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ation, in which they will endure the 

 Cold of our ordinary Winters ex- 

 tremely well, and continue to pro- 

 duce Flowers the greateft Part of the 

 Year. 



Thofe alfo which were fown in an 

 open .border may be tranfplantcd in 

 September following in the fame man- 

 ner : but in doing of this, you mull 

 be careful to take them up with a 

 Ball of Earth to their Roots, if pof- 

 fible ; as alfo to water and fhade 

 them until they have taken Root ; 

 after which they will require little 

 more Care than to keep them clear 

 from Weeds, and to prune their 

 Heads once a Year, i. e. about the 

 beginning of .July, in order to re- 

 duce them to a regular Figure : 

 but you mould never prune them 

 early in the Spring, nor late in the 

 Autumn ; for if Froft- fhculd hap- 

 pen foon after they are pruned, it 

 will deftroy the tender Branches, 

 and, many times, the whole Plant 

 is loft thereby. 



Thefe Plants have been conftantly 

 preferved in the Green-houfe, fup- 

 pofing them very tender : but I have 

 Jhad large Plants of this Kind, which 

 have remained in the open Air in a 

 warm Situation many Years with- 

 out any Cover, and have been much 

 ftronger, and flowered .better, than 

 thofe which were houfed ; tho' in- 

 deed, it will be proper to keep a 

 Plant or two in Shelter, left by a 

 [Very fevere Winter (which fome- 

 times happens in England) the Plants 

 abroad mould be dellroyed. 



They may alfo be propagated by 

 Cutt : ngs which mould be planted 

 n April, upon a Bed of light Earth, 

 ind watered and lhaded until they 

 lave taken Root ; after which they 

 nay be expofed to the open Air ; 

 lut they mould remain in the fame 

 ied till September following, before 



they are tranfplanted ; by which 

 time they will have made ftrong 

 Roots, and may be then removed 

 with Safety to tne Places where they 

 are to remain, obferving (aswas before 

 di reeled) to water and fhade them 

 until they have taken Root : after 

 which you may train them up with 

 firait Stems, by faftening them to 

 Sticks, otherwife they are apt to 

 grow crooked and irregular ; and 

 when you have got their Stems to 

 the Height you defign them, they 

 may then be reduced to globular 

 Heads ; and, with pruning their ir- 

 regular Shoots every Year, they may 

 be kept in very good Order. 



This Plant grows in great Plenty 

 in the Kingdom of Naples, where 

 the Goats feed upon it, with whofe 

 Milk the Inhabitants make great 

 Quantities of Cheefe : it alfo grows 

 in the I (lands of the Archipelago, 

 where the Turks ufe the Wood of 

 thefe Shrubs to make Handles for 

 their Sabres ; and the Calcgers of 

 Patmos make their Beds of this 

 Wood. 



This is, as hath been before ob- 

 fcrved, by many People flBppofed 

 to be the Cytifus of Virgil, C,lumella 9 

 and the old Writers in Huftandry, 

 which they mention as an extraordi- 

 nary Plant, and worthy of Cultiva- 

 tion for Fodder ; from whence fe- 

 veral Perfons have recommended it 

 as worth our Care in England. But 

 however ufeful this Plant may be 

 in Crete, Sicily, Naples, or thofe 

 warmer Countries, yet I am per- 

 funded it will never thrive in Eng- 

 land, fo as to be of any real Advan- 

 tage for that Purpofe ; for in fevere 

 Froft it is very fubjecl to be dellroy- 

 ed, or at lea it fo much damaged as 

 not to recover its former Verdure 

 before the Middle or Latter end of 

 May, and the Shoots which are 



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