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be fhaken out, and put into larger 

 Pots filled with rich Earth, and 

 plunged again into the Hot-bed, 

 provided tnere is room for the 

 Plants to grow in Height, without 

 being prefled by the Glaftes ; in 

 which' Cafe it will be proper to put 

 them into the Bark-bed in the Stove ; 

 for they are too tender to thrive in 

 the open Air in this Country, in the 

 warmeft Seafon of the Year. In 

 'July thefe Plants will flower, and 

 their Seeds will ripen in Augujl and 

 September ; foon after which time 

 the Plants will decay. 



The feven firft-mention'd, as alfo 

 the fourteenth Sort, are perennial 

 Plants, which may be prefcrved in 

 a warm Stove feverat Years ; but 

 the firft is by much the larger-grow- 

 ing Plant of all the Sorts. This will 

 grow to the Height of twelve or 

 fourteen Feet; but rarely produces 

 Flowers in England. The fecond 

 Sort grows about eight or nine Feet, 

 and produces its beautiful fcarlet 

 Flowers every Year ; and fome- 

 times will ripen its Fruit with us. 



The third Sort feldom rifes more 

 than three Feet high j but divides 

 into many Branches, and frequently 

 produces its Flowers and Seeas in 

 England. 



The fourth is a flender-ftemnVd 

 Plant, rifir.g four or five Feet high, 

 having filvery Leaves ; for which it 

 is chiefly valued. This grows in the 

 Bahama JJIands, and in moft of the 

 warm Parts o! America; and is much 

 more nice in its Culture than either 

 of the other Sorts. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, and 

 fourteenth Sorts are fnrubby Plants, 

 which grow five or fix Feet high 

 with us 5 but in their native Coun- 

 tries they are much larger, and 

 branch out on every Side. As thefe 

 Plants produce Flowers of little 

 Beauty, they are feldom cultivated 



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but in Botanic Gardens for the fake 



of Variety. 



Thefe Plants muft be placed in a 

 Bark-ftove (with other Plants which 

 are the Produce of the fame Coun- 

 tries) ; during vvhich Seafon they 

 fhould be often refrelhed with Wa- 

 ter, and the Stove mould be kept up 

 to Ananas Heat (as mark'd on the 

 Botanical Thermometers) ; in this 

 they Will continue flouriihing all the 

 Winter, and early the next Spring 

 will produce Flowers, which will be 

 fucceeded by Fruit. 



The eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, 

 twelfth, and thirteenth Sorts are an- 

 nual Plants, which are alfo Natives 

 of the warm Parts of America ; fo 

 thefe muft be fown on a good Hot- 

 bed in the Spring ; and if the Plants 

 are brought forward early, and 

 placed in the Bark-ftove, they will 

 perfect their Seeds in England. But 

 thefe mould have a large Share of 

 Air in warm W r eather, efpecially at 

 the time when they are in Flower ; 

 for as the Male Flowers grow at re- 

 mote Diltances from the Female, on 

 the fame Plants, there is a Neceflity 

 for the Ad million of Air to aiTift the 

 wafting of the Farina for the Im- 

 pregnation of the Seeds, otherwife 

 they will be barren ; which is often 

 the Occafion of the Lofs of thefe 

 Species in Europe. 



The twelfth Sort is an annual 

 Plant, and is found wild in the 

 South of France, Spain, and Italy, 

 from which the Tournelbl is made, 

 that is us'd for colouring Wine and 

 Jellies. This is made of the Juice 

 which is lodgM between the outer 

 Cover and the Seeds ; and, if rubbed 

 on Cloth, at firft appears of a lively 

 green Colour, but foon changeth to 

 a bluifh - purple Colour : if thefe 

 Cloths are put into Water, and af- 

 terwards wrung, they will colour 

 the Water of a Claret-colour. The 



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