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when the Trees are perfectly dry, 

 otherwife the Wet, being lodged 

 upon the Branches, will foon caufe 

 a Mouldinefs upon them, and, the 

 Air being excluded therefrom, will 

 rot them in a mort time : it will al- 

 fo be very neceffary to take off thefe 

 Mats as often as the Weather will 

 permit, to prevent this Mouldinefs, 

 and only keep them dofe covered in 

 frolly Weather ; at which time you 

 fliould alfo lay fome Mulch upon tne 

 Surface of the Ground about their 

 Root*, and fallen fome Bands of 

 Hay about their Stems, to guard 

 them from the Froft ; and in very 

 fevere Weather, ycu mould add a 

 double or treble Covering of Mats 

 over the Trees ; by which Method, 

 if duly executed, you may preferve 

 them thro' the hardeli Winters. Jn 

 "the Spring, as the Weather is warm- 

 er, fo you mould by degrees take off 

 the Covering ; but you fhould be 

 careful not to expofe them too foon 

 to the open Air, as alfo to guard 

 them againfl the morning Froib, and 

 dry Eailcrly Winds, which often 

 reign in March, to the no fmall 

 Deft ruction of tender Plants, if they 

 are expofed thereto ; nor mould you 

 quite remove your Covering until 

 the middie of Aprils when the Sea- 

 fon is fettled, at which time you 

 mould prune the Trees, cutting out 

 all decayed and weak Branches, 

 fhortening the ftrong ones to about 

 two Feet long, which will caufe 

 them to (hoof ftrong, and produce 

 t many Flowers. 



The Double of this Kind is at 

 prefent very rare in England, and 

 only to be found in fome very curi- 

 ous Gardens ; tho' in Italy it is pret- 

 ty common, from whence it is ibme- 

 times brought over amongic the 

 Single : the Flowers of this Kind 

 Jiave only two Rows of Lerwes, fo 

 {feat it is rather regarded fur its Cu- 



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riofity, than for any extraordinary 

 Beauty in the Flowers : this may be 

 propagated by budding it upon the 

 common white Jafmine, as hath 

 been directed for the Single, and 

 muft be treated in the fame Man- 

 ner. 



Dr. Linn<eus fuppofes, that this 

 Sort is only a Variety of the com- 

 mon Jafmine ; and that the only 

 Difference is in the S;ze and Colour 

 of the Flower ; and, as a Proof of 

 it, fays, that when it is propagated 

 by Layers or Shoots from the Root, 

 it always becomes che common Sort : 

 but if he had obferved, that all 

 thofe Shoots are produced from the 

 Stock, which is always of the com- 

 mon Jafmine, and not from the Sort 

 grafted, he would have foon found 

 his Miftake ; for there can be no 

 Difpute of this being a diflinft Spe- 

 cies ; for the Number and Shape of 

 the Plrnirs of the Leaves, the Seg- 

 ments of the Empalement, and the 

 Petals of the Flower being twitted 

 and diltorted, conilitute an effential 

 Difference between them. 



The yellow Indian Jafmine is pro- 

 pagated either by Seeds, or laying 

 down the tender Branches : if you 

 would propagate them by Seeds, 

 which they often produce in Eugland 

 in great Plenty, you mould make a 

 moderate Hot bed in the Spring, in- 

 to which you fhould plunge fome 

 fmall Pots filed with freih light 

 Earth ; and in a Day or two after, 

 when you find the Earth in the Pots 

 warm, you muft put your Seeds 

 therein ; about four in each Pot will 

 be fufficient, covering them about 

 an Inch thick with the fame light 

 Earth, and obferve to refrefh the 

 Pots with Water as often as you 

 fhall perceive the Earth dry ; but do 

 not give them too much at each 

 ~time, which would be apt to ret the 

 Seeds. 



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