New Principles of Gardening. 
England. But if we futler young Shoots to break out at bot- 
tom, or cut down the Plant as a Stool, and the young Shoots 
being laid duwn, as Layers of Lime, ec. they will {trike Root, 
and grow very well. ‘The Soil it delights in, is a fandy warm 
Loam: Its Seed muft be fown in Auguff at lateft, in Pots fill’d 
with the aforefaid Soil, which mult be fheltered all Winter ; 
and inthe Spring they willcome up: At which time keep them 
clean from Weeds, and do not fufler them to be over dry 
for want of Water. 
When your young Nurfery, has lived two Years in the Seed- 
Pots, they muft be tranfplanted into larger Pots fingly, where- 
in they muift remain for eight or ten Years, being fheltered 
every Winter, and taken up, and replanted again in the fame 
Pots, to create good Roots, every third Year; which will fuppore 
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its Trunk when planted out, with fufficient Plenty of Juices, 
and gaeatly add to its future Growth. 
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Of the Maracoc, or Paffion-Plant. 
| ‘ LTHOUGH there may be many Kinds of Paffion-Trees in 
other Parts abroad, as in Am/fferdam Phyfick Gardens, Sc. 
as mention’d by Zournefort inhis Elements of Botany, 
p- 206. yet we have but one that will refift the Severity of our 
Winters. This Flower was firft difcover'd by the Spamib Friars,in 
the Weft-Indies, of which Place ’tis an Inhabitant: ‘The Magai- 
tude of each Flower, when full blown, is generally about fouror 
five Inches Diameter, wherein are ten Petals, divers {taminous 
Threads, and other Particles; which together, the Friars fuppofed 
was an Epitome of our Saviour’s Paffion, and therefore called it the 
Paffion-Flower. Vide Bradley's Improvements, Part Ml. Page 52. 
The Soil ic beft delights in, is a very moilt cool Soil, well 
mix’d with Cow Dung: Tis increafed from Layers or Cuttings; 
the firtt laid down in March, towards the Beginning of the 
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