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propagated by fowing their Seeds 

 jn the Spring upon a good Hot-bed, 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they fhould be each tranfplanted 

 into a feparate fmall Pot fill'd with 

 rich Earth, and plung'd into a frefh 

 Hot-bed, oblerving to water and 

 fhade them until they have taken 

 Root } after which they {hould have 

 Air and Water in Proportion to the 

 Heat of the Seafon, and the Bed in 

 v/hich they are placed ■■, and when 

 their Roots have fill'd the Pots in 

 which they were planted, (which 

 they will do in a Month's Time it 

 they thrive) they mufl be fnaken 

 but, and after having gently pared 

 off the Fibres which grew next 

 the Pot, they fhould be placed in 

 Pots a Size larger, which raufl: be 

 fill'd with frelh, rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into a frefli Hot-bed to 

 bring the Plants forward, obferving 

 to water them frequently, for they 

 will not thrive without Plenty of 

 Moiflufe in warm Weather. 



In July thefe Plants may be inur'd 

 to be^ir the open Air by degrees, 

 into which they may be remov'd 

 if the Seafon be warm i but other- 

 wife they mufl always be preferv'd 

 either under GlalTes or in the Stove j 

 and if they are plac'd in the open 

 Air, they fhould not remain there 

 longer than the Middle of Auguji, 

 left the Nights growing cold, fhould 

 hurt them : During the Winter 

 Seafon they muft be preferv'd in 

 the Stove, obferving to water them 

 frequently, and the fecond Year 

 they will produce Flowers and 

 Fruit. 



The tenth and tweltth Sorts are 

 not fo tender as the laft, but require 

 an open airy Glafs-Cafe, or a warm 

 Green-houfe in Winter, but in Sum- 

 mer may be expos'd in the open 

 Air with other Exotic k Plants. 

 Thefe may be propagated by fov/- 



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ing their Seeds on a Hot-bed as the 

 former, and fliould be manag'd as hath 

 been diredted for them, with this 

 Difference, that they may be much 

 fooner expos'd to the Air, and fhould 

 not be bred fo tenderly. Thefe are 

 preferv'd for their odd Appearance, 

 by fuch as are curious in cultivating 

 Exotick Plants; their Fruits being 

 ripe in Winter, do afford a Variety 

 in the Green-houfe, and their Leaves 

 and Flowers being very remarkable 

 in their Colour, Shape, c^c. do 

 render them worthy ot a Place in 

 every good CoUediion of Plants. 



There is alfo another Variety 

 v/hich differs very much from the 

 tenth Sort, tho' call'd by that Name 

 in moft of the Englijl? Gardens 

 where it is preferv'd, which I be- 

 lieve came from Virginia, and being 

 fbmewhat like the Figure given by 

 l^ere Boccone of the tenth Sort, I 

 fuppofe was taken for the fame 

 Plant; but they are very different 

 from each other, as appear 'd by 

 fomc Plants which I rais'd from 

 Seeds lent me by Signior Tilliy Pro- 

 feiTor of Botany at Vifa, of Boccone's 

 Plant, and others rais'd from the 

 old Sort which came from Virginia, 

 both which being cultivated toge- 

 ther, rctain'd afpecitick Difference. 



The Red and White Potatoes arc 

 both indifferently cultivated in Bng~ 

 land -J tho the red Sort is mod 

 commonly brought to the Markets. 

 Thefe Plants were originally brought 

 from Virginia into Europe, where 

 they are at prefent fo generally 

 efteem'd, as to be one of the moft 

 common efculent Roots now in Ule. 

 Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 planting the irnalleft Roots in Spring, 

 which, in a good Soil, will multiply 

 exceedingly ; for I have many times 

 feen ten twelve or more P.oots pro- 

 duced from a fingle Off-fet in one 



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