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Beginning of June, when you mull 

 harden them by degrees, to endure 

 fhe open Air, into which they mould 

 be removed about the Middle of that 

 Month, observing to place the Pots 

 in a well-me!tered Situation ; and in 

 dry Weather you muft often refreih 

 them with Water. The Beginning 

 of Ottober you muft remove the Pots 

 into the Green-houfe, placing them 

 near the Windows, that the Plants 

 piay have as much free Air as pof- 

 fible in mild Weather ; and obferve 

 that they do not fuffer with Drought; 

 for they will require to be frequent- 

 ly refrelhed with W T ater. In April 

 following you muft take the Plants 

 out of the Pots, preferving the Roots, 

 and put each into a fepnrate Pot filled 

 with the before - mentioned frefti 

 light Earth : then plunge them into 

 a moderate Hot-bed for a Month or 

 fix Weeks, to haften their taking 

 Root; which done, you muft harden 

 them again, and expofe them to the 

 open Air, as before : and in Winter 

 they muft be houfed again, obferv- 

 ing the Directions before given. Af- 

 ter five or fix Years thus managing 

 them (ftiil obferving every Year to 

 let them continue longer out of the 

 Houfe in Autumn, than the precede- 

 ing), you fhould in April plant fome 

 of them into the full Ground, in a 

 warm weil-fheltered Situation, that 

 they may have good Rooting in the 

 Ground before the Winter conies 

 on : and 'in Autumn you muft lay a 

 little Mulch upon the Surface of the 

 Ground, to prevent the Froft from 

 penetrating to their Roots : but if 

 the Winter following fhould prove 

 fevere, you fhould twift a Band of 

 Hay or Straw round their Stems, 

 which will be of great Service to 

 protect them from Cold : and after 

 they have endured two or three 

 Winters abroad, they will be pretty 

 much out of Danger ; for tho 1 a very 



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hard Winter may afterwards kill 

 fome of their Branches, yet they 

 will fhoot again the following Sum- 

 mer. 



I had a large Plant of this Kind, 

 which had been planted in the full 

 Ground in the Spring 1739. which, 

 was killed to the Ground by the fol- 

 lowing hard Winter, and, as I then 

 imagin'd, totally deftroyed : but the 

 following Summer it put out from 

 the Roots very ftrong, and, had the 

 Stem of the Plant been defended, I 

 believe it would have put out again 

 above. 



The SafTafras-tree is a Native of 

 North- America, where it commonly 

 grows on low fwampy Ground : it 

 never rifes to any great Height, nor 

 are their Stems very large ; fo may- 

 be ranged amongft the Shrubs : the 

 Roots of thefe Shrubs fpread under- 

 ground; and in their native Soil put 

 out great Quantities of Suckers : but 

 in England it is very difficult to pre- 

 ferve the Plants long ; for in very 

 fevere Winters they are commonly 

 deftroyed by the Cold ; and in warm 

 dry Summers they are often killed 

 by Drought, unlefs they are planted 

 in a very moift Soil : nor do thefe 

 Shrubs thrive well when they are 

 fheltered in a Green-houfe in Win- 

 ter ; therefore the beft Way is to 

 plant them in the open Air, in a 

 lheltcred Situation, and a light moift 

 Soil, where they will thrive better 

 than with any other Management : 

 in fuch Places I have feen fome o£ 

 thefe Plants upward of'feven Feet 

 high, and pretty well furnifhed with 

 Branches. 



This is commonly propagated by 

 the Berries, which are brought from, 

 America (for they do not produce 

 any in England ) ; but thefe Berries 

 generally lie in -the Ground a whole 

 Year, and fometimes two or three 

 Years, before they grow ; therefore 

 ' the 



