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gently rooted to tranfplant, when 

 they ihould be carefully taken up 

 with Balls of Earth to their Roots, 

 and each planted in a feparate fmall 

 Pot filled with frefli light Earth, and 

 placed in a fliady Situation, until 

 they have taken new Root ; after 

 which time they may be placed 

 amongft other hardy Exotic Plants 

 in a (heltered Situation ; where they 

 may remain until the Middle of 

 Ottolcr^ when they mud be removed 

 into the Green- houfe : during the 

 Winter-feafon thefe Plants mould 

 have as much'free Air as pofiible in 

 mild W eather, and will require to 

 be often watered ; and in the Sum- 

 mer-feafon they mull be removed 

 into the open Air, and placed with 

 other hardy Exotic Plants, fuch as 

 Myrtles, Geranium*, C5V. where 

 they may be defended from ftrong 

 Winds ; and in hot dry Weather, 

 they mult be plentifully watered : 

 with this Management the Plants 

 will thrive, and in June, July, and 

 Jfugujl, they will flower, at which 

 time they will make a pretty Ap- 

 pearance among other ExoticPlants. 



The fifty fecond Sort is much 

 more tender than either of the for- 

 mer, being an Inhabitant of the 

 warmeft Parts of America. This was 

 difcovered by Father Plumier, in the 

 French Settlements ; and in theYear 

 1 73 1. I had the Seeds of this Plant 

 fent me by the late Dr. William 

 Haujlouv, from La PeraCruz. This 

 Sort grows about two Feet and an 

 halt, or three Feet high, and divides 

 into many fucculent Branches, which 

 are befet with thick fucculent Leaves, 

 fomewhat refembling thofc of Pur- 

 ilain : on the Top of the Branches 

 is fent forth a {lender Stalk about a 

 Foot long, which is garriiihed with 

 beautiful fcarlet Flowers, growing in 

 a Spike ; thefe Flowers are fuccced- 



cA by tricapfular Seed-vcflels, which 

 are full of fmall Seeds. 



This Sort, which was firft pro- 

 cured by Seeds from abroad, haj 

 been fince propagated by Cuttings 1 

 and c ifpe fed into feveral Parts o: I 

 Europe. The belt Sealon for plant- ' 

 ing of thefe Cuttings is in July; bu 

 they mould be cut from the Plant I 

 and laid to dry, four or five Day 

 before they are plantH, otherwif . 

 they are very fubjeft to rot. The! 

 Cuttings ihould be planted in Pot 

 filled with frelh light fandy Eartlj 

 and plunged into a moderate Hot 

 bed, beii.g careful to fliade thei I 

 from the Sun in the Heat of thl 

 Day, as alfo to refrefli them now! 

 and-then with a little Water; bi I 

 they muft not be kept too moiit, le I 

 that lhou'd rot them. With th I 

 Management the Cuttings will tal 

 Root in about a Month, when th< 

 may be expofed to the Sun, givii 

 them a proportionable Quantity 

 Air ; but they ihould remain in tl 

 Bed till the latter End of Sept emit 

 when they Ihould be removed in 

 the dry Stove, and placed in t 

 warmefi Part, where they may ha 

 Sun and Heat. During the Winn 

 feafon they mould be fparingly w 

 tered ; but in Summer they Oioil 

 have a greater Share, as alfo a lar I 

 Quantity of frefli Air ; but till 

 muft conftantly remain in tl 

 Stove. 



HE LI ANTHUS, /. e. S. 1 



flower. 



This Genus of Plants was tit I 

 Corona Solis , by moft of the BotaM 

 Writers ; but this being a compoiH 

 Name, Dr. Linnaus has altered i ■ 

 this of Helianthus : it has alfo II 

 fome been titled Heliotropiutn; whH 

 Name is now applied to anotH 

 Genus of Plants, very different frfl 

 this. 



