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deftroy the Fibres that were newly 

 put out, and greatly injure the 

 Plants. Thefe Trees delight in 

 a middling Soil, which is neither too 

 wet and itiff, nor too dry ; tho' the 

 latter is to be preferr'd to the former, 

 provided it be frefh. 



The Sort with ftrip'd Leaves is at 

 prefent pretty rare, and fomewhat 

 tenderer than the others, as aiemoft 

 Sorts of variegated Plants lefs capa- 

 ble to endure the Cold, than thofe 

 of tbe fame Kinds which are plain ; 

 the Striping of Plants always pro- 

 ceeding from their Weaknefs. This 

 is preferv'd in fome Gardens as a 

 Curiofity ; but may be propagated 

 in the fame manner with the for- 

 mer. 



Thofe Sorts with fmall Leaves 

 arecommonly two Years before they 

 take Root, when laid : therefore 

 they mould not be difturb'd ; for 

 the raifingthem out of the Ground 

 greatly retards their Rooting. 



The thirteenth Sort is very com- 

 mon in feveral Gardens in Holland ; 

 but at prefent prettyrare mEngland. 

 This Sort will not live abroad thro' 

 the Winter in this Climate; there- 

 fore it is always preferv'd in Pots 

 or Tubs, and remov'd into the 

 Green-houfe in Winter, where if it 

 is treated after the manner directed 

 for the Clutia, it will thrive very 

 well. This Sort is alfo propagated 

 by laying down the tender Branches 

 in the Spring of the Year, which 

 mult be duly water'd in dry Wea- 

 ther ; and by the following Spring 

 they will have takenRoot; when they 

 mould be feparated from the old 

 Plant, and planted in Pots fill'd with 

 frefh Earth, and plac'd in the Shade 

 until they have taken new Root ; 

 after which time they may be ex- 

 pos'd, during the Summer-feafon, 

 with other pretty hardy Exotic 

 Plants, in a meltek'd Situation, 



where they may remain until Au- 

 tumn, when they mull be remov'd 

 into the Green -houfe. Thefe Plants 

 are ever-green, fo that. they make a 

 pretty Variety in the Green-houfe, 

 during the Winter- feafon. 



The fourteenth Sort grows plen- 

 tifully in feveral Parts of the Spanijh 

 IVtJl- Indies. The Seeds of this 

 Kind were fent to England by Mr. 

 Robert Millar, who gathered thera 

 near Carthagena in America. The 

 fifteenth Sort was difcovefd by Fa- 

 ther Plutnier in America, and fince 

 by Mr. Millar in the Ifland of T a- 

 bago, from whence he fent fome 

 Seeds ; but they did not fucceed in 

 England. 



Thefe two Sorts are tenderPIants, 

 which mult be kept in a warm Stove 

 in Winter, otherwife they will not 

 live in this Country. 



They may be propagated bySeeds, 

 which mould be obtain'd as frefh as 

 poilible from the Countries of their 

 Growth, and muft be fown in Pots 

 of frefh light Earth, and plunged 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark ; 

 where they fhould remain until the 

 Plants come up, which is many 

 times a Year from the time of fow- 

 ing : therefore whenever the Seeds 

 remain fo long in the Ground, the 

 Pots muft be frequently water'd in 

 Summer, and in Winter the GlaiTes 

 of the Hot- bed mould be cover'd 

 with Mats, when the Weather is 

 cold, to prevent the Froft from en- 

 tering the Bed, which would deftroy 

 the Seeds. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 they fhould be each tranfplanted in- 

 to a fmall Pot fill'd with freih. 

 Earth, and then plunged into the 

 Hot bed again, obferving to fhade 

 them from the Sun in the Heat of 

 the Day, until they have taken new- 

 Root j after which time they muft 

 have freeAir admitted to them every 



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