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the next fpring *, they may be either fown in pots, or 
the full ground. If they are fown in pots in autumn, 
the pots (hould be placed under a common frame in 
winter, where the feeds may be protected from hard 
froft, and, if in the fpring the pots are plunged into 
a very moderate hot-bed, the plants will foon rife, 
and have thereby more time to get ftrength before 
winter. When the plants come up, they muft have 
a large (hare of air, and (hould be gradually harden- 
ed to bear the open air, into which they fhould be 
removed as foon as the weather is favourable, placing 
them where they may have the morning fun, and 
muft be kept clean from weeds-, and in dry weather, 
if they are fupplied with water, it will greatly pro- 
mote their growth *, but toward autumn it will be 
proper to ftint their growth by keeping them dry, 
that the extremity of their (hoots may harden; for if 
they are replete with moifture, the early frofts in au- 
tumn will pinch them, which will fometimes caufe 
their ftioots to decay almoft to the bottom, if the 
plants are fully expofed. If the pots are put under 
a common frame again in autumn, it will fecure the 
plants from injury, for while they are young, and 
the upper part of the (hoots are (oft, fo they wiii be in 
danger of buffering if the winter proves very fevere; 
but in mild weather they muft always enjoy the open 
air, therefore Ihould never be covered but in frofc. 
The fpring following, juft before the plants begin to 
(hoot, they (hould be (haken out of the pots, and 
carefully feparated, fo as not to tear the roots, and 
then tranfplanted into a nurfery in rows three feet 
afunder, and about one foot diftance in the rows. In 
this nurfery they may (land two years to get ftrength, 
and then may be tranfplanted where they are to re- 
main. 
The feeds which are fown in the full ground, may be 
covered the firft winter with fome old tanners bark 
to keep out the froft, and in the fpring it may be 
drawn off again after the danger of the hard froft is 
over ; and when the plants come up, they muft be 
kept clean from weeds, which is all the care they will 
require the firft fummer; but as the plants in the full 
ground are apt to grow luxuriant, and continue grow- 
ing late in autumn, they (hould be covered to (creen 
them from the early froft, which will otherwife kill 
their tops, and this often occafions them to die down 
a confiderable length, and frequently almoft to the 
ground in hard winters. In the fpring following the 
plants may be taken up carefully, and tranfplanfed 
into a nurfery at the fame diftance as before diredted. 
This method of propagating the plants from feeds is 
feldom praflifed after a perfon is once pofleffed of 
the plants, for they are very fubjedt to fend up a great 
number of fuckers from their roots, whereby they 
are eafily propagated. The fuckers of all the forts 
may be taken up and planted in a nurfery for a year or 
two to get ftrength, and then may be planted where 
they are to remain. 
Thefe fhrubs are generally planted in plantations of 
flowering (hrubs in large gardens, where they make 
a fine variety in autumn, especially the fecond, fourth, 
and fifth forts, with their large purple, or red pani- 
cles, which have a good effedt; but where thefe are 
planted, their fuckers muft be every year taken off, 
otherwife they will grow up to a thicket and deftroy 
the neighbouring plants. 
The feventh fort grows naturally in the eaft. The 
feeds of this were lent to the Royal Garden at Paris, 
where they fucceeded, and from thence I received the 
plant, which grew very well in the open air at Chelfea 
three years, but the fevere winter in 1740 deftroyed 
it, fo that it is not quite fo hardy as the other forts. 
This rifes with a fhrubby flalk five or fix feet high, 
fending out many irregular branches. The young 
(hoofs and foot-ftalks of the leaves are covered with 
a foft brown hairy down the leaves are compofed 
of three or four pair of oval lobes terminated by an 
odd one ; the inner lobes are fmall, and the outer 
large ; the firft are not more than an inch and a half 
long, and three quarters of an inch broad, but the 
outer are more than two inches long, and an inch 
and a quarter broad ; the end lobe is heart-fhaped, 
ending in an acute point, and is three inches long 
and two broad at the bale ; they are fawed on their 
edges, and hoary on their under fide ; the midrib 
which fuftains the lobes, has two leafy membranes 
running along the fides from joint to joint, which are 
narrow below, and gradually increafe in their breadth 
to the next joint. When the leaves are broken, they 
emit a milky juice from the wound. As I have not 
feen the flowers of this fort, I can give no account 
of them. 
This fort does not put out fuckers from the root like 
the American kinds, fo muft either be propagated by 
layers, or by cutting off fome of the roots, and plant- 
ing them upon a gentle hot-bed in the fpring, by 
which method there is great probability it may be pro- 
pagated, but my plant was too weak for this purpofe 
when it was deftroyed. 
The eighth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this hath a ftrong woody ftalk which rifes ten 
or twelve feet high, covered with a gray bark, fend- 
ing out many fmooth branches on every fide, garniftied 
with trifoliate leaves (landing upon pretty long foot- 
ftalks. The lobes of the leaves are oval and entire, 
about an inch long, and three quarters broad, hoary on 
their under fide, but fmooth and of a lucid green on 
their upper ; the flowers are produced from the wings 
of the leaves in fmall panicles ; they are of an herba- 
ceous colour, and appear in July, but fall away in 
England without having any feeds fucceed them. 
The ninth fort alio grows naturally at the Cape of 
Good Hope ; this rifes with a woody (talk to . the 
height of feven or eight feet, covered with a brown 
bark, having many irregular branches, garniftied 
with trifoliate leaves (landing upon long foot-ftalks. 
The lobes of this fort are angular, and fhaped like a 
rhombus; they are near two inches long, and one 
broad, downy on their under fide, but of a dark green 
on their upper. The flowers come out in (lender 
bunches from the fide of the branches ; they are of a 
whitifh herbaceous colour, and foon fall away. 
The tenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this rifes with a woody ftalk like the eighth, 
dividing into many branches covered with a brown 
bark, garniftied with trifoliate leaves, whole lobes are 
wedge or heart-fhaped, of a lucid green, and fit clofe 
to the foot-ftalk. This fort does not flower here fo 
far as I can find, for I have had fome of the plants in 
my care almoft forty years, but they have not flower- 
ed as yet. 
The eleventh fort is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. This hath fome refemblance of the former, 
but the lobes of the leaves are twice as large and oval, 
with fome indentures on their edges ; they have feve- 
ral tranfverfe veins running from the midrib to the 
edges, and are very ftiff, of a bright lucid green on 
both Tides. This fort has not flowered here fo far as 
I can learn. 
The twelfth fort came from the Cape of Good Hope, 
where it grows naturally. This rifes with a woody 
ftalk feven or eight feet high, dividing into feveral ir- 
regular branches, which are covered with a dark brown 
bark, and garniftied with narrow, fpear-fhaped, trifo- 
liate leaves, ftanding upon pretty long foot-ftalks. The 
lobes are two inches long, and half an inch broad in 
the middle, ending in acute points ; they are downy 
on their under fide, but of a lucid green on their up- 
per. The flowers are produced in (mall loofe bunches 
from the fide of the branches ; they are fmall, of an 
herbaceous colour, and fall off without having any 
feeds fucceed them. 
All thefe African forts are too tender to live through 
the winter in the open air in England, fo they are 
planted in pots or tubs, and honied in autumn, and 
during the winter they muft be treated in the fame 
way as other hardy green-houte plants. They all re- 
tain their leaves through the year, 1b make a good 
variety when intermixed with other plants in the green- 
houfe in winter. They may be propagated by cut- 
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