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fio be meltered with Mats, or fome 

 other Covering, otherwife they are 

 fubject to be deftroyed. The Man 

 rier of Dreffing and Pruning being 

 the fame as was directed for the white 

 Jafmine, I fliall not repeat it. 



The Spanijb wliite, or Cat a Ionian 

 Jafmine, it one of the moll beauti- 

 ful of all the Sorts, as alfo extreme- 

 ly fweet-fcented : the Flowers of this 

 Kind are much larger than any of 

 the others, and are commonly of a 

 red Colour on the Outfide. This 

 Plant is propagated by budding or 

 inarching it upon the common white 

 Jafmine, on which it takes very 

 well, and is rendered hardier than 

 thole which are upon their own 

 Stocks. But thofe of this Kind being 

 broughtover from baly every Spring 

 info great Plenty, they are feldom 

 raiLdhere: I llull therefore pro- 

 ceed to the Management of fuch 

 Plants as are ufually brought into 

 England from the Place above men- 

 tioned, which generally are ty'd up 

 in imall Bunches, containing three 

 or four Plants, and their Roots 

 wrapp'd about with Mofs, to pre- 

 ferve them from dr\ iisg : which, if 

 it happen that the Ship has a long 

 Pafiage, will often occafion ihem to 

 puth out ftrong Shoots from their 

 Roots, which mult always be taken 

 plr before they are planted; otherwife 

 they will exhauft the whole Nourifh- 

 ment of the Plant, and deftroy the 

 Graft. 



In the making Choice of thefe 

 Plant.s, you mould carefully obferve 

 if their Grafts are alive, and in good 

 Health : for if they are brown and 

 lhrunk, they will not pulh out ; fo 

 that there will be only the Stock 

 left, which is of the common Sort. 



When you receive thefe Plants, 

 you muft clear the Roots of the 

 Mofsjandalldecay'd Branches ftmuld 

 be taken off : then place their Roots 



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into a Pot or Tub of Water, which 

 mould be fet in the Green-houfe, or 

 fome other Room, where it may be 

 fcreened from the Cold : in this Si- 

 tuation they may continue two Days; 

 after which you muft prune off all 

 the dry Roots, and cut down the 

 Branches within four Inches of the 

 Graft, and plant them into Pots 

 filled with frelh light Earth ; then 

 plunge the Pots into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, obferv- 

 ing to water and fhade them, as the 

 Heat of the Sealon may require. In 

 about three Weeks or a Month's 

 time they wiil begin to (hoot, when 

 you muft carefully rub off all fuch 

 as are produced from the Stock be- 

 low the Graft ; and you muft now 

 let them have a great Share of Air, 

 by raifing theGlaifes in the Heat of 

 the Day : and as the Shoots extend, 

 they lhould hz topp'd, to ftrengthen 

 them, and, by degrees, mould be 

 hardened to endure the Open Air, 

 into which they mould be removed 

 in June ; but muft have a warm Si- 

 tuation the fir It Summer ; for if they 

 are too much expolcd to the a Wind<, 

 they will make but indifferent Pro- 

 grefs, being rendered ibraewhat ten- 

 der by the Hot bed. If the Sum- 

 mer proves warm, and the Trees 

 have fucceeded well, they will pro- 

 duce fome Flowers in the Autumn 

 following, tho' they will be few ir; 

 Number, and not near fo ftrong as 

 they wiil be the fucceeding Year.% 

 when the Trees are ftronger, aud 

 have better Roots, 



Thefe Plants are commonly pre* 

 ferved in Green-houfcs, with Oran- 

 ges, Myrtles, &c. and, duri«g the 

 Winter-feafon, will require to he 

 frequently watered, which mould be 

 performed fparingly each time, efpe- 

 cially in cold Weather; for too much 

 Wet at that Seafo.n will be apt to ret 

 the Fibres of their Roots : they 



