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plac'd in a warm Situation, obferv- 

 ing now- and -then to refrefli the 

 Earth with Water: but by no means 

 let them have too much Wet, which 

 would rot their Roots, efpecially be- 

 fore they come up. About the Mid- 

 dle or End of Augvll, fuch of the 

 Roots as are ftrong enough to 

 flower, will begin to mew the Bud 

 cf their Flower-item (which is com- 

 monly of a red Colour) ; therefore 

 you mould remove thefe Pots into 

 a Situation where they may have the 

 full Benefit of the Sun, and may be 

 fhelter'd from ftrong Winds : but by 

 no means place them too near a 

 "Wall, nor under Glafles, which 

 would draw them up weak, and 

 Tender them lefs beautiful. At this 

 Seafon they fhould be gently refreih'd 

 with Water, if the Weather be warm 

 and dry ; but if it mould prove very 

 wet, they mould be fcreen'd from 

 it. 



When the Flowers begin to open, 

 the Pots mould be rcmovM under 

 Shelter, to prevent; the Flowers from 

 being injured by too much Wet : 

 but they muft not be kept too clofe, 

 nor placed in a Situation too warm, 

 which would occafion their Colour 

 to be lefs lively, 'and haiten their 

 Decay. The Flowers of this Plant 

 will continue in Beauty (if rightly 

 managed) a full Month ; and tho 1 

 they have no Scent, yet, for the 

 Richnefs of their Colour, they are 

 juftly efteemed in the firlt Rank of 

 the flowery Race. 



After the Flowers are decay 'd, the 

 green Leaves will begin to moot 

 forth in Length, and, if fllelter'd 

 from fevere Coid,will continue grow- 

 ing all the Winter ; but they muft 

 have as much free Air as poflible in 

 mild Weather, and be cover'd only 

 in great Rains or Frofts ; for which 

 Purpofe, a common Hot-bed-frame 

 is the propereft Shelter for them i 



under which if they are placed, the 

 Glafles may be taken off conftantly 

 every Day in dry open Weather, 

 which will encourage the Leaves to 

 grow ftrong and broad ; whereas, 

 when they are placed in a Green- 

 houfe, or not expofed to the open 

 Air, they will grow long and flender, 

 and have a pale weak Afpeft, where- 

 by the Roots will become weak, fo 

 that it feldom happens that they pro- 

 duce Flowers under fuch Manage- 

 ment. 



Thefe Roots mould be tranfplant- 

 ed every fourth or fifth Year to- 

 ward the Latter-end of June, or 

 the Beginning of July, and planted 

 into frelh Earth; but they mould 

 not be oftener removed ; for that 

 would retard their flowering. The 

 Off-fets fhould alio be taken off, 

 and planted into feveral Pots, which, 

 in three Years time, will produce 

 Flowers ; fo that after a Perfon is 

 once ftock'd with thefe Roots, they 

 may increafe them, fo as to have a 

 Supply of blowing Roots, without 

 being at the Trouble or Expence of 

 fending to Gusmfey every Year for 

 frefh Roots ; and the Roots pre- 

 ferved here will flower ftronger than 

 thofc which are ufually brought from 

 thence : for the Inhabitants of thofe 

 Iflands are not very curious in cul- 

 tivating thefe Roots : their ufual 

 Method is to plant them at a great 

 Diltance in a Bed of common Earth, 

 where they let them remain for many 

 Years : in which time they produce 

 fuch a Number of Off-fets, that 

 many times one fingle Clutter has 

 contained above an hundred Roots ; 

 by which means, thofe which grow 

 on the Infide are fo much comprefled 

 by the outer Root?, that they are 

 perfectly flatted; and from the Num- 

 ber of Roots they are all render'd 

 weak, and fo unfit to produce fuch 

 large Stems of Flowers, as thofe 



