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planted; and thofe Plants which 

 have grown on the Walls have con- 

 tinued, when thofe which were in 

 Pots, and prefer v'd with Care, have 

 been intirely deftroyed. 



The fecond Sort grows upon the 

 Mountains of Brefaa, about the 

 Mouths of Caves, between the hard- 

 eft Rocks i fo that it is very diffi- 

 cult to get out the Roots. 



The third Sort grows on the 

 « Rocks in feveral Places in the Le- 

 vant. 



All the ft Sorts are propagated by 

 Seeds, which mould be fown foon 

 after they are ripe ; for when they 

 are kept out of the Ground till the 

 Spring, they feldom grow. Thefe 

 Seeds fliould be fown inPots nll'd with 

 frefh undung'd Earth, and plac'd in 

 a Ihady Situation till the Beginning 

 of Oclober, when they may be re- 

 moved into a more open Expofure ; 

 where they may have as much Sun 

 at pofiible, but be flickered from 

 cold Winds : when the Cold is fe- 

 vere, they mould be placed under 

 an Hot - bed - frame, where they 

 may enjoy as much frceAir as pofii- 

 ble in mild Weather ; but they mutt 

 be fcrcened from hard Frofts, other- 

 wife they are frequently destroyed. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 OfFfets or Cuttings, which may be 

 taken off in the Spring or Summer- 

 months ; and fliould be planted in 

 Pots filPd with frefh undung'd Soil, 

 and plac'd in a fliady Situation un- 

 til they have taken Root; when 

 they msy be removed into a fliel- 

 ter'd Part of the Garden ; where, 

 being mix'd with other hardy Exo- 

 tic Plants, they will afford an agree- 

 able Variety. 



But as thefe Plants thrive better 

 on oldWalls. when by Accident they 

 have arifen there from Seeds, fo their 

 Seeds when ripe, may befcatter'd 

 OA fiich Walls as are eld, or where 



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there is Earth lodged fufficient 

 to receive the Seeds j where 

 the Plants will refill the Cold much 

 better, and continue longer, than 

 when fown in the fall Ground ; and 

 when a few of the Plants are efta- 

 blifti'd on the Walls, they will flied 

 their Seeds, fo that they will main- 

 tain themfelves without any farther 

 Care. I have obferv'd fome Plants 

 of the nrft Kind, which have grown 

 from the Joints of a Wall, where 

 there has not been the leaft Earth 

 to fupport them ; which have re- 

 filled the Cold, tho' they have been 

 greatly expofed to the Winds ; fo 

 that thefe Plants are very proper to 

 cover the Walls of Ruins, where 

 they will have a very good Effecl. 



The fourth Sort grows on the 

 Mountains in Italy, from between 

 the Crevices of the Rocks ; from 

 whence it is difficult to get out the* 

 Roots. This may be treated in the 

 fame manner as the former Sorts, and 

 will thrive better on Walls, than if 

 fown or planted in the Earth. 



The" fifth Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which was brought from the Cape 

 of Good Hope to Holland, where it 

 has been preferv'd in fome of their 

 curious Botanic Gardens. This Sort 

 will fucceed well, if the Seeds are 

 permitted to fcatter on the Pots of 

 Earth which are near them, provi- 

 ded the Pets are plac'd in the Green- 

 houfe ; where the Plants will come 

 up and flower early the following 

 Summer, a .d will have time to per- 

 fect their S'eeds ; whereas, when the 

 Seeds are fown in the Spring, the 

 Plants will not flower till Auguft ; fo 

 that, if the Autumn fliould prove 

 bad, they will not produce Seeds. 



The fixth Sort grows plentifully 

 in Jamaica, and feveral other Places 

 in the warm Parts of America* where 

 it grows in. moill Places by the Sides 

 cf Rivers, This may be propagated 



