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time: the Glaffes mould alfo be 

 railed, to admit frefh Air every 

 Day, and in the Heat of the Day 

 fhould be (haded with Mats ; for if 

 they are too much expofed to the 

 Sun, they will perfpire fo freely, as 

 to have little Moilture remaining in 

 their Leaves ; whereby they will 

 hang, and appear very fickly, as 

 will alfo the tender Shoots, by which 

 their Growth trill be greatly retard- 

 ed. As thefe Plants advance in 

 Height, they mould have a greater 

 Proportion of frefh Air at all times 

 when the Weather is warm ; and 

 their Waterings mould be fre- 

 quently repeated, though it mull be 

 perform'' d with great Moderation ; 

 for too much Moilture is very fub- 

 jec~t to rot the Roots ; and when once 

 the Roots are decay'd, it feldom 

 happens that thofe Plants are ever 

 recover'd, though managed with all 

 poflible Skill and Care. 



During the Winter-feafon thefe 

 Plants mould be placed in a Bark- 

 ftove, that the Fibres of the Roots 

 may not be too much dried (which 

 often happens when the Pots are 

 placed upon Shelves in a dry Stove), 

 whereby the Top-fhootsof the Plants 

 are often decayed, and the Leaves 

 are apt to turn brown, and fall off, 

 which is of very ill Confequence to 

 them ; for if once the Leaves fa : l in- 

 tirely off, the Plants are feldom re- 

 covered again fo as to be beautiful. 



This Stove mould be kept up to 

 the Ananas Heat (mark'd on the Bo- 

 tanical Thermometers), with which 

 they thrive better than in a greater 

 Warmth ; for if they are kept over- 

 hot, they perfpire too freely ; which 

 will caufe their Leaves to droop, 

 and change their Colour. In this 

 Situation they mould be frequently 

 waterM ; but this muft be perform'd 

 fparingly. 



You muft alfo clean their Leaves 



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frequently from Filth, which they 

 are fubject to contraci when Ihut up 

 clofe ; as alfo many fmall Infects are 

 harbour d upon the Surfaces of the 

 Leaves, which, if not carefully 

 clean'd off, will greatly injure the 

 Plants. The beft Method to clean 

 off thefe, is with a foft woollen 

 Cloth, or a Sponge, dipt in Water, 

 with which you may eafily watri 

 them off : but you mould be care- 

 ful not to bruife their Leaves, nor 

 to wet them too much, especially irk 

 the Depth of Winter. 



You mould alfo be careful, in 

 placing them in the Stove, not to 

 let them under the Branches of other 

 Plants, nor too clofe to them, where- 

 by their Branches may entangle 

 therewith ; which will caufe them 

 to fhed their Leaves, or at leaft oc- 

 cafion their difcolouring ; and in the 

 Spring, when their Blolibms begin 

 to appear, they muft be more fre- 

 quently water'd, as alfo their Leaves 

 and Branches often clean'd ; which 

 will caufe their Leaves to look of a 

 beautiful Green, their Flowers to be 

 ftrong, and their Fruit will fet the 

 better. 



In the Summer they muft be con- 

 tinu'd in the Stove, with their Pots 

 plung'd in Bark (which mould net 

 be too hot) : but they muft have a 

 great Share of frefh Air in warm 

 Weather, and the Glafles fhould be 

 fhaded in the Heat of the Day : for 

 they do not care to be too much ex- 

 pofed to the direft Rays of the Sun, 

 which occafions their tender Shoots 

 and Leaves to flag and hang down, 

 and thereby retards the Growth of 

 theFIants. You muft alfo obferve 

 to fhift them into frefh Earth, when- 

 ever you find their Roots to fhoot 

 thro' the Holes at the Bottom of the 

 Pots : but this will fcarce happen 

 oftener than twice a Year ; fo that 

 I would advife the fhifting them in 



