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the two next are Varieties of the 

 firft, which are preferved in curious 

 Gardens of Plants. Thefe, tho' 

 they are Plants of no great Beauty, 

 .yet, for the furprifmg Oddnefs of 

 their Flowers, together with their 

 fpotted Stalks, deferve a Place in 

 fome remote Corner of the Garden. 



They are propagated by their 

 knobby Roots, which, if fuffered to 

 remain two or three Years undif- 

 turbed, will afford many Off-fets. 

 The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Roots is in Autumn, foon after 

 the green Leaves decay ; for if they 

 are removed after they have taken 

 freih Root, and begun to moot, they 

 feldom produce Flowers the fuc- 

 ceeding Summer ; or if they do, 

 they are very weak : thefe will thrive 

 almoft in any Soil and Situation ; 

 but belt in an open Expofure, and 

 a light Soil. 



, The fourth and fifth Sorts are Na- 

 tives of Virginia, and fome of the 

 Northern Parts of America \ fo are 

 hardy enough to bear the Cold of 

 England in the open Air ; but thefe 

 delight in moift Soils, and a fhady 

 Situation. 



All the other Sorts of Dragon are 

 very tender Plants; fo will not live 

 in this Country, unlefs they are pre- 

 ferved in the warmeft Stoves : the 

 feveral American Sorts grow naturally 

 in the Woods in Jamaica, and other 

 hot Parts of A?nerica: the climbing 

 Sorts twill themfelves round the 

 Trunks of Trees, into which they 

 fallen; their Roots, which are fent 

 forth from their Joints ; and rife to 

 the Height of thirty or forty Feet. 

 Thefe climbing Sorts are eafily pro- 

 pagated by Cuttings, which, being 

 very fucculent, may be brought over 

 to England in a Box of dry Hay, if 

 they are packed up feparate, fo as 

 not to injure each other by the 

 Moifture, which is apt to flow out 



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at the Part where they are cut off*; 

 which may occafion a Fermentation, 

 and thereby rot the Cuttings. When 

 the Cuttings arrive, they Ihould be 

 planted in fmall Pots filled with 

 frefli light Earth, and plunged into 

 an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; being 

 very careful not to let them have too 

 much Moifture until they have taken 

 Root, left it rot them : when they 

 have taken Root, they muft be fre- 

 quently refrefhed with Water ; and 

 when they are grown pretty large, 

 they mould be placed in the Bark- 

 bed in the Stove, where they muft be 

 placed near fome ftrong Plants, to 

 which they may faften themfelves, 

 otherwife they will not thrive; for 

 tho' they will fend forth Roots at 

 their Joints, which will faften to the 

 Morter of the Stove, when placed 

 againft the Wall ; yet they will not 

 thrive near fo well as againft a ftrong 

 Plant, which will afford them Nou- 

 rilhment. 



The other Sorts are propagated 

 by Orf-fets from their Roots ; thefe 

 may be procured from the Coun- 

 tries of their Growth, and mould 

 be planted in Tubs of Earth, about 

 a Month before they are - put on 

 board the Ship to tranfport them. 

 Thefe Tubs mould be placed in a 

 fhady Situation, until they have 

 taken Root ; but they mould not 

 have much Water given to them, 

 left it rot them. In their PafTage 

 great Care mould be had to keep 

 them from Salt-water, as alfo not 

 to let them have too much Water 

 given them ; for if they have a little 

 Water once or twice a Week, at moil, 

 while they are in an hot Climate, and, 

 when they come into a cooler Cli- 

 mate, once in a Fortnight, this will 

 be fufficient for them; and it mould 

 be done fparingly, left it rot them : 

 for if the Tops of the Plants mould 

 decay for want of Water in their 

 Paflage, 



