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Trees will not bear tranfplanting 

 well, after they have grown to be 

 large. 



Thefe are Natives of the J/ps and 

 Apennines ; fo are extremely hardy ; 

 and they will thrive in the molt ex- 

 pofed Situations, as I have frequent- 

 ly obferved : and they have made 

 better Progrefs in fuch Places for fix 

 or feven Years, than any other Sort 

 of Tree : but after thefe Trees begin 

 to flower and feed, their Growth is 

 fomewhat abated, though they con- 

 Ihntly make ftrong Shoots at the 

 Top ; but their Stems do not increafe 

 in Bulk, proportionably to the 

 Strength of their Branches; which 

 often occafions their Stems to de- 

 cline, and grow crooked, if they 

 are not fupported. Where thefe 

 Trees are iuffered to Hand a long 

 time, they will have Stems equal to 

 fmall Timber-trees, and the Wood 

 is beautifully veined with Black ; 

 which has occafioned the French to 

 give it the Name of Ealfe Ebony^ 

 There are fome large Trees of this 

 Kind in Scotland, which have been 

 fuffered to remain ; and I have feen 

 one or two in fome old Englijh Gar- 

 dens, which had Stems more than 

 three Feet in Girt: but the Reafon 

 of our not finding more of thefe 

 Trees which are grown to a large 

 Size, is, that the Tafte in Garden- 

 ing has ofcen changed ; fo that the 

 feveral Alterations which have been 

 made in the Englifo Gardens, have 

 occafioned their being cut down, to 

 make room for fuch Alterations ; 

 and thefe being only considered as 

 flowering Shrubs, few Perfons were 

 anxious to fave them. 



The fourth feldorn rifes with us 

 to be above five or fix Feet high, 

 and may be kept to a regular Head : 

 this mould therefore be planted in 

 fmall Quarters, with Shrubs of the 

 fame Growth. It flowers in Jane, 



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at which time it makes an agreeable 

 Figure; for the Flowers are pro- 

 due'd in long erect Spikes at the 

 Ends of all the Branches, fo that the 

 whole Shrub is cover'd with them. 

 This may be propagated in the fame 

 manner as the former : but this Sort 

 is at prefent very uncommon in the 

 Englijb Gardens, though it is equally 

 hardy with the fixth Sort ; which is 

 the moft common Sort cultivated in 

 the Nurferies; and this is by far the 

 more beautiful Shrub ; for the Flow- 

 ers grow in Spikes near a Foot in 

 Length, which ftand erect, and are 

 of a longer Duration than thofe of 

 the other Sort: fo that this deferves 

 to be cultivated, as much as any 

 flowering Shrub now in the Gar- 

 dens. 



The fifth Sort is tender, and re- 

 quires a Green-houfe in Winter; 

 where it fhould be plac'd to have as 

 much free open Air as poffible when 

 the Weather is good ; but mull be 

 fcreen'd from Frolt, and cold nip- 

 ping Winds. In the Summer it may 

 be expos'd abroad, with Oranges, 

 Myrtles, C5r. It mould have a 

 frefh light Soil, and frequent Water- 

 ings in that Seafon. This Plant may 

 be either propagated by Seeds (which 

 fhould be fown on an Hot-bed in 

 the Spring ; and when the Plants 

 come up, they may be planted into 

 fmall Pots, and manag'd as directed 

 for the African Tree-milkwort) ; or 

 by Layers, v/hich mould be laid 

 down in the Spring; and if kept 

 duly watered, will take Root againft 

 the fucceeding Spring ; when they 

 may be taken off, and tranfplanted 

 into Pots, which fhould be filPd with 

 the fame light Soil as was before di- 

 rected ; fetting the Pots into a fhady 

 Place until the Plants have taken 

 frefh Root ; after which time they 

 may be expos'd with the old Plants, 

 and raanag'd as directed for them. 



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