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Form, by pruning off tlriir Side*- 

 branches, and fupporting them with 

 Stakes ; but the Shoots muft not be 

 fliortened in the Spring or Summer- 

 months ; for that will prevent their 

 flowering. 



The thirteen following Sorts are 

 more rare in England, and are of 

 humbler Growth. Thefe may be 

 propagated by Slips, which mould 

 be planted in Pots filled with rich 

 light Earth, and then plunged into 

 a very moderate Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark ; obferving to fcreen them 

 from the Sun until they have taken 

 Root, when they Ihould be inured 

 to bear the open Air by degrees. In 

 Summer thcfePlants mould be placed 

 abroad in a flickered Situation, ob- 

 ferving to water them duly in dry 

 Weather : but in Winter they mould 

 be placed "under an Hot bed- frame, 

 where they muft have as much free 

 Air as pofiible in mild Weather ; for 

 they are pretty hardy, and only re- 

 quire to be protected from fevere 

 Froft. The following Spring fome 

 of the Plants may be (haken out of 

 the Pots, and pianted in a warm 

 Border near the Shelter of a Wall ; 

 where they will produce their Flow- 

 ers, and may abide feveral Years, 

 provided the Winters do not prove 

 very fevere. However, it will be 

 proper to ke^p a Plant or two of 

 each Kind in Pots, which may be 

 fhelter'd in Winter : fo that if thofe 

 which were planted abroad mould 

 be deftroyed, thefe may be preferved 

 to maintain the Sorts. 



The fix laft-mentioned Kinds are 

 fomewhat tenderer than the former ; 

 therefore require a little more Care 

 to preferve them in Winter. Thefe 

 may be propagated by Cuttings, in 

 the fame manner as the former; 

 which, when rooted, muft be plant- 

 ed in Pots filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and placed in a ftiady Situa- 



tion until they have taken new Root; 

 after which time, they may be ex- 

 pofed with other hardy Exotic Plants, 

 in a warm Situation/whcre they may 

 be defended from ftrong Winds : in 

 which Place they may remain until 

 the Middle of OStoker, when they 

 mould be removed into an open airy 

 Green - houfe ; where they ihould 

 have as much free Air as poilible 

 in mild Weather, to prevent cheir 

 making long weak Shoots ; which.' 

 will not only render them unfightly, 

 but alfo caufe them to flower fpa- 

 ringly. Thefe Plants require to be 

 frequently watered in Winter, when 

 the Weather is mild ; the want of 

 which may bdfoon difcovered by the 

 hanging of their Leaves ; but at this 

 Seaion they muft not have fuch large 

 Quantities of Water as in Summer ; 

 for much Wet will fometimes deftroy 

 them. 



Some of thefe Sorts may be train- 

 ed up to the Heigh: of three or four 

 Feet ; and if they are rightly ma- 

 nag'd, may be reduced to regular 

 Heads; whereby they will become 

 very ornamental in a good Garden: 

 for as they continue to produce their 

 Flowers through molt of the Sum- 

 mer-months, and many of them pro- 

 duce Flowers late in Autumn, which 

 will continue in Beauty moft Part of 

 the Wintcr-feafon, they afford an 

 agreeable Variety at a Seafon when 

 other Flowers are very fcarce. Be- 

 fides, the different Appearance which 

 thefe Plants have from their hoary 

 and woolly Leaves, makes an agree- 

 able Diverfity amongft other Plants 

 in the Green-houfe, when they are 

 wholly diverted of their Flowers. 



The Flowers of all thefe Sorts of 

 Plants, if they are gathered when in 

 Perfection, and laid in a dry Place, 

 where they may be kept from Duft 

 and Air, will continue frefn and in 

 Beauty for feveral Years : fo that 



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