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and the wounded Part of the Cat- 

 tings mould alfo be rubbed in 

 Sand, or dry Earth, for the fame 

 Purpofe : then the Cuttings lhould 

 be laid in a dry Part of the Stove, 

 for ten Days, or a Fortnight ; and 

 fome of thofe whofe Branches are 

 large, and very fucculent, may lie 

 three Weeks or more before they 

 are planted, that their Wounds may 

 be healed and hardened, otherwile 

 they will rot: when the Cuttings are 

 planted, they mould be each put 

 into a fmall halfpeny Pot, laying 

 Stones or Rubbifti in the Bottom, 

 and" filling the Pots with light fandy 

 Earth, not rich, bat fuch as will 

 let the Moifture pafs off eafily : then 

 plunge the Pots into a moderate Hot- 

 bed ; and if the Weather is very 

 hot, the Glaffes of the Hot - bed 

 mould be Ihaded in the Middle of 

 the Day ; and the Cuttings lhould 

 be gently watered twice a Week : 

 in about fix Weeks the Cuttings 

 will have put out Roots ; fo, if the 

 Bed is not very warm, the Plants 

 may continue there, provided they 

 have free Air admitted to them every 

 Day, otherwife it will be better to 

 remove them into the Stove, where 

 they may be hardened before the 

 Winter ; for if they are too much 

 drawn in Summer, they are very apt 

 to decay in Winter, unlefs they are 

 very carefully managed : during the 

 Summer-feaion thefe Plants mould 

 be gently watered three or four 

 times a Week, according to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon; but in Win- 

 ter they mail: not be watered oftener 

 than twice a Week ; and it mould 

 be given more fparingly at that Sea- 

 fon, efpecially if the Stove is not 

 warm : the fir ft Sort will require 

 more Warmth in the Winter than 

 any of the other, as alfo lefs Water : 

 this, if well managed, will grow to 

 the Height of ievea or etefct Feet, 



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and fend out a great Number of 

 Branches, which are commonly 

 twilled, and grow very irregularly : 

 thefe are armed on their Edges with 

 black Spines, which come out by 

 Pairs, and are crooked : and the 

 whole Plant makes a very odd Ap- 

 pearance. 



The fecond Sort grows in the Ca- 

 nary Iflands ; and I believe it is 

 from this Sort that the Euphorbium, 

 now ufed in the Shops, is taken: 

 thefe Plants grow to the Height of 

 large Shrubs, in their native Place : 

 the Branches of this Sort are qua* 

 drangular, and come out on every 

 Side the Stem horizontally ; and 

 afterward turn their Ends upward, 

 fo as in fome meafure to refemble 

 a Chandelier : thefe Branches will 

 fpread five or fix Feet each Way ; 

 fo that when the Plants are large, 

 they are very troublefome to remove 

 or fhifc ; for their Angles are armed 

 with ftrong crooked Spines, which, 

 come out by Pairs : thefe will tear 

 the Skin of Perfons who handle 

 them incautioufly ; and if the Plants 

 are the leall bruifed, the milky Juice 

 will immediately flow out, which is 

 fo cauftic as to draw Bliiters where- 

 ever it lodges upon a foft Place in 

 the Flefh ; and will bum Cloaths 

 equal to Aquafortis: therefore there 

 mult be great Care taken, whenever 

 thefe Plants are removed, not to in- 

 jure them : this Sort is much hardier 

 than the firft ; fo may be placed in 

 Winter in a moderate Warmth ; but 

 it is too tender to be preferved in a 

 Green -houfe without Fire. 

 ^ The third Sort moots out many- 

 Stems from the Bottom, and after r 

 ward divides into many Branches, 

 fo as to form a thick bufhy Plant: 

 thefe Branches are triangular, up- 

 right, and jointed, having dark 

 Spines fet cn by Pairs on the Edges; 

 this will grow hve or fix Feet high. 



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