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Until they have taken new Root : 

 after which time they mould have a 

 large Share of Air in warm Weather, 

 and be frequently refrefh'd with 

 Water. The Plants may remain in 

 the Hot-bed until Autumn, when 

 the Cold begins to come on : at 

 which time they mould be remov'd 

 into the Stove, and plunged into 

 the Bark-bed ; where, if they are 

 carefully managed, they will live 

 through the Winter, and flower early 

 • the following Summer, fo will per- 

 fect their Seeds. 



NOLI ME TANGERE. Vide 

 Balfamina Mas. 



NONSUCH, or FLOWER of 

 BRISTOL. Vide Lychnis. 



NUMMULARIA, Money-wort, 

 or Herb Two -pence. 



This Plant grows wild in fhady 

 moift Places in divers Parts of Eng- 

 i land: but as it is feldom preferved 

 i in Gardens, I fhall fay nothing of its 

 Culture in this Place. 



NURSERY, or Nurfery-garden, 

 is a Piece of Land fet apart for the 

 raifmg and propagating of all Sorts 

 of Trees and Plants, to fupply the 

 Garden, and other Plantations. Of 

 this Sort, there are a great Number 

 in the different Parts of this King- 

 dom ; but particularly in the Neigh- 

 , bourhood of London, which are oc- 

 cupied by the Gardeners, whofe 

 Bufinefs it is to raife Trees, Plants, 

 , and Flowers, for Sale : and in many 

 of thefe there is at prefent a much 

 greater Variety of Trees and Plants 

 cultivated, than can be found in any 

 other Part of Europe. In France, 

 their Nurferies (which are but few, 

 when compared with thofe in Eng- 

 land) are chiefly confined to the 

 Propagation of Fruit-trees ; from 

 whence they have the Appellation 

 ,of Pepinier. For there is fcarce any 

 of thofe Gardens, where a Perfon 

 :an be fupplied either with Ever- 



greens, Flowering-fhrubs, or Foreft- 

 trees. And in Holland, their Nur- 

 feries are principally for Flowers : 

 fome few of them indeed propagate 

 tender Exotic Plants. But thofe 

 Nurferies in the Neighbourhood of 

 London do, feveral of them, induce 

 all thefe ; and from hence moft of 

 the curious Perfons abroad are fup- 

 plied with Furniture for their Gar- 

 dens. But I do not propofe, in this 

 Place, to treat of thefe extennve 

 Nurferies, or to give a Defcrption 

 of them ; therefore mall confine my- 

 felf to treat of fuch Nurferies only 

 as are abfolutely necefTary for all 

 Lovers of Planting to have upon the 

 Spot, where they defign to make 

 their Plantation. For if thefe are 

 large, the Expence of carrying a 

 great Number of Trees, if the Di- 

 llance is great, will be no fmall Ar- 

 ticle, befide the Hazard of their 

 growing ; which, when Plants have 

 been train'd up in good Land, and 

 remov'd to an indifferent one, is 

 very great. Therefore it is of the 

 utmoit Confequence to every Plant- 

 er, to begin by making of a Nur- 

 fery. But in this Article I mull beg 

 Leave to obferve, that a Nurfery 

 fhould not be fix'd to anyone parti- 

 cular Spot : I mean by this, that it 

 would be wrong to continue the 

 railing of Trees any Number of 

 Years upon the fame Spot of Ground ; 

 becaufe hereby the Ground will be 

 fo much exhaufted by the Trees, as 

 to render it unfit for the fame Pur- 

 pofe. Therefore all good Nurfery- 

 gardeners do fhift and change their 

 Land, from time to time ; for when 

 they have drawn off the Trees from 

 a Spot of Ground, they either plant 

 Kitchen-herbs, or other things, up- 

 on the Ground for a Year or two; 

 by which time, as alfo by dunging 

 and trenching of the Land, it is re- 

 covered, and made fit to receive 



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