles, Olea'nders, 

 and other hardy Exotick Plants, 

 v/here they will add to the Variety. 



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The third Sort doth grow to be 

 a large woody Shrub, about ten or 

 twelve Feet high, but is hardly to 

 be train'd up into a regular Figure, 

 for the Branches are produced fo 

 irregularly, that it makes but an 

 indifferent Figure in a Garden 5 but 

 being a hardy Shrub, it is often 

 prelerved by fuch as are curious in 

 collefting the various Sorts of har- 

 dy Plants. 



This may be propagated by plant- 

 ing Cuttings, taken trom the ten- 

 der Wood, in the Spring of the 

 Year, obferving to water and Ihade 

 them until they have taken Rootj 

 after which they muft be carefully 

 kept clear from Weeds, which is 

 all the Management they will re- 

 quire until the fucceeding Spring, 

 when they fliould be tranfplanted 

 either into the Places were they 

 are defigned to grow, or into a 

 Nurfery, where they may be train- 

 ed up another Seafon j though it is 

 the beft Way to plant them where 

 they are to remain, when they are 

 taken from the Bed where they 

 Were raifed, becaule thcie Plants 

 are with Danger removed when 

 they are grown very woody. 



The beft Time to remove them 

 is in the Beginning of uipril, jufl: 

 before they fhootj and they fhould 

 be placed in a light Soil and a 

 warm Situation, where they will 

 endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters without any Shelter, but 

 in very fnarp Winters they arc fome- 

 times deftroy'd. This Shrub pro- 

 duces its Flowers in Ociober, which 

 altho' not very beautiful, yet are 

 efteemed by Ibme for their coming 

 io late in the Sealbn. 



The fourth Sort is a very beau- 

 tiful fucculent Plant j the Leaves, 

 which are long, thick, and juicy, 

 are covcr'd over with a glaucous 



Flew, 



