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lightly difpofed ; for there are no 

 Plants fo proper to plant on the 

 Walls of Ruins, or other runic 

 Buildings, where they will thrive 

 without any Trouble, and endure 

 the greateft Drought, and are never 

 injured by Frofts. And as there is 

 a great Variety of Species, which 

 differ greatly from each other, not 

 only in their Flowers, but alfo in 

 the whole Face of the Plants ; fo 

 they will afford an agreeable Varie- 

 ty, if they are properly difpofed. In 

 planting of thefe Plants, there is no 

 other Care required, but to lay a 

 little moift Earth on the Joints of 

 the Walls or Buildings where they 

 are defigned to grow, and therein to 

 plant fome of the Plants in fmall 

 Bunches,- which will foon take Root, 

 and in one Year's time will fpread to 

 a confiderable Diftance. The beft 

 Seafon for this Work is a little be- 

 fore Micbaebnas, that the Plants may 

 be rooted before the hard Froft comes 

 on. The annual Kinds will alfo 

 grow in the fame manner, and will 

 ihed their Seeds, and maintain them- 

 felves without any Trouble, when 

 they are once hYd in the Place. 

 Thefe Sorts will moil of them grow 

 from the Joints of Walls, which are 

 perpendicular, where fcarce any 

 other Plants will live ; which renders 

 them more valuable, efpecially as 

 they are fo eafily propagated. 



The eighteenth, twenty-fifth, and 

 twenty -fixth Sorts produce long 

 Branches, which hang down from 

 the Walls where they grow ; there- 

 fore mould be difpofed near the 

 Edges ot Buildings, or on the Tops 

 cf ruitic Houfes, and near the Sides, 

 where they will trail, and make a 

 pretty Appearance. 



The twenty eighth, twenty-ninth, 

 and thirty - fecond Sorts have the 

 Appearance of the Stone - crop : 

 thefe have fhort Branches, and fmall 



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Leaves, producing their Flowers cm 

 the Tops of Shoots, which are fel- 

 dom above three or four Inches highv 

 but fpread and form into clofe large 

 Bunches ; and where they fcatter 

 their Seeds, if there is but a fma3 

 Share of Earth, the Plants will come 

 up, and multiply fo fall, as to co- 

 ver the Top of an Houfe in a fevr 

 Years. 



The fixteenth, feventeenth, nine- 

 teenth, twentieth, twenty -frril, and 

 twenty- fecond Sorts grow in clofe 

 Heads, fomewhat like the common 

 Houfleek, and are propagated by 

 OrF-fets in the fame manner : thele 

 may be difpofed on the Tops of 

 Walls and Buildings, intermixed 

 with the common Sorts of Houfleek, 

 where they will make a pretty Di- 

 verfity, being very different in their 

 Appearance, and producing a great 

 Variety in their Flowers. 



SEED : The Seed of a Plant con- 

 fills of an Embryo, with its Coat or 

 Cover. The Embryo, which con- 

 tains the whole Plant in Miniature, 

 and which is called the Germ or Bud, 

 is rooted in the Placenta or Ccty/e- 

 den, which makes the Coat or In<$n- 

 lucru?n ) and ferves the fame Purpofes 

 as the Secundines, i. e. the Chorion. 

 and Amni: y in Animals. 

 A Aletbod for raip.ng fucb Seeds nvbiri 

 ha<ve bard Coats or Shells fur- 

 rounding tbcvi y and that ha<ve been 

 judged <very difficult y if not imfof- 

 fbt'e, to be raifed in England. 

 In the Year 1724. I had a Parcel 

 of freih Cocoa-nuts given me, whick 

 was brought over from Barbados : 

 Part of thefe*Nuts I diverted of their 

 outward Coat or Hulk, and the other 

 Pare I left intire, as I received them. 

 Both thefe Parcels J planted in 

 large Pots filPd with good frefh, 

 Earth, and plunged the Pots into 

 Plot- beds made of Tanners Bark, 

 giving them gentle and frequent 

 Water- 



