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By attending to what has been faid on the propagation of 

 thofe plants, they can be raifed with fuch abundance of roots, 

 as not to be retarded in their growth, or feel the fmallcfl check 

 on their removal. 



If I have been tedious in dire(5ling the management of the Ju- 

 das Tree, it is becaufe I think it a plant of fmgular elegance and 

 beauty, when affifted by proper culture, which is far from be- 

 ing the common cafe^ and I cannot help thinking, it is from 

 not attending to that, we fee it fo very little propagated, even by 

 men of knowledge and obfervation in gardening. In its natural 

 ftate, indeed, it grows in an irregular ftraggling manner ; but 

 by leading the principal fhoot, as here diretfted, it may eafily be 

 elevated to the height of twenty -five feet or upwards. The flow- 

 ers are of a beautiful red colour, tinged with crimfon and pur- 

 ple ; the leaves, a fine deep green, large, and nearly round. The 

 flowers appear before the leaves are expanded, and, in well- 

 grown trees, are fo numerous as almoft to cover the branches, 

 which altogether renders it one of the greateft beauties of the 

 fpring. 



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