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better than when they have a warm 

 Situation. Where thefe Plants have 

 fucceeded belt, they have produc'd 

 Flowers, and perfected their Seeds, 

 the fourth Year from Seeds : but in 

 other Places I have known the Plants 

 ftand three or four Years after their 

 Removal, without making the 

 leaft Progrefs. 



The fourth Sort is alfo a Native 

 of Siberia : this grows to be a Shrub 

 of about five or fix Feet high, bear- 

 ing Clufters of yellow Flowers, 

 which come out early in the Spring. 

 This Sort thrives better in England 

 than the former ; but they both do 

 beft in a cold Situation, and a moift 

 Soil. The firft Sore is generally propa- 

 gated in the Bnglijb Nurferies, by 

 Suckers taken from the Roots of the 

 old Trees : but thefe are not fo va- 

 luable as thofe which are raifed from 

 Seeds ; becaufe they do not make 

 near fo great Progrefs in their 

 Growth, and are very fubject to 

 fend forth many Suckers from their 

 Roots, whereby the Ground will be 

 fill'd with them, to a great Diftance; 

 and thefe Suckers will draw away 

 the Nourifhment from the old Plants, 

 whereby theirGrowth will be great- 

 ly retarded. 



If this is propagated by Seeds, 

 they fhould be fown on a Bed of 

 light Earth, about the Latter-end of 

 March, or the Beginning of April. 

 If the Bed is well cxpofed to the 

 Sun, the Plants will appear in 

 about five or fix Weeks, and will 

 require no farther Care but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds. In this 

 Bed the Plants may remain till 

 the following Spring, when they 

 ihouH be tranfplanted into a Nurfe- 

 ry about the Latter end q{ March, 

 placing them in Rows at three Feet 

 .Diftance Row from Row, and a 

 Foot and an half afunder in the 

 Rows. In this Nurfery they may 



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remain two Years, by which time 

 they will be fit to tranfplant where 

 they are defign'd to grow : for as 

 thefe Trees fend forth long tough 

 Roots, fo, if they Hand long unre- 

 mov'd, the Roots will extend them- 

 felves to a great Diftance ; therefore 

 they muft be cut oft* when the Plants 

 are tranfplanted, which fometimes 

 occafions their mifcarrying. 



Thefe Trees will grow well upon 

 almoft every Soil, but beft in a light 

 fandy Ground, in which they will 

 moot fix or eight Feet in one Year ; 

 and while the Trees are young, they 

 make an agreeable Appearance, be- 

 ing well furniftfd with Leaves ; but 

 when they are old, the Branches be- 

 ing frequently broken by Winds, 

 render them unfightly ; efpecially if 

 they ftand in an expofed Place. The 

 Leaves of thefe Trees come out the 

 Beginning of jkfajr, and they flower in 

 June, and frequently ripen Seeds in 

 England. 



Thefe Trees were formerly in 

 great Requeft in England, and were 

 frequently planted in Avenues, and 

 for (hady Walks ; but theirBranches 

 being frequently broken, or fplit 

 down by the Wind in Summer, when 

 they are cloath'd with Leaves, ren- 

 der thefe Trees improper for this 

 Purpofe ; and their Leaves coming 

 out late in the Spring, and falling 

 off" early in the Autumn, occafion'd 

 their being neglected for many Years: 

 but of late they have been much in 

 Requeft again, fo that the Nurferies 

 have been cleafd of thefe Trees ; 

 though in a few Years they will be 

 as lictle inquired after ab heretofore, 

 when thofe which have been lately 

 planted begin to have their ragged 

 Appearance. 



The Flowers of this Tree are 

 produced in long pendulousBunches, 

 and, when they are in plenty, make 

 a fine Appearance, being ot an ele- 

 gant 



