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^ time they were all well rooted, and fit to rake off. Afferwards 
*■ I took eight or nine Cuttings, at different times, and with a 
‘ great deal of: Care I got five of them to take Root very well. 
It would haye been eafy for me to hyiukipl)' tjihfe Experiments, 
^ but as I was now Mafter of twelve Trees, I thought it unne- 
^ ceffary to give my felf any firthef Trouble, 'at that time, and 
^ I have not had fo good an Opportunity fince, 
^ In raifing thefe Trees I tiled to give them fre<]uent '^7ater- 
ings, tho’ but little at a time, and the Water being always well 
temper’d by ftanding a Day or two in a "Stove beforehand: 
‘ This laft I was particularly cautious about during the Winter. 
' I found by Experiment likewife, that this Tree ought by no 
^ means to have the Ends of the Shoots cut or fhortened } all 
^ the pruning it will bear is to have its lowermoft Branches lopt 
‘ off clofe to the Trunk. 
^ Another Caution neceflary to be obferv’d, is to wafh the 
^ Leaves often 3 for by long ftanding in the Houfe they contradl 
‘ a Duft, and befides are very fubjed to a particular Sort of In^ 
^ fed that foils them, and prejudices the young Shoots, which 
‘ generally lying on the under Side of the Leaf, may have done 
‘ a great deal of Mifchief before they are obferv’d, except we be 
‘ apprifed of them beforehand. They feem peculiar to the Cof- 
I fee Leaves, for I never found them on any other Plant. 
