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dria, or thofe with eight Filaments, to which: | ter of an Inch of the fame Soil 
therefore this Plant belongs. pi a very gentle Watering, and {; 
the Rim in a Bark-Bed of mode 
let them ftand, 
with Water that has ftood a Day and Night in the 
Stove; and watch the coming up of the Plants; 
They muft have a little Air allow 
with it -very gentle Waterings, 
Height. ; : 
- When they are two Inches high, they mutt be 
tran{fplanted into feparate Pots. | 
Provide as many of thefe as you intend to raife 
Plants, and fill them with the Compoft. Into each 
of thefe fet one of the young Plants, letting it in 
with Care. Give them a gentle Watering, and fet 
rate Heat. 
Here 
gently watering them, at Times, 
Culture of the Surnupay Porycatai 
| This Shrub may be propagated by: Cuttings ; 
but the beft Method is to raife it from Seeds, for 
they ripen very well fome Years with us; and 
would much oftener under better Management. 
, At is a Native of Africa, and there thrives in 
the burning Sands. This fhould be our Direction 
for its Culture; and this we fhould regard ; 
not their Inftru€tions who direét for it a rich Earth. 
In fuch a Soil as fuits it, the Shrub produces 
Abundance of F lowers; and, if it be allow’d Air 
as they rife in 
and Waterings, will very well perfect its Seeds. 
The Soil I have found beft agree with it is 
common Mould, taken from under the Turf in a 
dry and not very rich Pafture, mix’d with one 
third Part the Quantity of Wood-Pile Earth. 
_ Let thefe be thrown into a Heap, and lie all 
Winter. ae 
In Autumn, let fome Seeds be carefully gather’d 
as they ripen, and {pread upon a paper’d Shelf to 
harden. Then let them be put up in a Paper, 
In the Beginning of March fill a Couple 
moderate Pots with the Compoft ; f{catter on the 
Seeds not too thick, and cover them with a Quar- 
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them up to the Rim in the fame Bark-Bed, 
Shade them and refrefh them daily with a little 
| Sprinkling, till they have taken Root; and after- 
wards inure them by Degrees to the Air and 
Sun. | 
About Midfummer fet them out among the 
Greenhoufe Plants, and give them the fame Treat- 
ment with the reft; and at the Approach of Win- 
ter, take them in, : 
- The fucceeding Spring let them be remov’d 
into larger Pots, and treated in the fame Manner ; 
and in thefe they will flower profufely that Sums | 
mer, and during a good Part of the Winter. 
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The Management of the Flower-Garden , and Greenhou/e for the latter End 
— pes tare oP MoveEtiver. - , | 
VY J E have diteéted the Garderier to furfe up | thém; and let them be fereen’d on evety Part 
. the lateft Flowering-Plants, and force them 
by every Art to continue their valuable Tributes. | 
Several will in milder Years; under this Manage- 
ment, continue yet to decorate the Borders; others 
will be failing, and others wholly paft it ; for this 
is a very late Seafon for yielding any: things 
Thofe which are paft flowering; muft be this 
Week cut down; thofe that are weak mutt be re- 
duc’d in Quantity; by fhortening the Branches 3 
and encourag’d to fhoot out more Flowers, by 
breaking the Earth about them ; and fuch as cori= 
tinue flowering tolerably well, muft have the 
Flowers conftantly taken off as they-begin to fade, 
that the new ones may have better Nourifhment. 
This done, let the Borders in which they ftand 
be rak’d over; and they will thus have all the - 
Beauty of which they are capable, Cleannefs and 
good Cultute,: 2: «+ | 
The Seedlings of the tenderer Kinds will now 
require all the Affiftance of the Sun’s Heat, and 
all Defence that can be given them ftom Froft; 
without excluding the Air. / 
Let the Boxes, in which they are fown, be . 
plac’d where all the Mid-day Sun comes freely to 
N° 14, 
whence a cold Wind can blow. ) 
If any Mofs appear upon the Surface of the 
- Mould, or upon the Edges ‘of the Box, let it be . 
carefully pick’d off; and; if the Froft prove, as now, 
_ very fevere, drop a little long dry Wheat-Straw light- 
ly upon them. ‘This will break the Power of thé 
Winds, and keep off the Severity of the frofty 
Air; but it muft be taken off again when the 
Weather breaks ; for it would be as great an Injury | 
to choak as to expofe them: 
The Beds, in which are Roots of Anemonies and 
Ranuncilus’s, for flowering, mift be arch’d over 
with Hoops; arid; when the Froft fets in hard, 
Mats muft be drawn over them. 
~ Thefe muft be taken off when the Weather is 
milder; for Air is as efferitidl to them as Froft is 
dangerous: they muft be kept always in Readi- 
nefs however, to draw over the Hoops again ; for 
in Cafe of heavy Rains, they are as much needed 
| as for the Shelter agaitift Froft: the Wet beihg, 
wher exceffive, as dangerous as any thing. 
Thefe Thifigs done, let the Gardener go over 
the whole Ground with an Eye of Cleanlinefs ; 
and wherever he fees a dead Leaf, pick it away, 
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