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of Hot-walls. Where this Contri- 

 vance is made, there will be no Ha- 

 zard of lofing the Trees, be the Win- 

 ter ever fo fevere, with a little pro- 

 per Care ; whereas, if this is want- 

 ing, there will require great Care 

 and Trouble to cover and uncover 

 the Glaffes every Day, when there 

 is any Sun ; and if the Wall is not 

 thicker than they are ufually built, 

 the Froft will penetrate through the 

 Walls in fevere Winters ; fo that co- 

 vering and fecuring the Glaffes of 

 the Front will not be fufficient to 

 preferve the Trees, be it done with 

 ever fo much Care: therefore the 

 firft Expcnce of the Walls will fave 

 great Trouble and Charge, and be 

 the fecureft Method. 



If the Ground is wet, or of a 

 ftrong Clay, fo as to • detain the 

 Moiilure, the Borders fliould be rais'd 

 above the Level of the Ground, in 

 proportion to the Situation of the 

 Place ; for where the Wet lies in 

 Winter near the Surface, it will 

 greatly prejudice, if not totally de- 

 llroy, the Trees ; fo that Lime-rub- 

 bifh fliould be laid at leaft two Feet 

 thick, in the Bottom of the Border, 

 to drain off the Wet ; and the Earth 

 Ihould be laid two and an half or 

 three Feet thick thereon for the 

 Roots of the Trees : in thefe Bor- 

 ders there may be a few Roots of the 

 Gucrnfey and Belladonna Lilies plant- 

 ed, or any other Exotic bulbous- 

 rooted Flowers, which do not grow 

 high, or draw too much . Nourifh- 

 ment from the Borders ; and thefe, 

 producing their Flowers in Autumn 

 or Winter, will make a good Ap- 

 pearance, and will thrive much bet- 

 ter than if kept in Pots. 



The Management of the Orange- 

 trees, in thefe Places, is nearly the 

 fame as hath been directed for thofe 

 in Pots or Tubs, excepting that the 

 Borders in thefe Places mould be dug, 



and refrehYd with fome very rotcea 

 Dung every Autumn. 



AURICULA URSI, BearYear, 

 or Auricula. 



The Characlers are ; 



// hath a perennial Root : the 

 Leaves are /moot her and thicker than 

 thofe of the Primrofe : the Cup of the 

 Flower is fhorter, fo that the Tube 

 appears naked : the Flower is Jhaped 

 like a Funnel : the Upper-part is ex- 

 panded and divided into fcve Seg- 

 ments : this is ficceeded by a globular 

 Seed-veffel , containing many fmall 

 Seeds. 



To enumerate the Diverfities of 

 this Plant, would be almoft endlefs 

 and impofTible ; for every Year pro- 

 duces raft Quantities of new Flow- 

 ers, differing' in Shape, Size, or Co- 

 lour of the Flowers ; and alfo in the 

 Leaves of thefe Plants there is as 

 great a Variety, fo that the fkilful 

 Florift is oftentimes capable of diftin- 

 guifliing the particular Sorts there- 

 by. 



But as it feldom happens, that fuck 

 of thefe Flowers as are at one time 

 in great Elteem, continue to be re- 

 garded a few Years after (there being 

 ftill finer or larger Flowers produced 

 from Seeds, which are what the Flo- 

 rifts chiefly feek), it would be need- 

 lefs to mention any of them : where- 

 fore I (hall proceed to give the Cha- 

 racters of a good Auricula. 



1 . The Stem of the Flower ftould 

 be lofty and firong. 



2. 'The Footjlalk of the Flower 

 fhould be fhort, that the' Umbel may 

 be regular and clofe. 



3. The Pipe or Neck of each Flower 

 JJjould be fbort, and the Flowers large, 

 and regularly fpread, being no- ways 

 inclinable to cup. 



4 That the Colours are <very bright, 

 and well mixed. 



5. That the Fye of the Flower he 

 large, round, and of a good White, 



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