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the ether third Part Lime-rubb^m, 

 and rotten Tan, in equal Quantities; 

 thefe fhould be well mixed, and laid 

 in an Heap fix or eight Months be- 

 fore it is ufed ; turning it over five 

 or fix times, that the Parts may the 

 better incorporate ; and before it is 

 ■ufed, it will be proper to pafs it 

 through a Screen, to feparate the 

 large Stones, Clods, &c, there- 

 from. 



Having prepared the Earth, and 

 your Cutcings being in a lit Order 

 for Planting, you muft fill as many 

 Halfpeny Pots with Earth as you 

 have Cuttings to plant ; then put 

 one Cutting in the Middle of each 

 Pot about two Inches deep or more, 

 according to their Strength ; then 

 give them a little Water to fettle the 

 Earth clofe about them, and fet the 

 Pots in a warm Ihady Place for about 

 a Week, to prepare the Cuttings for 

 putting forth Roots ; after which 

 they mould be plunged into a mode- 

 rate Hot - bed of Tanners Bark, 

 which will greatly facilitate their 

 rooting; but obferve to give them 

 Air, by raifing the Glafles at all 

 times when theWeather will permit ; 

 as alfo to made the Glafies in the 

 Heat of the Day. 



In about a Month's time after 

 planting, thefe Cuttings will be root- 

 ed, when you muft begin to expofe 

 them to the open Air by degrees ; 

 after which they may be removed to 

 a well-defended Place, observing not 

 to fet them into a Place too much 

 expofed to the Sun, until they have 

 been enured to the open Air forfome 

 time. 



In this Place the Plants may re- 

 main until the Beginning of October \ 

 at which time you mould remove 

 them into the Conservatory, placing 

 them as near the Windows as pofli- 

 ble at firit, letting them have as much 

 free open Air as the Seafon will per- 



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mit, by keeping the Windows ope* 1 1 

 whenever the Weather is good : and | : 

 now you muft begin to abate your 

 Watering, giving it to them fpa- :■ 

 ringly, et'peo.ally the fifth Sort,which. i 

 is fo very fucculent, that upon its t 

 having a little too much Water in* c 

 Winter, it will certainly rot ; bud j 

 you mould not fuffer its Leaves tm I 

 lhrink for want of Moifture, which ; 

 is another Extreme fome People rua i 

 into for want of a little Obfervation J i 

 and when they are futfered to fnrink 

 for want of Water, they feldom fail 

 to rot when they have Water give™ 

 them. This Sort mould be placed 

 in a moderate Stove in Winter, noiw 

 muft it be fet abroad till Midfum- 

 mer ; for it is much tenderer than 

 any of the others. 



The other Plants are all of them 

 pretty hardy, except the fifth Sort 

 (which muft have a moderate Stove 

 in Winter), and may be preferved . 

 without any artificial Heat in the 

 WinteF. The beft Method to treat 

 thefe Plants is, to place them in an 

 open airy dry Glais-frame, among 

 Ficoides's and African Hotifleeks, 

 where they may enjoy as much of 

 the Sunfhine as pomble, and have a 

 free dry open Air ; for if thefe arc 

 placed in a common Green-houfe 

 amongft fhrubby Plants, which per- 

 fpire freely, it will fill the Houfe 

 with a damp Air, which thefe fuccu- 

 lent Plants are apt to imbibe ; and 

 thereby becoming too replete with 

 Moifture, do often caft their Leaves; 

 and many times their Branches alfo 

 decay, and the whole Plant pe- 

 ri fnes. 



The fifth Sort, as was before- 

 mention , d, muft be preferved in a 

 moderate Stove, with Aloes, Cere- 

 us's, l5c. which may be kept up to 

 the temperate Heat as mark'd on the 

 Botanical Thermometers : this mult 

 have very little Water in Winter, 



