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Ground, they will increafe their 

 Strength greatly ; for I have had a 

 ilngle Root of this Plant, which 

 has been a Foot Diameter over the 

 Grown, and hath produced above an 

 hundred Shoots. 



You rriuft alfo continue hoeing 

 "the Ground From time to time as 

 the Weeds are produced, which, if 

 permitted to overgrow the Plants 

 while they are young, will certainly 

 deftroy them ; fo that the firft Sea- 

 fon they mult be managed with 

 great Care; but afterwards, when 

 the Plants have obtained more 

 Strength, they will be capable of en- 

 countering the Weeds; tho' then 

 the Ground between the Rows mould 

 be ftirr'd with a Breait-plough after 

 the Crop is cut down, which will 

 greatly promote its Growth. 

 . This Plant delights in a dry bar- 

 ren gravelly Soil, on which it will 

 refilt the fevereft Cold of our Cli- 

 mate, and abide many Years. 



It may alfo be propagated by 

 planting Cuttings or Slips taken 

 from the old Plants in July, when 

 they have acquired an Hardnefs, 

 which fliould be planted in a moid 

 cloudy Seafon, or watered and (ha- 

 ded, and in a lhort time they will 

 take Root ; but as this is difficult to 

 perform when a Quantity is defign'd, 

 ib the better way is to propagate it 

 by Seeds. 



The fecond, third, and fourth 

 Sorts are preferved in Gardens as 

 Curiofities ; thefe are impatient of 

 much Cold, and mull therefore be 

 planted in Pots, and houfed in 

 Winter, otherwife they are often 

 deftroyed in our Country. Thefe 

 may be all propagated by fowing 

 their Seeds upon a moderate Hot- 

 bed in the Spring ; and when the 

 Plants are come up, they muft be 

 tranfplanted into Pot?, and plunged 

 into an Hot- bed, to promote their 

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taking Root ; after which in May 

 they mould be removed into the 

 open Air, where they muft be pla- 

 ced in fome well-meltered Situation, 

 amongft other Exotic Plants, in 

 which .Place theymay remain until the 

 Middle or End of October, following 

 when they muft be removed into the 

 Green-houfe, obferving to place 

 them whete they may have as much 

 free Air as poflible in mild Weather; 

 for if they are kept too clofely fiiut 

 up, or ftand under the Branches of 

 other Trees or Plants, they are very 

 apt to draw very sveak, and decay 

 foon after: they muft alfo be often 

 refrefiied with Water ; but it mould ' 

 not be given them in Winter in too 

 great Quantities ; for that will rot 

 their Roots : in the Spring they 

 lhould be inured very early to the 

 open Air, into which they mould al- 

 ways be removed at the Beginning 

 of May, or earlier, according as the 

 Seafon proves favourable. 



Thefe may alfo be propagated by 

 planting Cuttings, in any of the 

 Summer-months, into a Bed of light 

 Earth, obferving to water and made 

 them until they have taken Root; 

 after which they may be planted 

 into Pots filled with freih light 

 Earth, and muft be managed as was 

 directed for the Seedling-plants. 

 They all produce their Flowers in 

 June, July, and Augujl ; and moft 

 of them ripen their Seeds very well 

 in England. 



The fourth Sort is hardy enough 

 to live abroad in moderate Winters, 

 provided it is planted in a dry Soil, 

 and a warm Situation. This will 

 produce plenty of Seeds everyYear. 



The fifth Sort is by much the 

 moft beautiful of all the Kinds : 

 this will grow to the Height of three 

 Feet, with woo JyStems, and Branch- 

 es which are garnifned with long 

 narrow hoary Leaves : the Flowers 

 Eee 3 are 



