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into the Ground very clofe in Beds, 

 where, in dry Weather, they may 

 be frequently water'd, to encourage 

 their putting out Roots. In thefe 

 Beds they-are left two Years ; by 

 which time, thofe that live will be 

 well rooted (tho' a great many of 

 them generally die); then theyfhould 

 be tranfplanted into the Nurfery, 

 and manag'd as hath been directed 

 for the Layers. 



There are fome who raife the 

 Witch elm from Seeds, which it 

 generally produces in great Plenty, 

 and are ripe \nJfriL Thefe mould 

 be Town upon a Bed of frefh loamy 

 Earth, and gently cover'd : in dry 

 Weather they mould be water'd, and 

 if the Bed is fhaded from the vio- 

 lent Heat of the Sun, it will be of 

 great Service to the Seeds (for I al- 

 ways obferve the Plants to come up 

 better in the Shade, than when ex- 

 pos'd to the Sun). When the Plants 

 come up, thev mould be carefully 

 clear'd from Weeds ; and after they 

 have itood two Years in the Seed- 

 bed, they will be fit to plant out into 

 the Nurfery, where they mull be 

 jnanag'd as the former. 



Sometimes the common Engli/h 

 Elm will produce Seeds ; but it is 

 not fo contiantly fruitful as the 

 Witch-elm, which feldom fails to 

 produce great Quantities, when they 

 have arrived to a due Maturity ; 

 which Seeds will fall to the Ground, 

 and when they light upon a Spot 

 which is not difturb'd, the Plants will 

 come up in great Plenty. 



The Timber of the common Eng- 

 lljh Elm is generally preferr'd to the 

 reft ; tho' that of the Witch-elm is 

 often as good, and is the largeftTree, 

 when planted on a kindly Soil ; but 

 the Dutch Elm affords the word 

 Timber, and never will grow to the 

 Stature of either of the other Sorts ; 

 fo that this fcould net be cultivated 



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for the Timber : therefore the be# 

 way to be fure of the Kinds which a 

 Pcrfon would choofe to propagate, 

 is to have a Nurfery of Stools, in 

 order to furnifh Layers ; for when 

 they are grubb'd up from Hedge- 

 rows, there will often be many Sorts 

 intermix'd, efpecially if the People 

 who go about to gather them, fur- 

 nifh them ; becaufe they take them 

 indifferently, where-ever they can 

 procure them ; fo that when they 

 are planted out thus blended toge- 

 ther, there will be a confiderable 

 Difference in their Growths, which 

 will deface the Plantation. 



URENA, Indian Mallow. 

 The Characters are ; 

 hath a malvaceous Flower , with 

 a double Empalement ; the outer being 

 of one Leaf /lightly cut at the Brim 

 into five Parts ; but the inner is five- 

 Jjaved, being cut to the Bottom : the 

 Flower is compofed of f<ve Leaves, 

 which are oblong and blunt at their 

 Extremity, but are narrow at their 

 Bafe : in the Centre there are many 

 Stamina, which are joined, and form 

 a Column at theirBafe, but fpread open 

 above : thePointal afterward changes 

 to a pentagonal Fruit, which is burry, 

 a nd divides into five Cells, each hav- 

 ing one angular Seed. 

 The Species are ; 



t. Urena foliis angulatis. Lin. 

 Hort. Cliff, Indian Mallow, with 

 angular Leaves. 



2. Urena foliis lobatis, petiolis 

 longijjimis afperis. Indian Mallow, 

 with Leaves deeply divided into fe- 

 veral Lobes, and very long rough 

 Footftalks. 



3. Urena foliis bryonia alh<e di- 

 vifuris. Indian Mallow, with Leaves 

 divided like thofe of theWhite Bryo- 



This Name of Urena was applied 

 to this Genus by Dr. Dillcnius, in 

 the Hsrtus Elthamenfis, as the Cha- 

 racter*- 



