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The eighth and ninth Sorts pro- 

 pagate themfelves by Off-fets, in the 

 znanner as the common Sort ; tho' 

 the eighth throws off the young ones 

 from the Top of the old Plants, 

 which, falling on the Ground, take 

 Root, and thereby areincreafed very 

 plentifully. Thefe are both very 

 hardy ; and if planted in a dry rub- 

 bilhy Soil, will thrive, and endure 

 the feverell Cold of our Climate. 



The tenth Sort is propagated by 

 planting Cuttings during any of the 

 Summer-months, which mould be 

 laid in a dry Place a Fortnight af- 

 ter they are cut from the old Plants, 

 that their wounded Parts may heal 

 over before they are planted, other- 

 wife they are fubjecl to rot. Thefe 

 ihould be planted in Pots filled with 

 freih light fandy Earth, and placed 

 in a fhady Situation (but not under 

 the Drip of Trees), obferving to give 

 them now-and-then a little Water, 

 when the Earth is dry : but you mult 

 be very careful not- to let them have 

 too much Moifture, which will rot 

 them. 



When they have taken Root, they 

 may be removed into a more open 

 Situation, placing them amongft 

 other Exotic Plants, in a Place where 

 they may be defended from ftrong 

 Winds ; in which Situation they 

 may remain until Autumn, when 

 they mult be removed into the Con- 

 servatory, to be preferved from Cold 

 in Winter, which will deftroy them. 

 Tho' they do not require any arti- 

 ficial Pleat, but only to be protected 

 from Froft; yet do they require as 

 rnuch free Air as pofiible in mild 

 Weather ; therefore the beft way of 

 preferving thefe Plants is, to have 

 an airy Glafs-cafe ; in which many 

 Sorts of Ficoides, and other fuccu- 

 Jent Plants, may be intermixed with 

 thefe, where they will thrive much 

 better than if placed amongft O- 



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ranges, Myrtles, and other Trees, 



in a Green- houfe ; becaufe the Per- 

 fpiration of thofe Trees renders the 

 Air of the Place damp ; and when 

 the Houfe is clofely (hut up, this 

 Air is often rancid ; which, being 

 imbibed by the Houfleeks, wit! 

 caufe their Leaves to fall off, and 

 the Plants will decay foon after 5 

 whereas, in an open airy Glafs-cafe, 

 where there are none but fucculent 

 Plants, there will never be near fo 

 much Damp in the Air; and inYuch 

 Places they will thrive and flower 

 almoll every Winter, when the Plants 

 have gotten fufficient Strength. Thefe 

 Plants, in moift Weather, will fend 

 forth long Roots from their Bran- 

 ches, four or five Feet from the 

 Ground : and if the Earth is placed 

 near to thefe Roots, they will ftrike 

 into it, and the Branches may be 

 afterward feparated from the old 

 Plants. 



The eleventh Sort is a Variety of 

 the tenth, which was accidentally 

 obtained in the Gardens of the late 

 Duchefs of Beaufort at Badmingtcn 9 

 from a Branch which broke off from 

 one of the plain Sort of Houfleek- 

 trees by Accident ; and being plant- 

 ed 111 Lime-rubbim afterward, be» 

 came beautifully variegated ; from 

 which Plant there have been vali 

 Numbers raifed, and diitxibuted intQ 

 many curiousGardens, both at home 

 and abroad. This is propagated in 

 the fame manner as the former, and ' 

 requires the fame Management in 

 Winter : but the Soil in which it is 

 planted fliould be one Half frefli 

 fandy Soil, and the other Half Limer 

 rubbifh and Sea-fand, equally mix- 

 ed, in which it will thrive much 

 berter than in a rich Soil : you muft 

 alfo be very careful not to give it too, 

 much Water in Winter, which will 

 caufe it to caft its Leaves, and de- 

 cay. With this Management thefe 



Plants. 



