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and placed among other Exotic 

 Plants; but they require a great 

 Plenty of Water in dry Weather ; 

 without which they feldom produce 

 much Fruit. 



In Winter they muft be remov'd 

 into the Green-houfe, and placed in 

 the coldeft Part of the Houfe,where 

 they may have as much free Air as 

 f ollible in mild Weather ; being fo 

 hardy, as many times to endure the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters abroad, 

 when planted in a warm Situation ; 

 fo that they only require to be fhel- 

 ter'd from fevere Froft. 



Thefe Plants fhould be annually 

 fhifted about theLatter-end of April, 

 when their Roots mould be pared 

 round, cutting off all the mouldy Fi- 

 bres which were next the Pot, and 

 the Pots fill'd up with frefh. rich 

 Earth ; which will ftrengthen their 

 Flowers, and caufe them to produce 

 plenty of Fruit ; which (as I faid be- 

 fore, ripens in Winter, and being of 

 the Shape and Size of Cherries, are 

 commonly call'd Winter Cherries by 

 the Gardeners. 



The ninth and eleventh Sorts are 

 much tenderer than the former, be- 

 ing brought from the warm Parts of 

 America. Thefe are alfo propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds in the Spring 

 upon a good Hot-bed; and when 

 the Plants are come up, they fhould 

 be each tranfplanted into afeparate 

 fmall Pot fiU'd with rich Earth, and 

 plung'd into a frefh Hot-bed, obferv- 

 ing to water and fhade them until 

 they have taken Root ; after which 

 they mould have Air and Water in 

 proportion to the Heat of the Seafon, 

 and the Bed in which they are pla- 

 ced ; and when their Roots have fill- 

 ed thePpts in which they were plant- 

 ed (which they will do in a Month's 

 time, if they thrive), they muft be 

 fhaken out ; and after having gen- 

 tly pared o.T the Fibres which grew 



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next the Pot, they mould be placed 

 in Pots a Size larger, which muft be 

 filPd with frelh rich Earth, and plun- 

 ged into a frefh Hot-bed, to bring 

 the Plants forward, obferving to 

 water them frequently ; for they 

 will not thrive without plenty of 

 Moifture in warm Weather. 



In July thefe Plants may be enu- 

 red to bear the open Air by degrees, 

 into which they may be remov'd, if 

 the Seafon be warm ; but ofnerwife 

 they muft always be preferv'd either 

 under GlafTes, or in the Stove ; and 

 if they are placed in the open Air, 

 they mould not remain there longer 

 than the End of September left the 

 Nights, growing cold, fhould hurt 

 them. During the Winter fea fort 

 they muft be preferv'd in the Stove, 

 obferving to water them frequently ; 

 and the fecond Year they will pro- 

 duce Flowers and Fruit. 



The tentn and twelfth Sorts are 

 not fo tender as the laft ; but re- 

 quire an open airy Glafs-cafe, or a 

 warm Green-houfe in Winter ; but 

 in Summer may be expos'd in the 

 open Air with other Exotic Plants. 

 Thefe may be propagated by fowing 

 their Seeds on an Hot-bed, as the 

 former ; and fhould be manag'd as 

 hath been directed for them, with 

 this Difference, that they may be 

 much fooner expos'd to the open 

 Air, and fhould not be bred fo 

 tenderly. Thefe are preferv'd for 

 their odd Appearance, by fuch as are 

 curious in cultivating ExoticPlants : 

 their Fruits, being ripe inWinter, af- 

 ford a Variety in the Green-houie ; 

 and theirLeaves and Flowers, being 

 very remarkable in their Colour, 

 Shape, &c . render them worthy of 

 a Place in every good Collection of 

 Plants. 



There is alfo another Variety, 



which differs very much from the 

 tenth Sort, though call'd by that 



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