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the bell Method to feparate the 

 Roots from the Earth (but notwith- 

 standing all poflible Care taken, yet 

 there will be many fmall Roots left ; 

 fo that the Earth fhould eicher be 

 put into the Boxes aga n, or fpread 

 upon a Bed of light Earth to fee 

 what Plants will arife out of it the 

 fucceejing Year) : the Roots, being 

 taken up, lhould be immediately 

 planted again on Beds of frefli light 

 fandy Earrh, about three or four 

 Inches afunder, covering them about 

 three Inches thick with the fame 

 light Earth. The Spring following, 

 mod of thefe Plants will produce 

 Flowers ; but they will not be fo 

 large and fair as in the fucceeding 

 Years, when the Roots are larger. 



The Roots of thefe Plants gene- 

 rally run down deep in the Ground, 

 and are of-a flefliy Subftance, fome- 

 what like Carrots : fo will not bear 

 to be kept long out of the Ground ; 

 therefore when they are removed, 

 it mould be done in Autumn, that 

 they may take frelh Root before the 

 Frotf comes on ; for if they are 

 trani'planted in the Spring, they will 

 not produce ftrong Flowers : thefe 

 Plants thrive beft in a loamy Soil ; 

 for in very light dry Ground, they 

 are very apt to decay in Summer. 



The laft Sort is tender ; therefore 

 will not live thro' the Winter in 

 England, umefs it is flieltered from 

 the Cold : wherefore thefe Plants 

 mull be planted in Pot?, and in the 

 Winter placed under a Frame,where 

 they may be covered in bad Wea- 

 ther ; but they fliould have as much 

 free Air as polfible in mild Weather : 

 they will do better under one of 

 thefe Frames, than when they are 

 placed in the Green houie, becaufe 

 there the Plants draw up weak ; fo 

 do not produce their Flowers fo 

 ftrcng, nor in fo great Plenty, as 



when they have a greater Share of 

 Air. 



This Sort is propagated by Seeds, 

 which fliould be lown in Pots of 

 frefli Earth, foon after they are ripe, 

 and placed in a fliady Situaiion till 

 Autumn ; when they fliould be re- 

 moved where they may enjoy the 

 Sun : and when the Nights begin in 

 be frofty, the Pots muft be placed 

 under a Frame with the old Plants ; 

 in the Spring the Plants will appear ; 

 and after theyhave obtained Strength, 

 they may be tranfplai.ted each into 

 a feparate Pot, and treated in the 

 -fame manner as the old Plants. 



PUMPION. VideVtyo. 



PUNICA, The Pomgranate - 

 tree. 



The Characters are; 

 The Flower confifs of many Leaves, 

 placed in a circular Order, which ex- 

 pand in form of a Ro/e, whofe bell- 

 J> hoped mult if i Fl oncer -cup afterward 

 becomes a glolular Fruit, having a 

 thick, ftnooth, brittle Rind; and is di- 

 vided into fevcral Ceils, which contain 

 oblong hard Seeds, fur rounded with a 

 foft Pulp. 



The Species are ; 



1. Punic a, qua malum granatum 

 fert. Cafalp. The common Pom- 

 granate. 



2. Punic a fruQu dulci. Tourn. 

 The fweet Pomgranate. 



3. PvxiCA flvrfris. Cord.HiJl. 

 The wild Pomgranate 



4. Pl'MCA fare plena majore. 

 Tourn. The double-flow er'd Pom- 

 granate. 



5. Punica Americana nana, fu 

 humillima. Tourn. The American 

 dwarf Pomgranate. 



The firir, of thefe Trees is now 

 pretty common in the Er.glijh Gar- 

 dens, where formerly it was nurfed 

 up in Cafes, and preferved in Green- 

 houfes with great Care (as was alio 



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