SECT. XIX. LISTS OF TREES, &C, 



winter, and turned out into open ground tlie following 

 fummer, and fuffered to die. 



Egg plant mult have a dry foil, and warm fituation, 

 but yet plentv of water in hot weather. The bloffom 

 is not Unking, but the fruit is often as large as a fwan's 

 egg, and with common management will be as big as a 

 hen's. This plant requires, however, to be fown for,., 

 ward and mould be brought on by a third hot-bed, if it 

 might be. 



Humble plant is one of the fenfitives, the property of 

 which is to clcfe its leaves, or drop them upon being 

 touched. The common fciifitive plant will grow to 

 eight feet in a hot -f. cafe, (which is its proper place;] but 

 the humble plant is ipreading, and feldom reaches more 

 than a fiat u re of two Feci; tor its lower growth it is 

 therefore more proper for our purpofe here. It ia 

 called humble from its receding and dropping fo com- 

 pletely when touched, foot-fialk and all, as it making a 

 bow. The humble plants are diliinguifhed from tine 

 common upright growing fenntives, as the latter only 

 elofes the leaf, without dropping the flalk. 



Ice plant trails and fpreads wide on the ground, 

 makes no fhew in its flower, but is beautifully covered 

 with chryiial drops, mining like diamonds when the fun 

 is on it; or as the frozen drops of icicles. It is not nice 

 in its culture, or weather, though it mould not be put 

 out too young. The bell way is to plant one in a pot 

 of fix or feven inches diameter, 'without any thing at 

 bottom over the hole; and keeping it in the frame till 

 it gers too big for the pot, plunge it in the ground a 

 little over the rims. Thus the plant will not be too 

 luxuriant, but yet fufficiently nourished, (for it has 

 fmaU roots) and will flower fooner, and ripen the feed 

 better for this treatment 



Indian Jbotmu&be fown forward, and brought on 

 by different hot-beds to blow the Janu year, being 

 rather a tender houhoufe perennial* 



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