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without pruning, or fattening to the 

 Wall (which they do by no means 

 care for) ; and during the time they 

 were below the Top of the Wall, 

 they throve very well; but after 

 their Heads were gotten above the 

 Wall, the North Winds did ufually 

 greatly prejudice them every Win- 

 ter ; and 1 believe the hard Winter 

 [1739.] did intirely demoiifh them. 



Thele Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down their tender Branches 

 (in the manner pra&is'd for other 

 Trees), which fhould remain un- 

 difturb'd two Years ; in which time 

 they will have taken Root, and may 

 then be taken off from the old Plants, 

 and transplanted either into Pots fill- 

 ed with frtfh light Earth, or into 

 the open Ground in a warm Situa- 

 tion. The belt Seafon for transplant- 

 ing them is the Beginning or April} 

 when you mould, if poffible, take 

 the Opportunity of a moift Seafon ; 

 and thefe which are planted in Pots, 

 mould be placed in a fliady Part of 

 theGreen-houfe until theyhave taken 

 Root ; but thofe planted in the 

 Ground Ihould have Mulch laid 

 about their Roots, to prevent the 

 Earth from drying too fall, and now- 

 and-then refrelFd with Water; but 

 you muft by no means let them have 

 too much Moifture, which will rot 

 the tender Fibres of their Roots, and 

 deltroy the Trees. When the Plants 

 have taken frelh Root, thofe in the 

 Pots may be expos'd to the open 

 Air, with other hardy Exotics ; with 

 which they ihould be housed in Win- 

 ter, and treated as Myrtles, and 

 other lefs tender Trees and Shrubs ; 

 \>ut thofe in the open Air will require 

 no farther Care until the Winter fol- 

 lowing, when you mould mulch the 

 ^Ground about their Roots, to pre- 

 vent the Froft from penetrating deep 

 into it : and if it mould prove 

 yery fevere, you fhculd cover them 



with Mats, which will defend then* 

 from being injur'd thereby ; but you 

 mult be cautious not to let the Mats 

 continue over them after the Froft is 

 paft, left by keeping them too clofe, 

 their Leaves and tender Branches 

 mould grow mouldy for want of free 

 Air, which will be of as bad Confe- 

 quence to the Trees, as if they had 

 been expos'd to the Froft, and man/ 

 times worfe ; for it feldom happens, 

 if they have taken much of this. 

 Mould, or have been long cover'd, 

 fo that it has enter'd the Bark, that 

 they are ever recoverable again ; 

 whereas it often happens, that the 

 Froft only deftroys the tender Shoots; 

 but theBody, and lirger Branches, re- 

 maining unhurt, put out again the 

 Succeeding Spring, 



Thefe Trees are generally brought 

 over from Italy every Spring, by the 

 Perfons w}io bring over the Oranges, 

 Jafmines, &c. from whom they may 

 be procur'd pretty reafonable; which* 

 is a better Method than to raife them 

 from Layers in this Country, that 

 being too tedious ; and thofe which 

 are thus brought over, have many 

 times very large Stems, to which 

 Size young Plants in this Country 

 would not arrive in ten or twelve 

 Years Growth. When you firft pro- 

 cure thefe Stems, you mould (after 

 having foak'd their Roots twenty- 

 four Hours in Water, and clean'd. 

 them from the Filth they have con- 

 traded in their Paftage) plant them 

 in Pots fiU'd with freih light fandy 

 Earth, and plunge them into a mo- 

 derate Hot- bed ; obferving to fcreen 

 them from the Violence of the Sun 

 in the Heat of the Day, and alfo to 

 refrefn them with Water, as you 

 (hall find the Earth in the Pots dry. 

 In this Situation they will begin to 

 fhoot in a Month or fix Weeks af- 

 ter ; when you mould let them have 

 Air in proportion to the Warmth of 



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