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They arc eafily propagated by 

 fowing their Seeds on a Hot-bed 

 in the Spring i and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be plant- 

 ed each into a feparate fmall Pot 

 fill'd with light rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into a Hot-bed of Tanners- 

 Bark, to bring 'cm forward, ob- 

 ierving to water and fliade them 

 until they have taken Root j and as 

 the Earth in the Pots appears dry, 

 fo they mull be water'd from time 

 to time, and fhould have Air given 

 to them in Proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon, and the 

 Bed in which they are plac'd : 

 When the Pots in which they are 

 planted are fiU'd with their Roots, 

 the Plants ihould be fhifted into 

 Pots of a larger Size, which muft 

 be fill'd up with rich light Earth, 

 and again plung'd into the Hot-bed, 

 giving them Air, as before, accor- 

 ding to tlie Warmth of the Sea- 

 fon : But in very hot Weather the 

 GlaiTes fliould be fliaded with Mats 

 in the Heat of the Day, otherwife 

 the Sun will be too violent for 

 them through the GlalTes : Nor 

 will the Plants thrive if they are 

 expos'd to the open Air, even in 

 the warmeft Seafon, fo that they 

 muft be conftantly kept in the 

 Bark-ftove both Winter and Sum- 

 iner, treating them, as hath been 

 divetled, tor the A-/iana's, with 

 whofe Culture they will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly. 



Theie Plants, if rightly manag'd, 

 will grow very fail, for I have 

 had 'em upwards of three Feet 

 high in one Summer from Seed, 

 and had one Plant which produc'd 

 Flowers the fame Seafon it was 

 iown j but this was accidental, for 

 1 have never lince had any of them 

 fiGwer, altho' I have feveral Plants 

 ot different Ages, one of which is 

 iv^eral Years old, and about feven 



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Feet high, with a large fpreading 

 Head. 



TAMARISCUS : The Tamarisk- 

 Tree. 



The Characiers are; 



The FloTvers are rofaceous^ confin- 

 ing of feveral Leaves, which are 

 flac'd orbicularly ; from whofe F/ow- 

 er-cup rifes the Fointal, which after- 

 wards becojnes a Foci (fomewhnt like 

 thofe of the Sallow) which opens into 

 two FartSy and contains feveral 

 downy Seeds, 



The Species arc; 



1. Tamariscus i Narbonnenfs, 

 Lob. Icon. The French or narrow- 

 leav'd Tamarisk-Tree. 



2. Tamariscus i Cermanica» Lob, 

 Icon. The German Tamarisk. 



Thefe Trees are preferv'd in the 

 Gardens of thofe who are curious 

 in collecting the various kinds ot 

 Trees and Shrubs ; but they have 

 not much Beauty to recommend 

 them i for their Branches are pro- 

 duc'd in fo ftraggling a manner, 

 as not by any Art to be train'd up 

 regularly, and their Leaves are 

 commonly thin upon the Branches, 

 and do fall away in Winter, fo 

 that there is nothing to recom- 

 mend them but their Oddnefs. 



They may be eafily propagated, 

 by laying down their tender Shoots 

 in the Spring, or by planting Cut- 

 rings in an Eaft Border at that 

 Seafon, which, if fupply'd with 

 Water in dry Weather will take 

 Root in a fhort time, but they 

 fhould not be remov'd until the 

 following Spring,- at which Time 

 they may be either plac'd in a 

 Nurfery, to be train'd up two or 

 three Years, or elfe into the Quar- 

 ters where they are delign'd to re- 

 main, obferving to mulch their 

 Root, and water them according 

 as the Seafon may require, until 

 they have taken Root j after which, 



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