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if they had but obferved the unre- 

 nioved Plants, they would have been 

 undeceived. 



. Thefe Pknts may alfo be propa- 

 gated by Layers, or Suckers taken 

 from the Roots of old Trees : but 

 the latter Method is by no means ad- 

 vifeable ; because the Plants raifed 

 that way are feldom fo well rooted, 

 and are vtry fubjecl: to produce Suck- 

 ers, whereby the Shrubs are rendered 

 unfightly. 



The former Method may be pra- 

 clifed, in order to preferve the par- 

 ticular Kinds : but as they are fo 

 eafily propagated by Seeds, which 

 generally produce the handfomeft 

 Plants, and there will be a Chance 

 to obtain difTcrent-colour'd Flowers 

 that way ; fo it is generally preferred 

 to any other Method. They Will 

 alfo take by Inarching, whereby the 

 Several colour'd Flowers may be ob- 

 tained upon one and the fame Tree; 

 and by this Method,- that Sort with 

 ▼ariegated Leaves may be increafed. 

 Thefe Shrubs require very little Cul- 

 ture, but only to clear them from 

 Weeds, and to dig the Ground about 

 them every Spring ; and if there are 

 any decay'd Branches, they may be 

 at that time cut out ; but they will 

 mot require any other Pruning. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts are 

 tender, coming from a warmer 

 Country : thefe may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which mould be fown on 

 an Hot- bed in the Spring ; and when 

 they are come up, they fhould be 

 tranfplanted into another moderate 

 Hot- bed, to bring them forward : 

 after which, they muft be planted 

 into Pots filled- with frelh light 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot- 

 bed, to encourage their Rooting ; 

 and in "June they may be expofed to 

 the open Air, in fome Place where 

 they may be defended from ftrong 

 Winds :• but they muft be houfed 



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early in Autumn, when they flioul^ 

 be placed in a warm Green-houfe, 

 where they will endure the Winter 

 very well, without any artificial 

 Warmth : tho 1 indeed they will make 

 but very little Progrefs in this Ma- 

 nagement ; r.or will they ever pro- 

 duce Flowers, unlets they are in the 

 fucceeding Spring placed into a mo- 

 derate Bark-bed in the Stove, where 

 they will thrive exceedingly ; and if 

 a due Proportion of Air be given tr> 

 them, that they may not draw up 

 too fait, they will produce Flowers 

 in the Autumn : but unlefs they have 

 the Afliftance of a Fire, they will 

 fcarcely ripen their Seeds in Eng- 

 land. 



Thefe Plants were originally 

 brought from Chita, where they are 

 greatly admired-, not only for their 

 Beauty, but alfo for an odd Cir- 

 cumstance in their Flowers, whicb 

 is,, their changrng Colour at differ- 

 ent times of the lame Day ; in the 

 Morning they are white, at Noon 

 red, and in the Evening purple, 

 Thefe Flowers are in Shape fome- 

 what like the Hollyhock, but feem 

 to be of a fhort Duration : the dou- 

 ble being much preferable to the 

 fmgle, the Seeds of that mould be 

 conftantly fow'd ; for amongft the 

 Plants produced from Seeds of the 

 double, there will always be fome 

 fingle Flowers, as is the Cafe of all 

 double Flowers which produce 

 Seeds. They are known in the 

 Weft-Indies, where they are now ia 

 great Plenty, by the Name of Mar- 

 tinico Rofe ; I fuppofe, becaufe the 

 Inhabitants of that Ifland flrft pro- 

 cured the Seeds from the Eaft, and 

 from thence they have fince been 

 fpread into moil of the otlieff 

 Iflands. 



The eighth, ninth, and tenth- 

 Sorts are perennial Plants, which die 

 Co the Surface every Winter,, and rife 



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