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Blofibm buds grow turgid, you muft 

 protect them from hafty Rains, which 

 would warn off their white mealy 

 Farina, and greatly deface the Beauty 

 of their Flowers ; but, at the fame 

 time, obferve to keep them as much 

 uncovered as poiTible, otherwife their 

 Stems will be drawn up too weak to 

 fupport their Flowers, which is often 

 the Cafe when their Pots are placed 

 under Walls, and give them gentle 

 Waterings to ftrenglhen them ; but 

 let none of the Water fall into the 

 Centre of the Plant, or among their 

 Leaves. 



Fifthly, When your Flowers be- 

 gin to open, you mould remove their 

 Pots upon a Stage, built with Rows 

 of Shelves, one above another, and 

 covered on the Top, to prcferve them 

 from Wet : this fhould be open to 

 the morning Sun, but ftielter'd from 

 the Heat of the Sun in the Middle 

 of the Day : in this Pofition they 

 will appear to much greater Advan- 

 tage, than when the Pots (land upon 

 the Ground ; for, their Flowers be- 

 ing low, their Beauty is hid from 

 us ; whereas, when they are advanced 

 upon Shelves, we fee them in a full 

 View : in this Situation they may 

 remain, until the Beauty of their 

 Flowers is paft; when they muft be 

 fet abroad to receive the Rains, and 

 have open free Air, in order to ob- 

 tain Seeds, which will fail, if they 

 are kept too long under Shelter. 

 When your Seed is ripe, obferve to 

 gather it when it is perfectly dry, 

 and expofe it to the Sun in a Win- 

 dow upon Papers, to prevent its 

 growing mouldy, and let it remain 

 in the Pods till the Seafon for fow- 

 ing it, 



AURTCULA URSI MYCONI. 



Vide Verbafcum. 



AZEbARACH, The Bead-tree. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath fennated Leaves, fomcwhat 



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like thofe of the Jfi : the Flowers- 

 conjift of five Leaves, which expand 

 in form of a Rofe : in the Centre of 

 the Flower is a long fimbriated Tube, 

 containing the Style : the Fruit if 

 roundijb and flfhy, containing an hard 

 furrow d Nut ; which is divided into 

 five Cells, each containing an oblong 

 broadijh Seed. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Azedarach. Dod. The Bead- 

 tree. 



2. Azedarach femfer-virens CS* 

 f.orcns. Toum. The Bead tree, which 

 is always green and flowering. 



The fir It Sort is propagated only 

 by Seeds, which may be obtained 

 from Italy, Portugal, or Spain, where 

 thefe Trees annually produce ripe 

 Fruits in the Gardens where they 

 are planted : for it is not an Inha- 

 bitant of either of thofe Countries, 

 but is brought from the Levant. 

 The Seeds or Berries fhould be fown 

 in Pots filled with good frefh -light 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark; where, if the Seeds 

 ■are frefh, they will come up in about 

 two Months time. When the Plants 

 are come up, you mould water them 

 frequently, and begin to let them 

 have a large Quantity of free Air, 

 by raifmg the GlafTes every Day ; 

 and, in July, you mould expofe them 

 to the open Air; in a well-fheltered 

 Situation, that they may be har- 

 dened before Winter. In OSiober 

 you mould remove the Pots into the 

 Conservatory, where they mould be 

 placed near the Windows, that they 

 may enjoy free open Air, when the 

 Weather is fair; for they don't 

 care to be over-topp'd with other 

 Plants. During the Winter- feafon 

 you mull: refrefh them gently with 

 Water; but by no means repeat this 

 too often, nor give them too much 

 each time ; for their Leaves being 

 fallen, they will not be in a Condition 



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