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During the Summer-feafon they 

 will require to be plentifully vva- 

 ter'd, efpecially being in fuch fmall 

 Pots, which in that Seafon foon dry : 

 therefore you fhould obferve to place 

 them where they fhould receive the 

 morning Sun ; for when they are too 

 much exposed to the Sun in the Heat 

 of the Day, the Moifture contain'd 

 in the Earth of thefe fmall Pots will 

 foon be exhaPd, and the Plants great- 

 Iv retarded in their Growth there- 

 by. 



In Augufi following you fhould 

 examine your Pots, to fee if the 

 Roots of the Plants have not made 

 Way out through the Hole in the 

 Bottom of the Pots; which if you 

 obferve, you mud then fhift them 

 into Pots a Size bigger, filling them 

 up with the like rich Earth ; and ob- 

 ferve to trim the Roots, which were 

 matted to the Side cf the Pots, as al- 

 io to loofen the Earth from the Out- 

 iide of the Ball with your Hands : 

 fome of which fhould be taken ofr, 

 that the R.oots may the eafier find 

 PafTage into the frefh Earth : then 

 you muft water them well, and place 

 the Pots in a Situation where they 

 may be defended from ftrongWindi: 

 and at this time you may trim the 

 Plants, in order to reduce them to a 

 regular Figure ; and if they are in- 

 clinable to make crooked Stems, you 

 fliould thruft down a flender ltrait 

 Stick clofe by them, to which their 

 Stems fliould be faften'd, fo as to 

 Wing them upright. 



If Care be taken to train them 

 thus while they are young, the Stems 

 afterward, when they have acquired 

 Strength, will continue ftrait with- 

 out any Support ; and their Branches 

 may he prun\l, fo as to form 

 eitner Balls or Pyramids ; which for 

 fuch Plants as are preferv'd in the 

 Green houfe, and require to be kept 

 in fmall Ccmpafs, is :he beft Method 



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to have them handfome : but then 

 thefe fhear'd Plants wiLl not produce 

 any Flowers ; for which Reafon that 

 Sort with double Flowers mould not 

 be clipped, becaufe the chief Beauty 

 of that confifts in its Flowers : but 

 it will be neceffary to fuffer a Plant 

 or two of each Kind to grow rude, 

 for the Ufe of their Branches in 

 Nofegays, &c. for it will greatly 

 deface thofe which have been con- 

 ftantly fhear'd to cut off their Bran- 

 ches. 



As thefe Plants advance in Stature, 

 fo they fhould annually be remov'd 

 into larger Pots, according to the 

 Size of their Roots ; but you mult 

 be careful not to put them into Pots 

 too large, which will caufe them to 

 fhoot weak and ftraggling, and many 

 times prove the Deduction of them; 

 therefore when they are taken out 

 of the former Pots, the Earth about 

 their Roots fliould be pafd ofF, and 

 that wifhin fide the Ball muft be 

 gently loofen'd, that the Roots may 

 not be too clofely conhVd ; and then 

 place them into the fame Pots again, 

 provided they are not too fmall ; 

 filling up the Sides and Bottom of 

 them with frefh rich Earth, and giv- 

 ing them plenty of Water to fettle 

 the Earth to their Roots, which 

 fliould be frequently repeated ; for 

 they require to be often water'd both 

 in Winter and Summer ; but in hot 

 Weather they muft have it in plen- 

 ty. 



The beft Seafon for fluffing thefe 

 Plants is either in April or Augujl ; 

 for if it be done much fooner in the 

 Spring, the Plants are then in a flow- 

 growing State, and fo not capable to 

 itrike out frefh Roots again very 

 foon ; and if it be done later in Au- 

 tumn, the cold Weather coming on 

 will prevent their taking Root : nor 

 is it advifeable in the great Heat of 

 Summer j becaufe they willrequire to 



