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their Joints, whereby it propagates 

 jtfelf very faft. The Flowers grow 

 on fhort Footilalks, and are of a 

 blue Colour. 



The firft and fecond Sorts may be 

 propagated by parting their Roots, 

 after the manner of Daifies ; but 

 the third Sort is eafily propagated 

 from the trailing Branche?, which 

 take Root. The beft Seafon for 

 parting and tranfplanting of thefe 

 Plants is in September, that they may 

 take new Root before the froity 

 Weather comes on. They mould 

 be planted in Pots filled with freih 

 Earth, and placed in a fhady Situation 

 until they have taken Root. Jn the 

 Summer-feafon they mould be placed 

 where they may have only the morn- 

 ing Sun ; and in dry Weather mould 

 be frequently refrelhed with Water. 

 With this Management they will 

 incrcafc, and produce their Flowers 

 every Year ; but they rarely perfecl 

 their Seeds in this Country. 



The fourth Sort grows aboutiWiw?/- 

 peher in France ; and in V alentia, 

 and feveral other Parts of Spain. 

 This has an hard woody Stem, and 

 rifes to about two Feet high ; hav- 

 ing many woody Branches, befet 

 with Leaves like thofe of the Myrtle- 

 tree. On the Top of the Branches 

 the Flowers are produced, . which 

 are of a blue Colour, and globe - 

 ihaped. This Plant may be propa- 

 gated by Cuttings, which fhould be 

 cut off in April, juft before they 

 begin to make new Shoots. Thefe 

 Cuttings fhould be planted into Pots 

 filed with frelh light Earth, and 

 then placed into a very moderate 

 Hot-bed ; obferving to water and 

 lhade them until they have taken 

 Root ; when they may be taken out 

 of the Bed, and inured to bear the 

 open Air by degrees. In Summer 

 thefe Plants may be expofed with 

 other hardy Exotic Plants ; and in 



Winter they mould be placed under 

 an Hot-bed frame, where they may 

 enjoy the free Air in mild Weath r; 

 but mould be fcreened from hard 

 Froft, which will deftroy them, if 

 they are expofed thereto ; tho' in 

 mild Winters they will live in the 

 open Air. This Plant never pro- 

 duces good Seeds in this Country. 



The fifth Sort grows in the Coun- 

 try about the Cape of Good Hope : 

 this is a Shrub which rifes to the 

 Height of feven or eight Feet, and 

 divides into many Branche-, which 

 are clofely befet with thick ftiff 

 Leaves, much like thofe of the 

 Cneorum Matthioli : at theDivifion 

 of the Branches, the Flowers are pro- 

 duced, which are round, woolly, and 

 of a filvcr Colour; and at firft. have 

 the Appearance of the Katkin of 

 the Mountain Ofier. This Shrub 

 may be propagated by Cuttings ; 

 which fhould be planted in April, 

 juft as the Plant begins to moot, 

 in Pots filled with frelh light Earth, 

 and plunged into a very moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark; obferv- 

 ing to water and made them until 

 they have taken Root ; after which 

 time you mutt inure them by degrees 

 to bear the open Air ; then they 

 mull be taken out of the Hot-bed, 

 and maybe placed amongft other 

 Exotics in a well-(heltered Situation ; 

 obferving to water them in dry 

 Weather : in this Place they may 

 remain till October, when they fhould 

 be removed into the Green-houfe, 

 and placed where they may have as 

 much free Air as poflible in mild 

 Weather : for this Plant only re- 

 quires to be fcreened from Froft, 

 being tolerably hardy : with this 

 Management the Plants will thrive 

 well, and in a few Years produce 

 Flowers. 



The fixth Sort was found in the 

 Mountains of Granada, by D. Al- 

 binos* 



