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\rhich perfumes the circumambient 

 Air iq the Spring of the Year, elpe- 

 ciaily after a Shower of Rain. The 

 Flowers of this Sort, being Angle, 

 are not valu'd j but the Branches or 

 the Shrubs are cut to intermix with 

 Flowers to place in Batons to adorn 

 Halls, Parlours, (Sc. in the Spring 

 of the Year, the Scent of this Plant 

 being agreeable to mo ft Per fens. 



Tne double-flower'd Sweet - briar 

 is preferv'd cn the account of its 

 beaut:ful Flowers, as well as for the 

 Sweetneis of its green Leaves. 



The other Sort, with very double 

 Flowers, has been lately obtained 

 from Seeds ; and as the Flowers of 

 this Kind are much mors double 

 than thofe of the other, it has ob- 

 tained tile Preference with molt Peo- 

 ple : the Flowers of this Sort have 

 little Scent. 



The ever- green Sweet-briar, with 

 a double pale Flower, has been very 

 lately obtained "from Seeds : the 

 Leaves of this Sort commonly con- 

 tinue green till the Spring, which 

 has occafion'd many Perfons to co- 

 vet the Plants ; but this is what has 

 been obtained from Seeds feveral 

 times, tho' not with a double Flow- 

 er. 



All the other Sorts of Rofes are 

 originally of foreign Growth ; but 

 are hardy enough to endure the Cold 

 of our Climate in the open Air, and 

 produce the molt beautiful and fra- 

 grant Flowers of any kind of Shrubs 

 yet known : this, together with the r 

 long Continuance in Flower, has 

 juftly render'd them the moil valuable 

 of all the Sorts of flowering Shrubs ; 

 befide, the great Variety of different 

 Sorts of Roles make a Collection of 

 Flowers, either for Bafons, or in the 

 Garden, without any other addi- 

 tional Mixture ; and their Scent, be- 

 ing the melt inoiFenSve Sweet, is 

 generally efteemed by moil Perfons. 



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But in order to continue thefe 

 Beauties longer than they are natu- 

 rally difpofed to lait, it is proper to 

 plant fome of the monthly Rofes 

 near a warm Wall, which will oc- 

 cafion their Budding at leaft three 

 Weeks or a Month before thofe in 

 the open Air: and if you give them 

 the Help of a Glafs before them, ic 

 will bring the ; r Flowers much for- 

 warder, efpecialiy where the Dung 

 is placed to theBackfide of the Wall 

 (as is pra&is'd in railing early Fruits) : 

 by this Method 1 have feen fair Rofe» 

 of this Kind blown :n February ; and 

 they may be brought much fooner, 

 where People are curious this way. 



You fhouid alio cut off the Tops 

 of fuch Shoots which have been pro- 

 duced the fame Spring, early in 

 May, from fome of thefe Sorts of 

 Rofeswhich are planted in the open 

 Air, and upon a firong Soil: this 

 will caufe them to make new Shoots, 

 which will flower late in Autumn ; 

 as will alio the late removing the 

 Plants in Spring, provided they do 

 not fuffer by Drought, as I have fe- 

 veral times experienced, but parti- 

 cularly in the Year 1718. when I 

 had Occafion to remove a large Par- 

 cel of thefe Plants in May, j oft as 

 they were beginning to flower : in 

 doing of which I cut off all the 

 Flower - buds ; and, after having 

 opea'd a Trench in the Place where 

 they were to be planted, I poured a 

 large Quantity of Water, lb as to 

 render the Ground like a Pap ; then 

 I took up the Plants, and placed 

 them therein as foon as poflible, thai 

 their Roots might not dry ; and a^' 

 ter planting them, I water'd the 

 Ground well again, and covcr'd tha 

 Surface over with Mulch, to pre- 

 vent its' drying : after this 1 re- 

 peated watering the Plants all ever 

 t.vo or three times a Week, in the 

 Evening, until they had taken Root: 



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