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igain the fucceeding Spring: they 

 commonly produce their beautiful 

 Flowers late in Autumn, but rarely 

 perfect Seeds in our Climate. They 

 are propagated by Seeds, which are 

 cafily propagated from Virginia or 

 Caroline , where they are in great 

 Plenty. The Seeds mould be ibwn 

 in March, upon a moderate Hot-bed; 

 and when the Plants come up, they 

 mould be removed into Dnail Pots 

 filled with light rich Earth, and 

 plunged into another Hot-bed, to 

 bring them forward : and in the 

 Month of June they may be expofed 

 to the open Air, in a well-fheltered 

 Situation, where they may remain 

 until OSlobcr, when they rauft be re- 

 moved into Shelter for the Winter- 

 feafon : during which time they will 

 require no farther Care than to be 

 protected from fevere Frofts ; fo that 

 if they are placed into an Hot- bed- 

 frame, where they may be expofed 

 to the open Air in mild Weather, 

 and only covered in Frdb, they will 

 do better than when they are placed 

 in the Green-houfe. 



In the Spring they may be turned 

 out of the Pots, and planted into the 

 full Ground, under a warm Wall or 

 Pale, where they will thrive much 

 better than in Pots, and will pro- 

 duce their Flowers much larger, and 

 in greater Quantities: tho', if you 

 would obtain Seeds from them, tlve 

 only Method is, to keep one of each 

 Sort in Pots, which mould be plung- 

 ed into a very moderate Bark-bed in 

 the Stove, giving them a great Share 

 of Air ; in which Place they will 

 flower in June, and produce ripe 

 Seeds in Autumn. 



The eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, 

 fourteenth, fifteenth, fixteenth, fe- 

 venteenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, 

 twentieth, twenty-firft, 'twenty-fe- 

 cond, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, 



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and twenty-fifth Sorts axe much ten- 

 derer than any of the former : thefe 

 are all propagated by Seeds, which 

 mull: be fown on an Hot bed early ia 

 the Spring; and when the Plants are 

 come up, they mould be treated 

 in the fame way, as hath been 

 directed for the fixth and feventh 

 Sorts;- with this Difference only, 

 that thefe will require a moderate 

 Stove ; ctherwife they will not live 

 thro' the Winter, nor will they thrive 

 well in Summer, if they are expofed 

 to the open Air 



The eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, 

 fourteenth, fifteenth, fixteenth, fe- 

 venteenth, eighteenth, twentieth, 

 twenty - fixth, and twenty - feventh 

 Sorts will produce their Flowers, and 

 ripen their Seeds the firit Year, if 

 the Plants are raifed early in the 

 Spring, and afterward placed in the 

 Stove. 



Thefe Plants, tho' they may pro- 

 duce Seeds the firlt Year, yet they 

 may be continued two or tjiree Years, 

 if preferved in a moderate Stove in 

 Winter, and frequently refrefhed 

 with Water : yet fince they are eafiiy 

 raifed from Seeds, and young Plants 

 are much more fightly than the old 

 ones, it is hardly worth while to fill 

 a Stove with them, fince there are 

 fo many other Sorts that will not 

 flower or feed the firii Year, which 

 will take up all the room there in 

 Winter. 



The Flowers of thefe Plants are 

 very beautiful; but are of ihort Du- 

 ration, feldom continuing longer 

 than one Day ; but they are fuc- 

 ceeded by frefti Flowers, if the Plants 

 are flrong and healthy, ctherwife 

 there is little Pleafure in them in our 

 Country : but in the Wcfi-Indies^ 

 where they grow in great Plenty, 

 and often arife to the Height of a 

 Shrub, they are more productive of 

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