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Effluvia are of larger Bulk, and 

 become perceptible to us in propor- 

 tion thereto. 



During the Summer-feafon thefe 

 Plants may be expofed, amongft 

 other Exotics, in the open Air, be- 

 ing very careful not to give them 

 too much Water, which often oc- 

 cafions their rotting, efpecially to- 

 wards Autumn, when their green 

 Leaves begin to decay, at which 

 time they mould have it very fpa- 

 Jingly ; and if the Seafon mould 

 prove very wet, you mould lay 

 the Pots on one Side, or remove 

 them under Shelter, to protect them 

 from it: and about the Beginning 

 of Ottober you mould carry them 

 into the Green-houfe, placing them 

 as near as poffible to the Windows, 

 that they may have a good Quantity 

 of free Air when the Windows ate 

 dpeded ; for if they are defended 

 from Froft, and much Wet, it will 

 be fufficient, they not being extreme 

 tender; nor will they ever require 

 £tny artificial Warmth in Winter, 

 but, on the contrary, as much Air 

 as poffible in mild Weather. 



Thefe Plants require a very light 

 fandy Soil, but mould not have too 

 rhuchDung. The Mixture of Earth, 

 ih which I find them grow beft, is 

 as follows : I ft, Take a Quantity 

 of frefh Earth from a Pafture-ground 

 that is inclining to a Sand ; and if 

 you have time for the Turf to rot 

 before you have Occafion for it, 

 add that to the Earth ; then mix 

 zbout a third or fourth Part as much 

 Sea-fand, in proportion to the Light- 

 iiefs of your Soil ; add to this about 

 a fourth Part as much rotten Tan- 

 ners Bark : mix all well together, 

 and let it lie in an Heap two or three 

 Months before you have Occafion 

 for it, obffrving to turn it over two 

 or three times, that the Mixtures 

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may be the better united ; and if, 

 before it is ufed, you pafs it through' 

 a rough Screen to take out all large 

 Stones, Roots, &c. it will be the 

 better : but by no means fift the 

 Earth fine, as is the Practice of many- 

 People ; for I am fure it is doing a 

 great deal of Damage, as was mewri 

 under the Article Abies : when thefe 

 Plants are potted, you mould care- 

 fully lay fome Stdnes or Shreds iri 

 the Bottom of the Pots, that the 

 Water may the better pafs off : nor 

 mould you plant them in Pots too 

 large ; which is equally injurious to 

 them, as was before-mentioned. 



The thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth 

 Sorts are Plants of morter Duration 

 than thofe above-mentioned, rarely 

 continuing above two Years ; fo 

 that, in order to preferve thefe, you 

 mould fave the Seeds every Year, 

 which mould be fown upon a mo- 

 derate Hot-bed in the Spring, and 

 managed as was directed for the laft- 

 mentioned Sorts : thefe will ofteri 

 produce Flowers and Seeds the fame 

 Summer ; but the fecond Year, pro- 

 vided they are defended from the 

 Froft in Winter, they will flower 

 early, and perfect their Seeds before 

 Autumn. 



The fortieth Sort is annual : this 

 muft be fown on a moderate Hot- 

 bed, and the Plants brought forward 

 in the Spring; but when they begin 

 to fiovver,they muft be fet in the open 

 Air, otherwife the Flowers will fall 

 away without producing any Seeds. 

 This, tho 1 a Plant of no great Beauty, 

 is worthy of a Place in every Col- 

 lection of curious Plants. 



There are a great Number of 

 Geraniums, which I have not here 

 mentioned, many of which are Na- 

 tives of England, and others were 

 brought from divers Parts of Europe y 

 but as thefe, for the lr.oS part, are 

 M rn annual 



