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few other Plants will thrive. This 

 Plant is alfo uled in Medicine for 

 fomc particular Preparations j but 

 the Herb- folks in the Markets do 

 often fell this inftead of the Garden 

 Nighijlmde, which is a cooling Plant, 

 and this a hot, acrid one, which 

 renders it contrary to the Intention 

 of the Ointment, wherein Ntghtjlidde 

 is one of the Ingredients. 



The Sort with white Flowers is 

 a Variety of the former, as is alfb 

 that with variegated Leaves, both 

 which are preferv'd by thole who 

 ate very curious in colledting the 

 various Kinds of Plants. 



Thefe may be eaiily propagated 

 by laying down their Branches, or 

 by plantmg their Cuttings in the 

 Spring upon a moift Soil, where 

 they will loon, take Root, and may 

 afterwards be tranfplanted where 

 they are to remain. 



The Amcmum Vlinii is propa- 

 gated in great Plenty for the Beauty 

 of its large red Fruit, which is 

 always ripe in Winter, jfo that when 

 the Trees have Plenty of Fruit, 

 they make a very handfomc Ap- 

 pearance in a Green-houle, when 

 inter mix'd with Orange, Myrtle and 

 other Exotick Trees. 



This Plant may be propagated by 

 fowing its Seeds in a Pot of rich 

 Earth in the Spring, placing it upon 

 a moderate Hot- bed, which will 

 greatly facilitate the Growth ot the 

 Seeds: The Earth in thePotfliould 

 be frequently watf^r'd, for if it is 

 kept too dry the Seeds will not 

 grow. When the Plants are come 

 up, you fhould make a gentle Hot- 

 bed, which/ mufi: be cover'd with 

 rich Earth about fix Inches thick j 

 in this they fliould be planted about 

 fix Inches Dilbnce each Way, and 

 the Bed arched over with Hoops, 

 ^c. and cover'd with Mats, to 

 U^ade them from the Sun and 



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Cold, obferving frequently to water 

 them. 



When the Plants have acquired 

 Strength, and the Seaibn becomes 

 favourable, you muft inure them 

 to bear the open Air by Degrees, 

 to which they fhould be fully ex-, 

 pos'd in June, when alfo they fhould 

 be taken up, with a Ball of Earth 

 to the Root of each Plant, and plac'd 

 feparately in Pots fill'd with rich 

 Earth, which muil be fet in a ihady 

 Situation, and frequently water'd 

 until they have taken Root; after 

 which they may be remov'd into a 

 more open Expofure, and placed 

 amongft other Exotick Plants; but 

 they do require a great Plenty of 

 Water in dry Weather, without 

 which they feldom produce much 

 Fruit. 



In Winter they muft be remov'd 

 into the Green-houfe, and placed 

 in the coldeft Part of the Houfe, 

 where they may have as much free 

 Air as poilible in mild Weather, 

 being fo hardy as many times to 

 endure the Cold of our ordinary 

 Winters abroad, when planted in a 

 warm Situation, fo that they only 

 require to be fhelter'd from fevere 

 Frolh 



Thefe Plants fliould be annually 

 Ihifted about the latter End ot April, 

 when their Roots Ihould be pared 

 round, cutting off all the mouldy 

 Fibres which were next the Pot, 

 and the Pots fiU'd up with frefh, 

 rich Earth, which will ftrcngthen 

 their Flowers, and caufe them to 

 produce Plenty of Fruit, which, as 

 1 laid before, ripens in Winter, and 

 being ot the Shape and Size of 

 Cherries, are commonly call'd Win- 

 ter-Cherries by the Gartieners. 



The ninth and ejevenrh Sort? are 

 much tenderer than the former, 

 being brought from the warm 

 Parts of Afnerica : Thefe are alfo 



propa. 



