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Show } } ] te have |, deftroy them t when the Plants have obtain ’d Streneth, they will prevent the Weeds you fhould by “Crown of the young and te’ nder, | ae as toil the Roots ; ar on it, they as to prevent its This may upon a t vn in the Beginning of March frefh Soil, where the Plants vill come up in April, and will require no farther Care but to clear ’*em from Weeds: The Seeds will ripen in Aug when they fhould be ¢ E refe rv *d for fowingthe fucceeding Sp The¢ are ; uf eful to y and Maple- Tree ; ch ¢ to cut r End of r this is 1, OpuLus; ot Rofe, with A ; . OpuLus ; globofo. Tourn. The Gel ee. or Gelderland Ro 3. Oputus 3 flore globy lio variegal ‘he Gelder Rofe, with ftrip’d Leaves. Z he firft of thefe Plants‘is very common in noiift Woods in divers Parts of England, i din Gardens ; though, i ye syie and if you cond Crop by that you may or plac’d where they may remain good. The beft Time to remove thefe Trees, is at Michaelmas, as foon as their Leaves begin to decay, that they may be well rooted before the Drought of the next Spring comes on, both in Seafon when it s in Flower, and alfo i ; umn when the F ruit is ripe, which generally grows in large andais autitul red Colour Opungrows which preat great with jor pofes ; thefe thriving m produce their Flowers Ja Quantities, than when tl for Fc or- on1 the Bordersof | rge Gardens, where and the Roots will abide 10ut re ) juir very ture, A being extreme in refpe 8 to ee or Cold, provided they are upon a d 301 Sort II. Oxu NT Weft-Indies. OPUNTIA: [This Plant is call’d tia, becaufe Theophrajius writes, that it about Opuntium.| ‘The IndianFig. The Charaéfers are The FloWer conjifts of y Leaves, , aon2 0) tol ag i a1 expand in 1 on the Ground be moitt, two of the moft proper« The fecond pen imooul: Leaf, like Spleenwort The firft of thefe Plants hath been a long; land, and is the moft common newly tranfplanted, if they are not carefully in Europe: This, Mr. Ray and Dr. Ro attended with Water. infon obferv’d growing wild in the Kingdom They are extreme hardy, andwill endure of Naples, by the Sides of the fevereft Cold of our moft Northern Situa- on the Sides of the Mountai tions, and are only impatient of great Heat Rocks in great abundance and Drought, fo that they are very p Northern Parts of £ plant in very cold Soils and Pla which ar ferv’d in Green-houfes greatly expos’d to the North Winds, where Plants ; tho’ I have planted few other Shrubs will thrive fo well. They Wall ina very dry Soil, whe has contiwill grow to the Height of twelve or fourteen nu’d for five Years, and endured the fevercft Feet, and if reduc’d to regular Heads, are of our Cold without any Cover, and has provery ornamental during the Seafon of Flower- duc’d a greater Quantity of Flowers and Fruit ing ; and their Flowers are very proper to in- than thofe which were hous’d: termix with Peowies and other large Flowers, Coldis not fo i for Bafons and Flower-pots to adorn Halls and 1Wet, which if fuffer’dto lie Chimnies. Their Seafon of Flowering is in en in too latgg 2 Qu I May, though their Flowers do fometimes conoy it in E tinue in Beauty a great Part of Fune, efpecially The o ht gs if the Weather prove cool and moift. all of them ives m Parts of the Wi Situation. ‘Eree; whichis often deftruétive to fuch as have been OPULUS: The Gelder Rofe, b and tranfplanted either into a Nurfery, where they may betrain’d up for twoorthree Years, very common in old Gardens in produces only all very large, 1 Form, fo that, at Snow-balls ; whence ut firft accidental,hJ whic as is the Cafe of all double plowes commonly arife from Seeds ; and tho’ thele are not proclué iGive of Fruit, yet for Sake of their Flowers they much mor efteem’d than the fingle rt by the G deners. Theftrip’d Sort is alfo an Accident. 4 occa fion’d by an Obftruétion of the Juices . Va the Cafe of all variegated Plants: Phis s pre ferv’d as a Curiofity by fuch as are Lov mutt Do ftrip’d Trees and Plants, but th planted in a rich Soil, which wouldcaule to grow vigoroufly, ‘whereby they wou Danger of becoming plain again. agated All thefe Sorts may be propa from Suckers or by laying down their Br l take Rootin a Year’s um i be taken off from the old ahe Common ie . OPUNTIA 3 minim Leaft Indian Fig f os fies otundo. with roundifh é - them fo tender as not to be € of a Stove (efpecially t Sorts) in any tolerable 1 for if they have not fome atiditio Warmth to the Air of the Houfe in Winter, their Stems will fhrivel and look yellowith and wither : Plants mayall be propagated bycut ting off their Branctshes a the Joints, during any of the Summer Months ; which fhould be laid in awarmdry Place for a Fortnight, that the wounded Part may be il’?d over, otherwife they will rot ae the oifture which they imbib as is the Cafe with mott other S I s. The Soil in which thefe P fhould be comOne PUNTIA 3 folio oblongo, m Tourn. ee Fig, with an oblong Leaf, 1 The Cochineal I ig-tree. TIA ; folio minori, rotundiori &F eiori. Tourn. Indian Fie, witha fmaller, Jer, and flatter Leaf. - OPUNTIA 5 me valid, is [pinis muta. Tourn. The preat r Indian Fig, armed With very {trong } Prickles Opuntia 3 7 : if a with a very broad and Icong pF “ly Leaf Opuntia; fol ofo, longiffimo &anIndian isig ” with a very long, , Prickly “ se af. = ] 01105 ppinis Indian 'TIA 3 Curaffavit The inet ft Indian Fig ¢ ThePin-Pillo Opuntia 3 America re flavefc minima. H. from Curaco re, a third Pa a, and the other Part fhould be one half r Tan, and the other half Lime-rubb > fhould be well mix’d, andlaid ina Heap three or four one before it be us’d, obfervins to turn it over at leaft once a Month, that well united; then you in order to feparate hzhe la 1¢ too Fault: Then fhould refer ( f the fmaller Stones nd Rubbifh to lay at the Bottom of the Pots, in order to keep an open Paflage for the tooe sin off ; wi is what muft be all Succulent Plants, tor if the : dae d inthe Pots, it will r and deftroy the Plants. When you plant any of the Branches of you fho iaa lunge the Pots into Fioee d, which will greatly facitaking Roor! : You fhould alfo ren with a little Water, not to let them have too much, |