C Y 



This Sort produces its Flowers in 



April and May ; at which time it 

 makes a fine Appearance in the 

 Green-houfe. 



The fixth Sort is very common in 

 the Nurferies about London ; where 

 it is fold with other flowering Shrubs, 

 to intermix in planting Wildernefs- 

 quarters. This may be eafily pro- 

 pagated by the Seeds, which it pro- 

 duces every Year in great Plenty ; 

 which mould be fown on a Bed of 

 light Earth in March, and a little 

 Earth fifted over the Seeds, fo as to 

 cover them about half an Inch. In 

 the Beginning of May the Plants 

 will begin to appear, when they 

 mould be carefully cleared from 

 Weeds ; and in very dry Weather 

 they muft be refremed with Water. 

 In this Bed the Plants may remain 

 till the following Spring, always 

 obferving to keep them clear from 

 Weeds ; which, if furYered to over- 

 bear the Plants while young, will 

 either totally deftroy them, or very 

 much retard their Growth. The 

 Spring following they may be tranf- 

 planted out into Beds of frefh Earth 

 the Beginning of March, placing 

 them about a Foot afunder : being 

 careful that the Plants are not kept 

 above ground, but planted as foon 

 as they are taken up; otherwife the 

 Fibres of the Roots will foon dry ; 

 which is very prejudicial to young 

 Plants. In thefe Beds they may re- 

 main two Years ; after which time 

 they Ihould either be planted out 

 where they are to remain, or elfe 

 tranfplanted into a Nurfery; placing 

 them in Rows three Feet afunder, 

 and eighteen Inches Diilance in the 

 Rows ; where they may continue 

 until the Ground is ready where they 

 are defign'd to remain. This Plant 

 is very hardy, and will form an 

 handfome Shrub about five or fix 

 Feet high ; and is very proper to 



place amongft flowering Shrubs of 

 the fame Growth. It flowers plen- 

 tifully in June, and the Seeds arc 

 ripe in Augujl \ which mould be 

 gathered as they ripen, or they will 

 foon fcatter. 



The eighth, feventeenth, and 

 nineteenth Sorts are fomewhat ten- 

 derer than the former, and wiil not 

 abide the open Air in England in 

 fevere Winters. Thefe may be all 

 propagated by fowing of their Seeds 

 on a moderate Hot bed in the Spring ; 

 and when the Plants are come 

 up, they (hould be each tranfplanted 

 into a feparate Halfpeny Pot filled 

 with freuh Earth, and plunged in 

 a moderate Hot -bed; obferving 

 to water and made them until they 

 take Root; after which they mull 

 be inured to the open Air by de- 

 grees ; and in June the Pots mould 

 be removed, and placed abroad in a 

 Situation where they may be defend- 

 ed from ftrong Winds,' where they 

 may remain until the Middle of 

 Oclober-y when they ihould be re- 

 moved either into an airy Green- 

 houfe, or placed under a common 

 Hot-bed-frame ; where they fhould 

 have as much free Air as poifible in 

 Winter ; for they only require to 

 be defended from hard Frofts ; and 

 if they have not much Air, they will 

 draw very weak, and become tender 

 and unfighcly. Thefe Plants mould 

 be removed into larger Pots the 

 Spring following ; and fo from Year 

 to Year, as they increafe in Size, 

 they mould have larger Pots : in 

 Summer they muft be kept as long 

 abroad as the Seafon v/ill permir, 

 and in Winter iTiould have as much 

 Air as pofiible in mild Weather : 

 with which Management they will 

 thrive, and produce great Plenty of 

 Flowers. When thefe Plants are 

 become woody, they may be maken 

 out of the Pots, and planted in the 

 E e 3 open 



