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will be much lefs Trouble than 

 the other Method of tranfplanting, 

 and the Plants will be much larger 

 and fairer. 



TRANSPORTATION of 

 PLANTS : In fending Tlants from 

 one Country to another, great Re- 

 gard fhould be had to the proper 

 Seafon for doing it : For Example, 

 if a Parcel of VUnts are to be fent 

 from a hot Country to a cold one, 

 they Ihould be fent in the Spring 

 of the Year, that as they come to- 

 wards the colder Parts, the Seafon 

 may be advancing, and hereby, it 

 they have fuffer'd a little in their 

 Paflage, there will be time to re- 

 c*rer them before Winter j where* 

 as thofe which arrive in Autumn 

 are ofeen loft in Winter, becaufe 

 they have not time to recover and 

 get Root before the Cold comes 

 on. 



On the contrary, thofe VUnts 

 which are ient from a cold Coun- 

 try to a hot one, fliould always be 

 fent in Winter, that they may ar- 

 rive time enough to be rooted be- 

 fore the great Heats come on, o- 

 therwife they will fbon perifli. 



The beft Way to pack up Vlants 

 for a Voyage (if they are fuch as 

 will not bear to be kept out of the 

 Ground) is, to have fome handy 

 Boxes with Handles to them, for 

 the more eaiily removing them in 

 bad Weather ; Thefe Ihould have 

 Holes bored in their Bottoms to 

 let out the Moifture, othervvife it 

 •will rot the Roots of the Plants. 

 Over each of thefe Holes H-iOuld be 

 laid a flat Tile or Oyftcr-lliell, to 

 prevent the Earth from flopping 

 them J then they fliould be fill'd up 

 ■with Earth, into which the Tlafits 

 Jliould be fet as clofc as polTible to 

 each other, in order to fave Room 

 (which is abfolutely neceffaiy, o- 

 therwife they will be very trouble- 



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lome in the Ship;) and as the only 

 thing intended is, to preferve them 

 alive, and not to make any Pro-* 

 grefs while on their Paflage, fo a 

 fmali Box will contain many Plants, 

 if rightly planted. The Plants Ihould 

 alfo be plac'd in the Box a Fort- 

 night or three Weeks before they 

 they are put on Board the Ship, 

 that they may be a little fettled and 

 rooted j and during the Time they 

 are on Board, they fliould remain, 

 if poUlble, on the Deck, that they 

 may have Air; but in bad Weather 

 they fhould be cover 'd with a Tar- 

 pawlin, to guard them againft the 

 Salt Water, which will deftroy 

 them if it comes at 'cm in any 

 Quantity. 



The Water thefe Tlants Hiould 

 have, while on Board, muft be 

 proportion'd to the Climate where 

 they come from, and to which 

 they are going : If they come from 

 a hot Country to a cold one, then 

 they fhould have very little Moi- 

 fture, after they have palTcd the 

 Heats; but if they are carry'd from 

 a cold Country to a hot one, they 

 muft have a greater Share of Moi- 

 fture wh4n they come into a warm- 

 er Climate, and fliould be fhaded in 

 the Day from the violent Heat of 

 the Sun, to which, if they are too 

 much espos'd, it will dry them up 

 and deftroy them. 



But if the Pla-/its to be fent from 

 one Country to another, are fuch 

 as will live out of the Ground a 

 conliderable time, as all thofe which 

 are full of juice will do i as the 

 Sedums, Flcoidesy 'Euphorbiu/ns^ Cp- 

 reus's, Sec. then they require no o- 

 ther Care but to pack them up in 

 a clofe Box, wrapping them up 

 well with Mofs^ oblerving to place 

 them {o clofely that they may not 

 be tumbled about, which v/ill hruiie 

 them, and that thofe VUna which 



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