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trom cold Winds, I have obferved 

 them growing in the open Air, 

 Without fufFering the lealt Injury 

 from our ordinary Winters ; but in 

 extreme hardWeather they are fome- 

 times greatly damaged ; however, 

 as they are feldom quite deftroy'd, 

 efpecially if the Plants are ftrong, 

 and have taken good Root in the 

 Ground, it is worth our Care to en- 

 deavour to naturalize them to our 

 Climate; which may eafily be 

 effected, provided you keep them 

 in Pots until they have acquired 

 a fufiicient Strength; and then 

 fhake them out in the Spring of the 

 Year, preferving as much of the 

 Earth to their Roots as you can, 

 planting them cn a dry warm Soil, 

 and in a well-fhelter'd Situation ; 

 and in Winter lay fome Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground about 

 their Roots, to prevent the Froft 

 from penetrating to them ; as alfo in 

 very fevere Froits you mould cover 

 their Stems and Heads with fome 

 Straw, or Peas-haulm, which will 

 prevent their being deftroy'd ; and 

 after they have been inured to the 

 open Air for two or three Years, 

 they will then be moftly out of Dan- 

 ger, and will grow much better 

 than thofe Plants which are kept in 

 Pots or Tubs. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 laying down their young Branches 

 in the Spring, which mould be flit 

 at a Joint (as is practis'd in laying 

 Carnations) ; and in dry Weather 

 they muft be frequently watered, to 

 encourage their ilrikir.g Root, which 

 they rarely do until the fecond Year, 

 before which they mould not be dif- 

 turbM ; but then, if they have 

 taken fufiicient Root, they mould be 

 tranfplanted in April, placing them, 



was before directed, in a warm 

 Situation ; obferving to water them 

 in dry Weather , as alfo to lay fome 



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Mulch about their Roots, to pre- 

 vent the Ground from drying too 

 fait ; and in Winter lay a little frefh 

 Mulch about them, to keep out the 

 Froft ; after two or three Years, 

 they will be fumciently hardy, and 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 dig the Ground about them every 

 Spring, and keep them clean from 

 Weeds, as alfo to trim up the late- 

 ral Branches, to make them afpire 

 in Fleight ; but by no means fhould 

 you fhear them into Balls and Py- 

 ramids (as the common Practice) ; 

 but let them grow in their utmolt 

 Luxuriancy, in which manner they 

 will appear much more beautiful 

 than in thofe ftudied Figures. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 from the Berries, which may be ob- 

 tain'd from the Southern Parts of 

 France or Spain, where they grow in 

 great Plenty ; they mull be lown in 

 Pots or Tubs of frefh light Earth, 

 and hous'd in Winter (for the Plants 

 feldom come up until the fecond 

 Year) ; but in Summer they mould 

 be expos'd in a warm Situation, and 

 often refrelhed with Water : when 

 the Plants come up, they mud be 

 carefully clear'd from Weeds, and 

 refrehVd with Water in dry Wea- 

 ther; and in Winter the Pots or 

 Tubs mi»ft be remov'd into Shelter, 

 but fhould have a great Share of free 

 Air in mild Weather ; and the Spring 

 following, the Plants fhould be taken 

 up, and each of them planted into 

 a feparate Pot ; then plunge the Pots 

 into a moderate Hot-bed, to facili- 

 tate their taking Rcot ; after which ' 

 they may be cxpos'd to the open 

 Air (as was directed for the older 

 Plants), and continue to houfe them 

 every Winter, until they are three 

 or four Years old ; after which they 

 may be planted into the open Air # 

 when they muft be treated as the old 

 Plants. 



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