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Stems : this grows plentifully on the 

 Hills, and by the Sides of the Roads, 

 in the J Hand of Jamaica. 



The fourteenth Sort was obferved 

 in greatPlenty near thcHead o£Kh;gf- 

 ion Harbour in Jamaica, by the late 

 Vix lhvfionn ; but he never could fee 

 either Fruit or Ffower on the Plants. 

 This is by fome Perfons called Ro- 

 hinfon Crufo's Coat ; but for what 

 Keafon I cannot imagine. 



Thefe Plants may all be propaga- 

 ted by cutting oft" their Branches at 

 the joints, during any of the Sum- 

 mer-months ; whichJliould be laid in 

 a warm dry Place for a Fortnight,- 

 that the wounded Part may be heal- 

 ed over, otherwife they will rot with 

 the Moifture which they imbibe at 

 that Part ; as is the Cafe with moft 

 Other fucculent Plants. The Soil in 

 which thefe Plants muft be planted, 

 Jhould be compofed after the follow- 

 ing manner; •»*£. One-third of frefh 

 light Earth from a Pafture ; a third 

 Part Sea-fand ; and the other Part 

 Should be one half rotten Tan, and 

 the other half Lime-rubbilh : thefe 

 fnould be well mixed, and hid in an 

 Heap three or four Months before it 

 be ufed, obferving to turn it over 

 at leaft once a Month, that the fe- 

 deral Parts maybe well united : then 

 you fhould pafs it thro' a rough 

 Screen, & order to feparate the 

 jiargeft Stones and Glods ; but by no 

 sneans fift it too- fine, which is a 

 very common Fault : then you 

 fhould ref'erve fbme of the fmallcr 

 Stones and Rubbifh to lay at the 

 Bottom of the Pots, in order to keep 

 an open Pallage for the Moifture to 

 drain oft ; which is what muft be ob- 

 served for all fucculent Plants ; for 

 if the Moifture be detained in the 

 Pots, it will rot their Roots, and de- 

 stroy the Plants. 



When you plant any of thg 

 Blanches of thefe Plants, you fhould 



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plunge the Pots into a moderate 

 Hot-bed, which will greatly facili- 

 tate their taking Root : you Pnould 

 a-lfo refrem them now-and-then with 

 a little Water ; but be very careful 

 not to let them have too much, or 

 be too often watered, efpeaally be- 

 fore they are rooted. When the 

 Plants begin to fhoot, you. muft give 

 them a large Share of Air, by raifing 

 the GlafTcs, otherwife their Shoots 

 will draw up fo weak, as not to be 

 able to fupport themfelves ,• and af- 

 ter they have taken ftrong Root, you 

 mould enure them to the Air by de- 

 grees, and then remove them into* 

 the Stove where they mould remain, 

 placing them near the Glaffes,. which 

 fhould always be opened in warm 

 Weather: fo that they may have the 

 Advantage of a free Air, and yet be 

 protected from Wet and Cold. 



During the Summer - feafon thefe 

 Plants will require to be often re- 

 freshed with Water ; but it muft not 

 be given to them in large Quantities 

 left it rot them ; and in Winter this 

 fhould be proportion'd to the Warmth 

 of the Stove ; for if the Air be kef t 

 very warm, they will require to be 

 often refrefhed,. otherwife their 

 Branches will fhrink ; but if the 

 Houfe be kept in a moderate De- 

 gree of Warmth, they fhould have 

 very little ; for Moifture at that Sea- 

 for. will rot them very foon. 



The Heat in which thefe Plants 

 thrive heft, is the temperate Point, 

 as mark'd on Botanical Thermome- 

 ters ; for if they are kept too warm 

 in Winter, it caufes their Shoots to 

 lis very tender, and thereby very li- 

 able to Decay, if not duly attended. 

 Thofe Sorts which are inclinable 10 

 grow upright, mould have their 

 branches fupported with Stakes; 

 otherwife their Weight is fo great, 

 that it will break them down. 



Thefe Plants are by nioft People 

 expG'.edr 



