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and when the Plants are fit to tranf- 

 plant, they fliould be each put into 

 a fingle Pot; and as Coon as they 

 are well rooted, they muit by de- 

 grees be inured to the open Air, 

 into which they fliould be placed as 

 foon as the Weather is warm, and 

 will require much Water in dry 

 Weather; for their Roots foon fill 

 the Pots, and will root through the 

 Hoies into the Ground, if they Hand 

 long unremoved. This Plant may 

 alfo be fown upon a warm Border 

 of light Earth in the open Air, in 

 the Middle of April \ where they are 

 defigned to remain: thefe will flower 

 in Augujl, and if the Seafon proves 

 favourable, they will perfect Seeds 

 very well, and thefe Plants will 

 .grow much Itronger than thofe rais'd 

 upon an Hot-bed ; but, as in cold 

 Seafons thefe may fail to perfect 

 their Seeds, it will be a fecure Me- 

 thod to raife fome upon the Hot- 

 bid, which never fails to perfect 

 Seeds. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts are 

 low Plants, feldom rifing in Stem 

 above four or five Inches, their 

 Leaves fpreading near the Surface of 

 the Ground ; the Flowers are pro- 

 duced upon fiivgle Footfta>ks anfing 

 from the Centre of the Plants: thefe 

 flower in April or May, when they 

 make a fine Appearance ; but they 

 feldom perfect their Seeds in Eng- 

 land', therefore are propagated by 

 Cuttings ; but as they are Plants of 

 a fmall Growth, they do not increafe 

 very faft here. The beft Way to 

 obtain good Seeds of thefe Plants is, 

 to expofe them to the open Air when 

 they are in Flower ; for ii they are 

 drawn weak by being kept in the 

 Houfe, they never produce any good 

 Seeds. 



T he fecond, third, fourth, and 

 fifth Sorts grow to the Height of 

 four or five Feet; and the fifth, 



fometimes, to fix or feven, fending 

 forth many Branches ; therefore will 

 require to be frequently pruned, to 

 keep them in tolerable Order, efpe- 

 cially the fifth; which fends forth 

 flrong rambling Shoots, when their 

 Roots are not much confined in the 

 Potf, and if they are duly wa- 

 tered. 



They are propagated by planting 

 Cuttings of them in a Bed of light 

 frefli Earth, in any of the Sum- 

 mer - months j obierving to made 

 them from the Heat of the Sun until 

 they have taken Root, as alfo to re- 

 fresh them often with Water ; and, 

 in fix Weeks or two Months after 

 planting, they will be fufficiently 

 rooted ; at which time you Ihould 

 tranfplant them into Pots filled with 

 the like frefli Earth, fetting the Pots 

 in a fliady Place until the Plants are 

 fettled in their new Earth ; after 

 which time, you fliould expofe them 

 to the open Air until the Latter-end 

 of Oflober, or later, according as 

 you find the Weather is favourable ; 

 when you muit remove the Pots into 

 the Green -houfe, where they fliould 

 be placed as near the Window as 

 poflible, that they may have a good 

 Quantity of free Air at all times 

 when the Weather is mild ; nor 

 fliould they be over-hung by other 

 Plants, which would occafion them 

 to take a Mouldinefs, and rot : you 

 muft alfo frequently refrefli them 

 with Water, giving it them plenti- 

 fully in mild Weather, otherwife 

 their Leaves and Branches will hang 

 down and wither : in Summer they 

 can fcarce have too much Water 

 given \bem, if the Pots are not 

 flopped, fo that the Water cannot get 

 thro' the Holes at the Bottom. They 

 will alfo require to be fhifted into 

 other Pots two . r three times at leaf! 

 every Summer; and the Pots fhould 

 be frequently removed, to prevent 



