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of twenty of thefe Flowers open in 

 one Bunch, and a Number to fue- 

 ceed thefe as' they decay, fo that the 

 Bunches have continued in Beauty 

 upward of two Months ; during 

 which time they make a moft beau- 

 tiful Appearance in the Stove, and 

 have a very agreeable Flavour. 



The third Sort grows plentifully 

 at Campecby, from whence the late 

 Dr. Hou/louu fent the Seeds. He al- 

 fo obferved fome Plants of this Kind 

 at Jamaica. The fixth Sort is alfo 

 pretty common in both thofe Places. 

 Thefe are not near fo beautiful as 

 the two former Sorts, their Flowers 

 being fmaller, and produc'd in lefier 

 Bunches, and are moreover of fhort- 

 er Duration. But for the Beauty of 

 their Stems and Leaves, and for the 

 fake of Variety, they deferve room in 

 every curious Collection of Plants. 



The fourth and fifth Sorts were 

 difcover'd by Dr. Houjloun, growing 

 in great Plenty near Carthagena in 

 the Spanijh Weft-Indies, from whence 

 he fent their Seeds to England. The 

 fourth Sort produces fmall white 

 Flowers, refembling thofe of the 

 third ; fo is lefs valuable than the 

 two firft. The fifth Sort produces as 

 large Flowers as the firft ; but they 

 are of a pale red Colour, and fmell 

 very fweet. The Leaves of this Sort 

 are fometimes ten Inches, or a Foot, 

 in Length, and about three Inches 

 over in their broadeft Part. Thefe 

 are not near fo thick, or full of Juice, 

 as thofe of the other Sorts : nor are 

 they io deeply veined ; but being of 

 a bright mining-green Colour, they 

 make an agreeable Variety amongft 

 other tender Exotic Plants in the 

 Stove. 



All thefe Plants may by propaga- 

 ted hy Seeds, which mould be fown 

 in Pots filled with light rich Earth, 

 and plunged into an Hot -bed of 



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Tanners Bark ; and when the Plants 

 are come up about two Inches high^ 

 they fhould be tranfplanted into fe- 

 parate fmall Pots filled with light 

 fandy Earth, and plunged into the 

 Hot-bed again ; obferving to fhade 

 them from the Heat of the Sun in 

 the Middle of the Day, until they 

 have taken Root : but they muft not 

 have much Water ; for as all the 

 Sorts are very fucculent, being full 

 of a milky Juice, fomewhat like the 

 Euphorbiums, Moifture will caufe 

 them to rot. In hot Weather the 

 Plants fhould have a pretty large 

 Share of frefh Air admitted to them, 

 by raifing the Glafles of the Hot-bed 

 every Day, in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon. Toward 

 Michaelmas, when the Nights begia 

 to be cold, the Plants fhould be re- 

 moved into the Stove, and plunged 

 into the Bark-bed ; where they mult 

 remain during the Winter. As thefe 

 Plants all caft their Leaves in the 

 Middle of Winter, and continue de- 

 flitute of them till about the Begin-, 

 ning of May, fo, during that time, 

 they fhould be watered very fparing- 

 ly ; becaufe they are in more Dan- 

 ger of rotting, while they are in a 

 lefs active State, by too much Moift- 

 ure, than when they are furniftYd 

 with Leaves, through which the 

 Moifture is more freely perfpired. 



All thefe Sorts are too tender to 

 thrive in the open Air of this Coun- 

 try, in the Summer-feafon ; therefore 

 fhould be conftantly preferved iu 

 the Stove, where, in warm Weather, 

 they muft have a large Share of free 

 Air ; but in cold Weather they mull 

 be kept very warm. While they are 

 young, it will be proper to continue 

 them in the Bark-bed ; but when 

 they have obtained Strength, they 

 may be placed in the dry Stove, 

 where they will thrive very well, 

 provided 



