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Thefe Plants are both propagated 

 by fowing their Seeds, the belt Sea- 

 ion for which is in September, as foon 

 as they are ripe ; for if they are kept 

 until Spring before they are fown, 

 they will not come up until the fe- 

 cond Year. The Ground in which 

 tnee Seeds are fown mould be frelh 

 and light, but it mould not be dung- 

 ed : it mould be well dug, and le- 

 velled very even ; then fow your 

 Seeds thereon pretty thick, and fift 

 fome Earth over them about half an 

 Inch thick : this Bed will require no 

 farther Care, than only to keep it 

 clear from Weeds ; and toward the 

 Middle or Latter-end of April, you 

 will find fome of your Plants appear 

 above ground ; though the greatelt 

 Part of them perhaps may lie till the 

 Spring following before they come 

 iip ; at which time you mould care- 

 fully clear the Beds from Weeds ; 

 and in very dry Weather refrelh 

 them with fome Water, which will 

 greatly promote their Growth : but 

 if the Bed, in which thefe Seeds are 

 fown, is much expofed to the Sun,, 

 it mould be (haded with Mats in the 

 Day ; for when the Plants come firil 

 iip, they will not bear too much 

 Heat. In this Bed they mould re- 

 main till the following Autumn, 

 when you mult prepare fome Beds to 

 tranfplant them into, wnich mould 

 alfo be of light frefh undung'd Soil; 

 and having well dug and cleanfed 

 the Ground from all noxious Weeds 

 •and Roots, you mould make them, 

 level: then, in the Beginning of 

 October, which is the prOper Seafon 

 for removing thefe Plants, you 

 <hould raife up the young ones with 

 a Trowel, preferving as much Earth 

 as pomble to their Roots, and plant 

 them into the Beds about a Foot 

 safunder each way, giving them fome 

 W^cer to ietile the Eajch to their 



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Roots : and if it mould prove very 

 dry Weather, you may lay a little 

 Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground round their Roots, which 

 will be of great Service to the Plans. 



In thefe Beds they may remain two 

 Years, obferving to keep them clear 

 from Weeds ; and in the Spring you 

 mould itir the Ground gently be- 

 tween them, that their Roots may 

 with greater Eafe itrike into it; af- 

 ter which time they mould be trans- 

 planted, either into a Nurfery, at 

 the Diftance of three Feet Row from 

 Row, and eighteen Inches afunder 

 in the Rows, or into the Places 

 where they are to remain for good. 

 Tlie belt Seafon to tranfplant them 

 (as I before obferved) is in the Be- 

 ginning of Otiober ; and you mould 

 take them up carefully, to preferve 

 a Ball of Earth to their Roots ; and 

 when planted, their Roots mould be 

 mulched : all which carefully at- 

 tended to, obferving alfo to refrelh, 

 them withWater in verydry Weather, 

 until they have taken new Root, 

 will preferve them from the Danger 

 of not growing ; and they being ex- 

 treme hardy, in refpeft to Cold, will 

 defy the feverelt of our Winters to 

 injure them, provided they are not 

 planted in a moift or rich Soil 



In order to have thefeTrees afpire 

 in Height, their Under - branches 

 mould be taken off, efpecially where 

 they are inclined to grow out ftron<r : 

 but they muft not be kept too clofely 

 pruned, which would retard their 

 Growth ; for all thefe ever-green 

 Trees do more or lefs abound witk 

 a refinous Juice, which in hot Wea- 

 ther is very apt to flow out from 

 fuch Places as are wounded : fo that 

 it will not be advifeable to take off 

 too many Branches at once, wh ch. 

 would make lb many Wounds from 

 which their Sap in hot Weather 



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