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regular Heads; for that will prevent 

 their Flowerinc;, which is the Cafe 

 of moft of thefe Plants in the Dutch 

 Gardens, where they are reduc'd to 

 regular Heads : but the beft Way is 

 to fpread the Branches, and form 

 them into a fort of Fan, whereby 

 their Branches may be extended to 

 their full Length ; and they may be 

 train'd fo cloie as to form a thick 

 well-fpread Fan, which will be co 

 verM wth white Flowers from the 

 Ground upward to the Height of 

 three Fee:. 



The feco"d Sort is now very rare 

 in the Enghjh Gardens ; but wa; fome 

 Years paft more common : : t grows 

 about the fame Height with the 

 former Sort, and produces its Flow- 

 ers in Winter : but thefe are not fo 

 beautiful as thofe of the other, nor 

 are they of fo long Duration ; but 

 as the Leaves continue green through- 

 out the Year, it may merit a Place 

 in every good Green-houfe. 



Thefe Plants were brought from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, where they 

 naturally grow, into the curious Gar- 

 dens in Holland, where they are pre- 

 ferv'd with great Care ; but we find 

 them fo hardy as to live abroad in 

 moderate Winters, and only require 

 to be fcreen'd from fevere Froft ; fo 

 they may be plac'd, in the Winter, 

 in a common Green home, together 

 with Myrtles, Oleanders, and fuch 

 other hardy Exotic Plants, as require 

 no artifical Warmth, but only Pro- 

 tection from fevere Froft. 



They may both be propagated by 

 Cuttings, which mould be planted 

 about the Middle or Latter-end of 

 Auguft, which is the time thefe 

 Plants are preparing to (hoot ; for 

 they keep their natural Seafon of 

 Flowering and Growth, altho' they 

 are remov'd to a Country differing 

 in Seafons from that of their origi- 

 nal Growth. The heft Method is, 



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to plant the Cuttings in Pots fiflM 

 with rich Earth, and to plunge the 

 Pots into an old Hot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark, where the Heat is almoft over, 

 and to made the GlafTes in the Heat 

 of the Day, to fcreen off the Sun, 

 and keep the Cuttings duly moiften- 

 ed. With this Management 1 have 

 feldom loft any of the Cuttings, 

 whereas fcarce any of thofe which 

 have been planted much earlier in 

 the Seafon have fucceeded. The 

 Cutting? may remain in the fame 

 Pots till the following Summer, 

 when they mould be carefully taken 

 out, and eac \ planted into feparate 

 Pots, that they may be hous'd in 

 Winter until fome of them have ob- 

 taia'd SLrength, when they may be 

 plnnted in warm Borders, where they 

 will live thro' the Winter, withoat 

 Covering, if the Froft is not fevere ; 

 but theylhould be two Years old from 

 the Cueing, before they are planted 

 out in the full Ground. 



PHYLLANTHUS,Sea-fide Lau- 

 rel. 



The Char afters are ; 

 It hath Male and Female Flowers 

 in the fame Plant : the Empalement 

 of both Sexes is of one Leaf,bell-Jhaped t 

 and cut at the Brim into fix Farts : 

 there are no Petals to the Flower ; 

 hut the Male have each three Jhort 

 Stamina, joining at the Bafe, but are 

 fpread open at their Top : the Female 

 Flowers have a roundifh Pointal 9 

 which becomes a roundijh Seed-veffel, 

 having three Cells, which have a 

 fengle Seed in each. 



The Species are ; 



1. Phyllanthus foliis lanceola- 

 tis ferratis, crenis floriferis. Lin, 

 Hort. Cliff. Phyllanthus with faw'd 

 fpear -fhap'd Leaves, bearing Flow- 

 ers on their Edges, call'd Sea-fide 

 Laurel. 



2. Phyllanthus foliis alternis 

 alternating pinnatis, Jloribus depen- 



dentibut 



