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Garden, in a Place by itfelf ; for if 

 it ftand near any other Plants or 

 Flowers, it will be apt to over-run 

 and deftroy them ; for the Roots 

 creep far under- ground, and will arife 

 at a great Diftance from the old 

 Plant : but however, as the Flowers 

 are very beautiful amongft others of 

 the perpetual Kind, they mould not 

 be wanting in a good Garden. This, 

 though {tiled an American Plant, yet 

 is thought to be a Native of fome 

 of the warm European Countries. It 

 delights in a dry warm Soil, and in- 

 creafes plentifully by the Off-fets. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are Piants 

 of no great Beauty. They are pre- 

 ferved in Botanic Gardens for Va- 

 riety-fake ; but are feldom cultivated 

 in Gardens for Pleafure. They may 

 be propagated either by fowing their 

 Seeds in the Spring on a moderate 

 Hot-bed, or by planting Cuttings or 

 Slips in any of the Summer-months: 

 but thefe Plants producing Seeds in 

 Plenty, it is the common Method to 

 increafe or maintain them by Seeds. 

 Thefe muit be planted in Pots filled 

 with light fandy Earth, and muit be 

 fheltered in Winter ; giving them as 

 much free open Air as poftible in 

 mild Weather, and often refreshing 

 them with Water. With this Ma- 

 nagement they may be trained up to 

 the Height of three or four Feet, and 

 will grow mrubby ; but if fuffer'd 

 to remain abroad, they will not fur- 

 vive the Winter. 



The feventh Sort is an annual, 

 and is a Plant of very little Beauty: 

 t is only preferved for Variety, and 

 •vill require no further Care than to 

 uffer the Seeds to fall upon the 

 'Ground ; which will arife, and af- 

 brd an abundant Supply of Plants. 



The eighth Sort is an abiding 

 J lant, which deferves a Place in the 

 noft curious Gardens for the Beauty 

 |>f its Flowers. This is propagated 



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by planting Cuttings in any of the 

 Summer-months, which fliould be 

 put into Pots filled with light fandy 

 Soil, and plunged into a moderate 

 Hot bed, to facilitate their Rooting; 

 after which they may be expofed in 

 the open Air, and fome of them may 

 be planted in a warm dry Border ; 

 where they will endure the Cold of 

 our ordinary Winters without any 

 Shelter : but 'tis advifeable always 

 to preferve fome in Pots under Co- 

 ver in Winter, left thofe abroad 

 mould be deftroyed, as it fometimes 

 happens in very fevere Frofts. 



This Plant producing Flowers 

 which are of a fine foft red Colour, 

 is a very great Ornament in Win- 

 ter, when intermixed with the feve- 

 ral Varieties of Eternal -flowers, in 

 Glafles or Eafons filled with dry 

 SanJ; which, being preferved from 

 Wet, will afford a great deal of Plea- 

 fure, when other Flowers are not to 

 be procured. 



The ninth and tenth. Sorts are bi- 

 ennial Plants. Thefe feldom conti- 

 nue after they have flower v d, and 

 produced Seeds. They may be fown 

 in the Spring, upon a warm and dry 

 Border ; and when the Plants are 

 come up pretty ftrong, they may be 

 transplanted out either into Pots, or 

 in warm Borders, allowing them at 

 lealt eight or ten Inches room ; for 

 when they grow ftrong, they Ihoot 

 out many Branches from their Sides, 

 and produce Bunches of dry Flow- 

 ers like the other Plants of this Kind; 

 which, being preferved, add to the 

 Variety. 



But thefe Plants, while frefli, emit 

 a violent ftrong Smell upon the lead 

 Touch ; for which they have been 

 by many People ejected. They will 

 endure our ordinary Winters in the 

 open Air, if planted in a dry Soil ; 

 but in fevere Cold are apt to be de- 

 molished. 



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