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are of an oblong Figure, confiderably broad, of 
————— an elegant fine green, and ribb’d with a fomewhat 
paler Colour. Thofe on the lower Part of the 
Branches are hollow’d in a heart-like Manner for 
theFootftalk : thofe on the upper Part are {carce at 
all indented in that Part; and they are more 
| pointed. 
The Flowers cover, in a Manner, the whole 
Plant, and are of an extremely pleafing Form, 
divided elegantly, of a Snow-white Colour, and, 
toward Evening, of a moft pleafing Scent. 
- Each is follow’d by a roundifh Fruit of the Berry 
Kind, divided within into two Cells, in each 
of which is lodg’d a fingle Seed. 
The Flower is, for its Beauty, worth a clofe 
Examination; and the Clafs of the Plant in the 
Linnan Syftem will fo be eafily difcovered. 
~ Tts Cup is form’d of a fingle Piece, divided into 
_ eight narrow, pointed Segments. 
: The Body of the Flower has but one Petal, 
tho? divided fo deeply, that there appear, on a 
‘Way ‘at the Bafe, 
flight View, to be many: this is tubular a little 
and is thence divided into a 
Number of long Segments, which fpread wide 
open. Fight is the natural and moft frequent 
- Number; but fometimes, from the Accidents of 
Growth, one is wanted, or one added. 
this fhews the Clafs 
to be the fecond of Linnaus, that which com- 
prifes the Diandria. 
The Style which rifes between thefe is fingle, 
tho’ divided into two Parts at. the Top, and this 
fhews the Plant is of the firft Section of that 
Clafs, the Monogynia. 
The Difference between this Plant and the 
Jafmines is evident from the Stru€ture of the 
Cup and Flower ; the Jafmine having in each but 
five Segments. 
Culture of the Stuutats NycranrTues. 
We have obferv’d this Plant never fucceeds 
‘fo well as when grafted on the common Jafinine ; 
and the Gardeners of Jtaly, under whofe Hands 
that Operation fucceeds happily, furnifh all Eyx- 
rope with it, ready for planting. 
This is the common Method by which they 
come into our Gardens; and, if they have fuffer’d 
no Damage in the Carriage, they rarely mifcarry, 
unlefgs by the Negligence or Ignorance of the 
Gardener. 
We receive them in Spring ; ; and the Perfon 
into whofe Care they are given, is to treat them 
in this Manner. 
Let a large Tub of Water be fet all Day upon 
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a Dunghill, in the Sun; and in this wath tho- 
roughly and carefully the whole Plant, Roots and) 
_ Branches. 
See that no Mofs be left about the 
Roots: if any of the Branches be decay’d, take 
them carefully off; and if any Shoots have rifen 
| from the Root, take them off alfo with the fame 
Care: they would be of the Nature of the 
Stock, not of the grafted Plant. 
When the Plants are thus far aes fet them 
inthe Tub of Water, and place it fomewhere under 
Let it remain two Days foaking, then. 
‘prune the Root; and have ready fome Compoft 
Shelter. 
of frefh Mould and Wood-Pile Earth. 
- As foon as the Roots are trim’d, plant them in 
Pots of this Compoft, one Plant in each, and fet 
the Pots up to the Rim in a Bark-Bed that has. 
but moderate Heat. 
Shade them in the Middle of the Day, defend 
them carefully from the Cold, and water them 
gently once in three Days. 
In about four and twenty Days they will begin 
to fhoot, partly from the Stock, and partly from: 
the Graft. | 
All the Buds upon the Stock muft be rubb’d off 
as they rife, for the fame Reafon that the Shoots 
were cut from the Root: they are of the Nature 
| of the Stock, not of the grafted Plant. 
Within the Centre of the Flower arife ‘the Fila- | 
_ ments, and they are only two: 
Thele being taken off, the Buds from the Grafy 
will grow more freely. 
The Plants muft now be more frequently wa- 
ter’d; and the Air muft be admitted to them in 
the warm Part of the Day, by raifing the Glafles 
with a notch’d Stick. 
_ Many Shoots will thus grow to fome Length 
in a few Weeks; and they are then to be top’d, 
that they may have more Strength. 
In the End of May raife the Pots out of i 
Bark, ftrew fome frefh Earth upon the Surface, 
and by Degrees ufe them ta the full Air, 
In the Middle of Fume take them altogether 
out of the Bark-Bed, and fet them amone the 
Greenhoufe-Plants: here they may ftand till Au- 
tumn, and they muft then be taken into the Green- 
houfe, and plac’d free from the Branches of other 
Plants, and where they may have Air. Here let 
them ftand till the Beginning of November, and 
then remove them into the Stove. | 
This is to be, their Management afterwards 
every Year, and they will thus flower profufely. 
Their Flowers are of fhort Duration; but 
| there is a continual Supply for many Months 
when they are ‘manag "d_lefs carefully than we di- 
rect ; and this Way all Winter. 
The Plant, tho’ brought to us from Italy, is a 
Native of Arabia Felix, and there flowers all she 
Year. 
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