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ip'.-hereby their Leaves are cut, and 

 lender'd very unlighrly), but rather 

 skilfully pruned with a Knife, al- 

 lowing their Branches a propor- 

 tionable Diftance to the Breadth of 

 their Leaves, which will be dole 

 enouo;h to render them beautiful, 

 and at the fame Time will encou- 

 rage their Flowering : For when 

 they are continually clipp'd, their 

 Branches are very weak, and do 

 often decay in the Middle, and their 

 Flowers are never io large, nor 

 produc'd in fo great Plenty as when 

 they have a greater Diftance allow'd 

 to their Shoots. 



In this Nurfery the Plants may- 

 remain four or five Years, during 

 which time they fliould be carefully 

 clear 'd from Weeds, and the Ground 

 dug every Spring \ in doing of 

 which their Roots fliould be care- 

 fully cue round, to caule 'em to 

 produce more Fibres, whereby they 

 may be removed with greater 

 Safety, becaufe the Earth will be 

 the better iUpported by their Roots. 

 The beft Time to rranlplant them 

 is about the Beginning of A^nU as 

 hath been dircdtcd for molt Sorts 

 of Evergreens^ that being the Sealbn 

 they begin to flioot. 



Thefe Shrubs are very orna- 

 mental, when planted in the lower 

 Part of Clumps, and other Plan- 

 tations of Evergreens^ if they are 

 m-x'd with other Plants of the lame 

 Growth j and in thele Plantations 

 they will not be fo liable to fuffer 

 by Froft, becauie their Stems will 

 be defended by the neighbouring 

 Plants. 



There are fome who make 

 Hedges of- thcfe Plants, but they 

 are by no means proper tor that 

 Purpofc, becaufe their Leaves are 

 largo, which ocrafions their Bran- 

 chis to be produ -ed at a farther 

 Dillance, and ihefj when cut do 



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appeir very unfightly j beiides, by 

 the frequent cutting of them, it 

 prevents their tiowering, lb that 

 the greateft Beauty of the Plants 

 is loft j for they fliould never be 

 pruned after the Beginning of May, 

 unlefs fome very lu^^uriant Shoots 

 are produced, which grow greatly 

 out of Order j thele may be fhor- 

 ten'd, or entirely difplaced, accord- 

 ing as the Plants may requite j and 

 this one Pruning every Spring will 

 be fuiHcient to keep 'em conftrvntly 

 in Order, without injuring thtir 

 Flowering, which lliould always be 

 avoided. 



TITHYMALOIDES j Baftard 

 Spurge. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower conjijis of one Leaf 

 and is in Shape fomevohat like a 

 Slipper ; rehofe Pointal afterwards 

 becomes a tricapfular Fruit like that 

 of Spurge. 



The Species are; 



1. TiTHYiMALoiDEs i frutefcens, 

 folio Myrti ampliffmo, Tourn. The 

 American, flirubby. Laurel - leav'd 

 Spurge, vulgo. 



2. TiTHYMALOiDES J frutefcens^ 

 folds nerii. Plum. Shrubby Baftard 

 Spurge with an Oleander Leaf. 



Thefe Plants are very common 

 in the warm Parts of A?neriuiy 

 where the fir ft is known by the 

 Name of Foifon-weed^ under which 

 Appellation I received it frotTi Bar- 

 bados i this Sort is now pretty 

 common in the Gardens of thofe 

 who are curious in pref^rving ten- 

 der exotic k Plants, byt the lecond 

 Sort is yet very rare in the Englifj 

 Gardens. 



They are both propagated by 

 Cuttings, which may be takea 

 from the Pbnts during any of the 

 Summer Months, and after having 

 lain in a dry Place for a Fortnight 

 or three Weeks, until the wounded 



Pare 



