until they have obtained Strength 

 enough to plant out for good, which 

 ihould be either into Pots filled with 

 good frefti Earth, or in a warm-fnu- 

 ated Border ; in which, if the Win- 

 ter is not too fevere, they will abide 

 very well, and in the Spring follow- 

 ing will produce large Quantities of 

 yellow Flowers of a ftrong fweet 

 Smell ; which will be fucceeded by 

 long llcnder-jointed Pods in great 

 Plenty, in which are contained the 

 Seeds. 



The third Sort dies down every 

 Winter, but rifes again the fucceed- 

 ing Spring, and produces large trail- 

 ing Branches, which are furnilhed 

 with great Numbers of variable-co- 

 iour'd Flowers, which grow in 

 Bunches; thefe are fometimes fuc- 

 ceeded by fmall-jointed Pod.% con- 

 taining many oblong Seeds : but the 

 Root creeps- very far under ground, 

 by which the Plant increases greatly; 

 which, when permitted to remain 

 unremoved lor two or three Years, 

 will fpread and overbear whatever 

 Plants grow near it; for which Rea- 

 fon the Roots mould be connVd ; and 

 it mould be planted at a D.ftance 

 from any other Plants : it will grow 

 in almoft any Soil and Situation, 

 but thrives beft in a warm funny 

 Expofure, in which the Flowers will 

 alfo be much fairer, and in greater 

 Quantities. 



The fourth Sort is annual, and 

 muft be fown every Spring in an 

 open Bed or Border of good light 

 Earth, in the Places where it is to 

 remain ; for it doth not very well 

 bear removing This is a Plant of 

 little Beauty, and is only preferved 

 incurious Gardens of Plants. 



The fifth Sort is very tender, be- 

 ing a Native of Ciylon : this muft be 

 fown on an Hot-bed early in the 

 Spring ; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they muft be transplanted 



into fmall Pots filled with light fandy 

 Earth, and plunged into a frelh Hot- 

 bed of Tanners Bark ; obferving to 

 give them frequent gentle Water- 

 ings; and as tne Weather is hot or 

 cold, fo they muft have more or, lefs 

 Air in proportion thereto, by raifing 

 up the Glades in the middle of the 

 Day ; but in the Nights the Glafles 

 mould be covered with Mats. 



And w>en the Plants have grown 

 fo as to fiil the Po:s with their Root?, 

 they muft be carefully ftiaken out of 

 them, preferving the Earth to tneir 

 Roots; and put them into Pots a 

 Size bigger, filling up the Pot with 

 the fame light frefti fandy Earth .as 

 before; then plunge the Pots again 

 into the Hot-bed, and manage them 

 as before. In the Winter they muft 

 be placed in a warm Bark- (love 

 among Plants* of the tendereft Clafs, 

 obferving to refrefh them frequently 

 with Water : but never give them 

 too much at a time. In this Ma- 

 nagement I have had this Plant fuc- 

 ceed very well for two or three 

 Years ; but I have not as yet ieen it 

 flower in England, tho' there are 

 Plants of this Kind in three or fom? 

 Gardens, which are two or three 

 Years old. 



The fixth Sort is a very fmall 

 Plant, and hath very little Beauty in 

 it ; this is preferved by the Curious 

 in Botany, but is feldom found in 

 Gardens of Pleafure, where few 

 Plants are admitted that are not ci- 

 ther beautiful or rare ; it is propa- 

 gated by fowing the Seeds in the 

 Spring, on a Bed of frefti light Earth, 

 in a warm Pofition : and when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft be 

 either tranfpl anted into Pots filled 

 with the fame frefh Earth, or into 

 w arm Borders under a South or Well 

 Wall ; for they are fubjed to be 

 destroyed by fevere Frofts : and 

 therefore thqjfe which are planted in 

 B b 4 Pots 



