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fhould alfo have a great Shire of 

 frelh Air, when the Weather will 

 permit; for which Purpoie, they 

 Ihould be placed in the cooleftPait 

 of the Green-houfe, among Plants 

 that are hardy, where the Windows 

 may be opened every Day, except 

 in frofty Weather : nor Ihould they 

 be crouded too clofe among other 

 Plants, which often occafions their 

 growing mouldy, and decays the 

 younger (Branches. In April the 

 Shoot of thefe Plants fhould be 

 fhortened down 10 four Eyes, and 

 all the weak Branches ihould be cut 

 off ; and if you have the Conveni- 

 ency of a Glafs-lUue, or a deep 

 Frame, to place the Pots into ac 

 that Seafon, to craw them out again, 

 it will be of great Service in for- 

 warding their flowering : yet ftill 

 you ihould be careful not 10 force 

 them too much ; and as ibon as they 

 have made Shoots three or four 

 Inches long, the Glafiefi ihould be 

 opened in the Day-time, that the 

 Plants may, by degrees, be inured 

 to the open Air; into which they 

 fhould be removed by the Latter-end 

 of May, or the Beginning of June ; 

 otherwife their Flowers wjII not be 

 fo fair, nor continue fo long. Jf the 

 Autumn proves favourable, thefe 

 Plants will continue to produce freih 

 Flowers until Michaelmas; and lbme- 

 times, when they are ftrong, they 

 will continue flowering till Chriji- 

 mas, or after : but then they muft 

 have a great Shs re of Air when the 

 Weather is mild, and will admit of 

 it; otherwife the Flower-buds will 

 grow mouldy, and decay. 



But notwithstanding molt People 

 preferve thefe Plants in Green- 

 houfes, yet they will endure the Cold 

 of our ordinary Winters in the open 

 Air, if planted again it a warm Wall, 

 and Covered with Mars in frofty 

 Weather ; they will alfo produce ten 



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times as many Flowers in one Sea- 

 fon as thofe kept in Pots, and the 

 Flowers will likewife be much larg- 

 er : but they Ihould not be planted 

 abroad till they have fome Strength \ 

 fo that it will be necelTary to keep 

 them in Pots two or three Year*, 

 whereby tney may be (heltered from 

 the Froft in Winter:, and when they 

 are planted again ft the Wall, which 

 mould be in May, that they may 

 take good Root in the Ground be- 

 fore the fucceeding Winter, you 

 muft turn them out of the Pots, pre- 

 ferving the Earth to their Roots ; 

 and having made Holes in the Bor- 

 der where they are to be planted, 

 you mould place them therein, with 

 their Stems c!ofe to the Wall ; then 

 fill up the Holes round their Roots 

 wirh good frelh rich Earth, and give 

 them fome Water, to fettle the 

 Ground about them ; and nail up 

 their Shoots to the Wall, fhortening 

 fuch of them as are very long, that 

 tbey may pufh out new Shoots be- 

 low, to furnifh the Wail, continu- 

 ing to nail up all the Shoots as they 

 are produced. In the middle, or to- 

 ward the Latter-end, of July, they 

 will begin to flower, and continue 

 to produce new Flowers until the 

 Froit prevents them ; which when 

 you obferve, you mould carefully 

 cut off all the Tops of fuch Shoots 

 as have Buds form'd upon them, as 

 alfo thofe which have the Remains 

 of faded Flowers left ; for if thefe 

 are fuffered to remain on, they will 

 foon grow mouldy, efpecially when 

 the Trees are covered, and thereby 

 infect many of the tender Branches, 

 which will greatly injure the Trees. 



Toward the Middle or End of 

 November, if the Weather be cold, 

 and the Nights frofty, you muft be- 

 gin to cover your Trees with Mats, 

 which mould be naiFd over them, 

 pretty clofe ; but this Ihould be done 



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