Pots fhould be flickered during the 

 Winter-feafon under a common Hot- 

 bed-frame, taking oft" the Glafles in 

 mild Weather, that they may enjoy 

 as much of the free open Air as pof- 

 fible; and in the Spring, after the 

 Cold is paft, they may be fhaken 

 out of the Pots, and planted in a 

 warm Border, where they will flow- 

 er, and produce ripe Seeds the fuc- 

 ceeding Summer. 



The feventh Sort grows to the 

 Height of two or three Feet, and 

 branches out on every Side, fo as to 

 form a regular Shrub. This may be 

 propagated by Seeds, which fhould 

 be fown on a moderate Hot-bed in 

 the Spring ; and, when the Plants 

 are about two Inches high, they 

 jhould be carefully tranfplanted into 

 fmall Pots filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and plunged into a very mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, being careful to 

 fcreen them from the Sun until they 

 liave taken new Root ; after which 

 time they mult have a large Share 

 of frefh. Air, otherwiie they will 

 draw up very weak ; they muft alfo 

 be frequently watered in warm 

 Weather. When thefe Plants have 

 acquired Strength, they mould be 

 inured to bear the open Air by de- 

 grees ; for in Summer they mould 

 be taken out of the Hot- bed, and 

 fome of them may be planted in 

 warm Borders ; but it will be pro- 

 per to keep fome in Pots, that they 

 may be fheltered in Winter ; for in 

 fevere Froft thofe in the Borders will 

 be in Danger of fuffering thereby. 

 Thefe Plants produce their Flowers 

 in the Spring, when they make an 

 agreeable Appearance, and in Augvjl 

 they perfect their Seeds : this Sort 

 greatly refembles the firft. 



The eighth Sort was difcovered 

 by Father Plumier in America. I re- 

 ceived the Seeds of this Plant from 

 Qartbagtna, which wci% fent me by 



my late ingenious Friend Dr. Wil- 

 liam Houjioun. This Plant is pro- 

 pagated by Seeds, which mould be 

 fown early in the Spring on a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be each 

 tranfplanted into an Halfpeny Pot 

 filled with frefli rich Earth, and 

 plunged into an Hot- bed of Tanners 

 Bark, obferving to fliade them un- 

 til they have taken Root ; after 

 which time they fhould have Air 

 and Water in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon ; and when 

 . they have filled thefe Pots with their 

 Roots, they fliould be fliifted into 

 Pots of a larger Size, and plunged 

 into the Hot-bed again, where they 

 muff, remain until Autumn, when 

 they fhould be removed into the 

 Stove, and plunged into the Tan. 

 Thtfe Plants mult be conltantly kept 

 in the Bark Hove, and placed among 

 Plants which require a moderate 

 Heat ; where they will thrive and 

 flower, and fhould be fupported by 

 tall Sticks-, round which they will 

 twine as Hops do ; fo that they mult 

 not be fuflered to twift round other 

 Plants, left they overbear and fpoil 

 them. Thefe are very proper Plants 

 to place againfl an Efpalier on the 

 back Part of the Stove, among 

 other climbing Plant:, where they 

 will make an agreeable Variety. 



This Sort will continue two or 

 three Years, provided it be care- 

 fully managed, and will fometimes 

 produce ripe Seeds in this Country ; 

 but it will be proper to lay down 

 fome of the Shoot?, either into the 

 Tan, or Pots of frefh Earth plunged 

 into the Tan, becaufe thefe will often 

 take- Root, whereby a Supply of 

 young Plants may be obtained ; 

 which is a fure Method to preferve 

 the Kind in this Country, where 

 they do not always perfect their 

 Seeds. 



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