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pant, agreeable Flavour ; and in 

 lEngUnd they are by fome curious 

 Perfons ufed for the fame Purpofe. 



The third Sort was brought 

 from Carolina, where it grows in 

 the Woods in great Plenty. This 

 differs greatly in the Shape of its 

 Leaves trom the other two Sorts, 

 and the Flowers are much fmaller. 

 At prefent this is lefs common in 

 the EngliJJy Gardens, and will not 

 endure the Cold of our Climate fo 

 "vvell, being fubjedl to have the 

 young Shoots deftroyM in very 

 hard Winters i and it the Plants 

 are young, fometimes they will die 

 to the Ground. 



Thefe Plants may te propagated 

 by fowing their Seed upon a Bed 

 of h"ght Earth towards the latter 

 End of March or the Beginning of 

 ulpril (and if you put a little hot 

 Duflg under the Bed, it will great- 

 ly facilitate the Growth of the 

 Seeds i) v/hen your Seeds are Town, 

 you {hould fifr the Earth over 

 them about half an Inch thick ; 

 and, if the Seafbn prove wet, it 

 will be proper to cover the Bed 

 with Mats, to preferve it from 

 great Rains, which will burft the 

 Seeds, and caufe them to ret. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 they fhould be carefully clcar'd from 

 "Weeds, and in very dry Weather 

 iTJufi: be now and then refrefli'd 

 with Water, which will greatly 

 promote their Growth. The Win- 

 ter following, if the Weather be 

 very cold, it will be proper to 

 flielter the Plants, by covering them 

 either with Mats or dry Straw in 

 iiafd FroHs, but they lliouid con- 

 ii'antly be opened in mild Weather, 

 ptherwife they will grow mouldy, 

 and decay. 



About the Beginning of uipril 

 you fliould prepare a Spot of good 

 frefh Ground, to traniplant thefe 



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out (for the beft Seafon to remove 

 them is juft before they begin to 

 fhoot;) then you fhould carefully 

 take up the Plants, being mindful 

 not to break their Roots, and plant 

 'em in the frefh Ground as fbon as 

 polTiblc, becaufe if their Roots are 

 dried by the Air, it will greatly 

 prejudice therii. 



The Diftance thefe fhould be 

 planted muft be proportionable to 

 the Time they are to remain before 

 they are again tranfplanted j but 

 commonly they are planted two 

 Feet, Row from Rov/, and a Foot 

 afunder in the Rows, which is full 

 Room enough for them to grow 

 two or three Years, by which 

 Time they fnould be tranfplanted' 

 where they are defign'd to remain^ 

 for if they are too old when re-= 

 mov'd, they feldom fuccced fo well 

 as younger Plants. 



The Ground betv/een the Plantq 

 fhould be carefully kept clean from 

 Weeds in Summer, and in the 

 Spring fhould be w^ell dug to loo- 

 fen the Earth, that their Roots 

 may better extend themfcives eve- 

 ry Way : You fnould aifo at that 

 Seaibn prune off all flrong fide 

 Branches (efpecialiy if you intend 

 to train them up for Standard 

 Trees} that their Top Branched 

 may not be check'd by their Side 

 Shoots, which do often attrad: the 

 greateft Part of the Nourifliment 

 from the Roots; and if their Stems 

 are crooked, you muH: place a ffrong 

 Stake down by the Side of each 

 Plant, and faflen the Stem to it in 

 feveral Places, fb as to render it 

 flrait, which Direfrion it will foon 

 take as it grows larger, and there- 

 by the Plants will be render'd beau» 

 tiful. 



When they have remnin*d in this 

 Nurfery three or four Years, they 

 fl;Ould be ^ranfplanted in the Spring 



where 



