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of the Hot-home: but as it produces 

 iuch beaatiful Flowers, and in fo 

 great Plenty, it maybe placed among 

 the firft Clafs of Exotic Plants. This 

 Plant has produced Fruit in the Gar- 

 den at Chelfea ; but it has not as yet 

 ripened. 



The fourteenth Sort is now be- 

 come pretty common in the Enghjb 

 Gardens, where it annually produces 

 Flowers from the Edges of the 

 Branches, and very frequently ripens 

 its Fruit aifo. The Flowers of this 

 Kind are not large, but in Shape 

 like thofe of the Indian Fig ; and 

 the Fruit is alfo in Shape like the 

 Fruit of that, but longer, and more 

 pointed. This is of a fine Purple- 

 colour without, and full of fmall 

 black Seeds, which are lodged in 

 the Pulp. 



The feventh Sort produces Flowers 

 every Year ; and fome of the Fruit 

 have ripened in the Cbelfca Garden. 

 Thefe were in Size and Shape like 

 a Bergamot-pear, but had very little 

 Flavour. This is the only upright 

 Sort that flowers freely in England ; 

 for altho' the firft Sort will frequently 

 produce Flowers, yet it docs not 

 flower fo conftantly as this feventh, 

 of which there are no very tall 

 Plants in the Gardens ; whereas there 

 are great Numbers of the firft up- 

 wards of fifteen Feet high, and fome 

 more than t /enty : but when they 

 arrive to this Size, the Plants are 

 very troublefome to fhift, and few 

 Stoves are built high enough to con- 

 tain them ; fo that chey are fre- 

 quently laid down on one Side in 

 Winter, where Perfons have not 

 the Conveniency for them to ftand 

 erect. 



Thefe are all propagated by Cut- 

 tings i fo that if you intend to in- 

 crease the Number of them, you 

 muft cut off their Stems at what 

 Length you pleafe : theie mould be 



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laid in a dry Place to heal, at les$ 

 ten Days or a Fortnight before they 

 are planted; but if they Ire three 

 Weeks, it is much the better, and 

 they will be in lefs Danger, efpeci- 

 ally thofe Sorts which are the moft 

 fucculent. 



Thefe Cuttings mould be planted 

 in Pots filled with light fandy Earth, 

 with a Mixture of Lime-rubbifia* 

 laying fome Stones in the Bottom 

 of the Pots to drain off the Moifture ; 

 then place the Pots into a gentle 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, to faci- 

 litate their rooting, giving them 

 once a Week a gentle Watering. 



The beft Seafon for this Work is 

 in June or July, that they may have 

 time to root before Winter : towards 

 the middle of Augujl you muft be- 

 gin to give them Air by degrees, to 

 harden them again ft Winter ; but 

 they mould not be wholly expofed 

 to the open Air or Sun : at the End 

 of September they muft be removed 

 into the Stove where they are to 

 abide the Winter ; during which 

 Seafon you muft be very careful not 

 to let them have much Water : and 

 always obferve to place the young 

 Plants, for the firft Winter, in a little 

 warmer Situation than the older 

 Plants, as being fomewhat ten- 

 derer. 



Thefe Plants mould always have 

 a dry Situation in Winter; for as 

 they imbibe the greateft Part of their 

 Nourishment from the circumam- 

 bient Air; fo if this be too replete 

 with moift Particles, it will occafion 

 their rotting ; nor mould any of 

 them be expofed abroad, not even 

 in the midft of Summer ; for great. 

 Rains, which often happen at that 

 Seafon, are very injurious to them, 

 the firft eight Sorts mould be there- 

 fore placed fo as to enjoy a free Air 

 in the Summer, but, at the fame 

 time, fcreened from Rain% and great 



Dews : 



