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and thereby appears to unfkilful Per- 

 fons as dead ; but if it be f uttered to 

 remain in the Pot undifturbed, and 

 very little Water given to it during 

 this Seafon, it will come out again 

 in Winter as frefn and lively as be- 

 fore ; but much Moifture, during 

 this State of Inactivity, very often 

 deftroys this Plant. This, for the 

 Richnefs of the Colour of its Flowers, 

 vaftly exceeds all the other Sorts ; 

 tho' the 2 2d Sort is a very beautiful 

 Flower, and its Continuance moll 

 Part of the Summer and Autumn in 

 Flower, renders it very valuable ; as 

 is the thirtieth Sort, for the Beauty 

 of its variegated Leaves. 



The twenty-fecond and twenty- 

 third Sorts are of humbler Growth 

 than the former, tho' they are Na- 

 tives of the fame Country, and there- 

 fore require the fame Defence in 

 Winter ; thefe may alfo be propa- 

 gated by Heads cut off from the old 

 Plants, and treated as was directed 

 for the Cuttings of the fhrubby 

 Kinds. The thirty-fecond Sort is 

 very fubjecl to ramble, and affords 

 Supply enough of Cuttings; but the 

 thirty - third Sort increafes much 

 flower : this Plant is of an uncom- 

 mon ftrong fweet Scent ; the Leaves, 

 when touch'd, fmelling fomevvhat 

 like Anis-feed : but the Flowers of 

 neither of thefe two Sorts are very 

 beautiful ; however, they mould 

 have a Place in all Collections of 

 Plants, for Variety-fake. 



Thefe Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated by lowing their Seeds in the 

 'Spring of the Year upon a moderate 

 Hot-bed ; and when they are come 

 up two Inches high, they mould be 

 planted into another Bed, with a 

 little warm Dung under it, to pro- 

 mote their Rooting : in this Bed 

 they may be planted about fix Inches 

 fquare j and when they are rooted, 



you mould harden them by degrees ; 

 fo that as the Weather becomes 

 warmer, they may the better endure 

 the open Air : in July you mould 

 tranfplant them into Pots, as was 

 before directed for the Cuttings, and 

 manage them in the fame manner. 

 During the Summer - feafon thefe 

 Plants mould be fet abroad with 

 Myrtles, Oleanders, and otherGreen- 

 houfe Plants, where, being artfully 

 intermixed therewith, they add 

 greatly to the Variety, and continue 

 flowering moft Part of the Year. 



The thirty - fourth, thirty - fifth, 

 thirty fixth, and thirty-feventh Sorts 

 have al! knobby Roots, and increafe 

 but flowly thereby ; therefore, in 

 order to have a Stock of thefe Plants, 

 you mould carefully gather their 

 Seed?, which they feldom fail to pro- 

 duce every Year, and fow them as 

 was directed, for the other African 

 Sorts, upon a moderate Hot -bed, 

 managing them alfo accordingly, 

 with this Difference only ; <viz. that 

 they mould have lefs Water ; and 

 the Pots in which they are planted 

 fhould be fmaller, efpecially at firft ; 

 for as they are Plants which make 

 but frnall Roots, the putting them 

 into large Pots is very prejudicial 

 to them. Thefe are all elteemed 

 for the Beauty of their Flowers, 

 and their agreeable Sweetnefs in the 

 Evening after the Sun has left them ; 

 for, before that, you cannot perceive 

 any Scent in them, tho' afterwards 

 it becomes fo llrong as to perfume 

 the Air to home Dillance from the 

 Place where they Hand. This, I 

 fuppofe, may be accounted for from 

 the Warmth of the Sun rarefying 

 thofe Effluvia, fo as to be too mi- 

 nute to ftrike our Orgars of fmell- 

 ing with any Force while the Heat 

 is continued ; but when the Cool of 

 the Evening approaches, thefe 



