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The eleventh Sort is one of the 

 moft beautiful ot all this Tribe, pro- 

 ducing large Bunches of bright yel- 

 low-coloured Flowers. This is pre- 

 fer ved in Portugal and Spain, for- 

 adorning their Places of Worfhip in 

 the Winter-feafon ; as alfo, for the 

 Ladies to adorn their Head; ; for 

 which Purpofes it is preferable to 

 any of the flowery Tribe. 



This Plant feldom produces Seeds 

 in England ; but is propagated by 

 planting Cuttings in the S u turner - 

 ieafon ; which muft be fet in Pots of 

 light Earth, and plunged into a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed, to facilitate their 

 Unking Root ; then you mult put 

 each PJant into a ftparate Pot hiled 

 with the like frem Earth; and du- 

 ring the Summer feafon you may ex- 

 pole them with Oranges, Myrtles, 

 £srV. but in Winter they muit be put 

 either under an Hot-bed-frame, or 

 into an airy Green-houfe ; placing 

 them near the Windows, that they 

 may enjoy the free Air, whenever 

 the Weather will permit the GlalTes 

 to be opened ; for if they are crouded 

 amongft other Plants, they are apt 

 to draw, and their Under-branches 

 and Leaves will rot and decay : it 

 muft: alfo have frequent, but gentle 

 Waterings. This produces its Flow- 

 ers in May, which, when fully grown, 

 fhoulc be cut, and preferred in clean 

 white Papers, and kept from the Air, 

 which greatly diminishes their Beau- 

 ty : and this cutting off the Flowers 

 will caufe them to pufh out many 

 Side-moots, whereby the Plant may 

 be increafed. 



The twelfth Sort grows three or 

 four Feet high, and fhcots out many 

 Branches, especially if the Roots are 

 not conhVd in Pots ; for if the Roots 

 get thro' the Holes in the Bottom 

 of the Pots, and fallen themfelves 

 in the Ground, the Plants will grow 

 very luxuriant and rude ; and upon 



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removing the Pots, and feparating 

 the Roots, the Plants will often de- 

 cay : therefore the Pots fhould be 

 frequently removed in Summer, to 

 prevent the Roots fattening into the 

 Ground. 



This will grow from Cuttings 

 planted during any of the Summer- 

 months, in a Ihady Border ; and may 

 be afterward taken up, and potted ; 

 for they will require to be flieltered 

 in Winter, becaufe in fevere Froft 

 they are always deftroyed, if they are 

 expofed. 



The thirteenth, fourteenth, fif- 

 teenth, fixteenth, and feventeenth 

 Sorts are all propagated by Cuttings, 

 as was before directed. Thefe may 

 be trained up to Shrubs with regu- 

 lar Stems ; and will grow to the 

 Height of fix or feven Feet. They 

 are pretty hardy, and require only 

 to be fecured from our fevere Frofts ; 

 and muft have free open Air, and 

 frequent Waterings, in mild Wea- 

 ther. Thefe are all pretty Varieties 

 in Collections of Exotic Plants ; and 

 although fome of the Flowers have 

 no great Beauty in them, yet they 

 are worth prefcrving, for the fake of 

 Variety. 



The eighteenth Sort is very com- 

 mon in the Eftglijb Gardens, and has 

 been taken for the Stcecbas citrina 

 of the Difper.fatory, by many good 

 Botanifts ; but is very different from 

 it. This will rife to the Height of 

 three Feet, and become fhrubby : it 

 is hardy, and may be eauly propa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings of it, in 

 April, in a fhady Border ; obferying 

 to refrelh them withWater, and keep 

 them clear from Weeds. Thefe Cut- 

 tings will have made good Roots in 

 about two Months ; when they may 

 be taken up with a Ball of Earth to 

 their Roots, and tranfplanted where 

 they are deigned to remain. Thefe 

 Plants may be kept in a regular 



form, 



