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kept in a moderate Degree of 

 Warmth ; for it is not very tender; 

 but where any Damp arifes, it is 

 very apt to occahon a Mouldinefs 

 upon thefe Plants. The Roots 

 fhcot up in Autumn, and the Flowers 

 begin to appear in March; the Seeds 

 ripen in May ; and foon after their 

 Leaves and Stalks decay ; when the 

 Roots may be taken up, and kept 

 fix Weeks or two Months out of 

 the Ground; fo may be eafily tranf- 

 ported from one Country to another 

 at that time. Thefe Flowers are 

 a great Ornament to theGreen-houfe 

 and Stove, when they are in Flower ; 

 and they are Plants which, requiring 

 but little Culture, deferve a Place in 

 every good Green-houfe. 



ANTHOSPERMUM, Amber- 

 tree, -zu/go. 



The Characlen are ; 



It is Male and Female in different 

 Plants , and fame are Hermaphrodite : 

 the Emblement is divided into four 

 Parts: the Flower is of one Leaf: 

 there are tnvo Pointals, which are 

 accompanied by four Stamina : the 

 Flower fits upon the Ovarium. 



We have but one Sort of this 

 Plant in the Englijk Gardens at pre- 

 fent ; fHK. 



Anthospermum mas. Lin. The 

 Male Anthofpermum. 



It has been long known in the 

 curious Gardens, under the Tide 

 of Frutex Africanuti ambram fi- 

 ranSy or Amber-tree; by fame Am- 

 bergrife, from the Scent of this Plant 

 being fuppofed to be like that of 

 Ambergrife. 



This is preferved in moft curious 

 Gardens, which have Collections of 

 tender Plants. It is eafily yropa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings during 

 any of the Summer-months, in a 

 Porder of light Eanh; which will 

 take Root in fix Weeks time, pro- 



vided they are watered and fiiaded 

 as the Seafon may require : or if 

 thefe Cuttings are planted in Pots, 

 and plunged into a very moderate 

 Hot-bed, they will take Root fooner, 

 and there will be a great Certainty 

 of their growing : then they fhould 

 be taken up, with a Ball of Earth 

 to their Roots, and planted into Pots 

 fill d. with light fandy Earth, and 

 may be expofed to the open Air un- 

 til Ofiobtr ; at which time they 

 fhould be removed into the Confer- 

 vatory, wiiere they fhould be placed 

 as free as poffible from being over- 

 hang with other Plants : and, during 

 the Winter-feafon, they muit be re- 

 frefhed with Water; but ihould not 

 have too much given them each 

 time. You may let them have as much 

 Air as the Weather will permit ; for 

 if they are kept too clofe, they will 

 be fubjedt to grow mouldy, and 

 generally decay foon after: fo that 

 if the Green-houfe is damp, ic will 

 be difficult to preferve thefe Plants 

 thro 1 the W'inter. 



Thefe Shrubs may be trained up 

 either to form round Heads, or into 

 Pyramids ; it being a very manage- 

 able Plant ; but fhould not be often 

 cut ; for, by fo doing, it will occa- 

 fion the Branches to grow very 

 clofe, whereby the Air will be ex- 

 cluded from the Middle-part of the 

 Plant ; which will caufe the Leaves 

 to decay, and the Branches to ap- 

 pear very unfightly : but if you 

 luffer it to grow as it is naturally 

 difpofed (only obferving to tie up 

 the Stem, to make it lrrait), the 

 Plant will thrive much better. 



The Beauty of this Shrub is in 

 its fmall evcr-grcen Leaves, which 

 grow as clofe as Heath ; and, be- 

 ing bruis'd between the Fingers, 

 emit a very fragrant Odour. Thefe 

 Plants muit be frequent! v renewed 



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