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plants will flower, if they have bcch fkilfuUy ma- 

 naged, when they will make a fine appearance in tlie 

 ftove ; the ufual time of their flowering in England, 

 is in July and Auguft, but the plants retain their 

 leaves through the year, which, being of a beautiful 

 green, look very well at all feafons. ' . ' ■ 



The fifth fort was difcovered by father Pliimier, in 

 fome of the French iflands in America, who made a 

 drawing of the plant. It was afterwards found by the 

 late Mr. Robert Millar, furgeon, growing plentifully 

 near Carthagena, in New Spain, from whence he fent 

 the feeds, which fucceeded in feveral gardens; This 

 plant hath twining ftalks, by which it mounts to the 

 tops of very tall trees, garnifhed with flifF, oblong, 

 heart-lliaped leaves, which are fmooth, and of a fhih- 

 ing green colour,, being of the fame thicknefs with 

 thofe of the Citron-tree. The flowers are produced 

 in fmall clufl:ers from the fides of the branches, and 

 are of an herbaceous colour, fo do not make any great 

 appearance. Thefe appear in Augufl: and September, 

 but are not fucceeded by pods in this country. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally in India, Ceylon, and 

 upon the coafts of Guinea, from whence I have re- 

 ceived the feeds. This plant rifes with a woody ftem 

 to the height of five or fix feet, dividing into feveral 

 branches, garnifhed with oblong, pointed, fmooth 

 leaves, of a Ihining green above, but pale underneath, 

 placed by pairs oppofite. From the wings of the 

 leaves the flowers are produced in loofe bunches, 

 Thefe are fmall, tubulous, and of a purple colour, 

 but are never fucceeded by pods in this country. It 

 is a very tender plant, fo mufl: be conftantly kept in 

 a hot-houfe, and plunged in the tan-bed, otherwife 

 it will not thrive in England \ it may be propagated 

 by cuttings during the fummer months, but they 

 fhould be laid to dry in the ftove, three or four days 

 before they are planted/, for as the plants abound 

 • with a milky juice, fo unlefs the ends of the cuttings 

 where the wounds are made, are well dried and healed 

 over before they are put into the ground, they are 

 very fubjed to rot. This plant muft be fparingly 

 watered, efpecially in winter, and Ihould be planted 

 in light fandy earth. -, • / . -. , 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in India ; I received 

 feeds of this from Dr. Van Royen,.profeflbr of bo- 

 tany at Leyden. This plant hath a twining ftalk, by 

 which it rifes to a confiderable height, garniflied with 

 oblong leaves, which are much veined, and abound 

 with a milky juice, which flows out whenever they 

 are broken. This plant hath not yet produced flow- 

 ers in England. It is tender, fo requires to be con- 

 ftantly preferved in the ftove, otherwife it will not 

 thrive in this country. ^ 



The eighth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. William 

 Houfton. It hath a climbing ftalk, which faftens to 

 the neighbouring trees, and rifes ten or twelve feet 

 high. The leaves are oval, ftiff, and oblique to the 

 foot-ftalkv the flowers are produced from the wings. 

 of the leaves, of a purplifli colour, and liave very 

 long tubes, but fpread open wide at the top. This 

 doth not produce feeds in England, nor have I been 

 able to propagate it, either by layers or cuttings. It 

 is tender, fo muft conftantly remain in the ftove, and 

 fhould have little water. 



The ninth fort hath a climbing woody ftalk, and rifes 

 to a^ confiderable height, by the fupport of neigh- 

 bouring trees. The leaves grow by pairs oppofite -, 

 they are oval, ending in a fliarp point, and have many 

 tranfverfe nerves from the midrib. The flowers come 

 out from the wings of the leaves, each ftanding upon 

 a feparate long foot-rtalk \ they are large, of a bright 

 yellow colour, with very long tubes, fpreading open 

 wide at the top ; thefe are fucceeded by long com- 

 prefled pods, which have borders on one fide filled 

 with long channelled feeds, which are crowned with 

 long plumes of foft down. This fort grows naturally 

 at Carthagena, in New Spain, from whence I received 

 i&\tt feeds. It is tender, fo will not thrive in England, 

 unlcfs it is Gonftantly preferved in the ftove. This is 



propagated by feeds, which muft be procured from 

 ; the country where it grows naturally, for the 'HclIs 

 do not ripen in this country. When the feeds are 

 procured, they muil be fown in pots, and plun'^cd 

 into a hot-bed \ and when the plants con^^e iip, they 

 fhould be treated in the faiaie manner as hath been be- 

 fore direded for the foureh fort. It flowers in Au- 

 guft'and September in England, but in its natur.il 

 country it flowers great part of the year. 

 The tenth and eleventh forts w^ere difcovered at La 

 Vera Cruz, in New Spain, by the late Dr. William 

 Houfton, who fent their feeds to England. , Thefe 

 plants have both climbing ftalks, by which they 

 mount to the tops of the talleft. trees. In England 

 they have climbed over the plants in the ftoves, and 

 rifen to upward of twenty feet high. The tenth fort 

 has produced flowers in England feveral times, but 

 the eleventh, which grows more ^luxuriantly than the 

 other, never had any appearance of flowers. , Thefe 

 are both propagated by feeds^ which fliould be fown 

 ; as the fourth fort, and the plants muft be treated in 

 ^ the fame manner afterward. , All thefe fpecies of 

 Dogfl^ane abound with a milky juice^ which flows 

 ^ out from any part of their ftalks or leaves when they 

 are broken •, and this is generally fuppofed to be hurt- 

 ful, if taken inwardly, for it doth not raife blifters 

 on the {kin, as the jmce of Spurge, and other acrid 

 plants, fo is not injurious unlefs inwardly taken. The 

 : pods of all the forts are filled with feeds, which are, 

 ■for the moft part, comprefiTed, and lie pver each other 

 {imhricatim) like tiles on a houfe : thefe have each a 

 long plumCj of a cottony down faftened to their 

 crowns, by which, when the pods are ripe and open, 

 the feeds are wafted by the wind to a confiderable 

 •. diftancej fo that in the countries where thefe plants 

 naturally grow, tKey are fome of 'the moft trouble- 

 :' fome weeds. ., ' ' . 



The -down of thefe plants is in great eftefem in France, 

 for ftuffing of eafy chairs, making very light quilts, 

 which are warm, and extremely light, fo are verypro- 

 ■ per covering for perfons afflifted with the gout, for 

 the down is fo extreme light and elaftic that it occa- 

 lions no weight. This the French call Delawad, and 

 in the fouthern parts of France, where fome of the 

 forts will thrive in the open air, and perftft their feeds, 

 there are many plantations made of thefe plants for 

 the fake of the down. , • . ~ 



As many of thefe forts grow plentifully in the uncul- 



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be eafily procured from thence in plenty, and might 

 probably become a vendible commodity in England, 

 which may turn to advantage, if once it becomes a 

 faftiionable fort of furniture, efpecially as the plants 

 require no cultivation, the only trouble being to col- 

 left the down, which, in fome of the forts which have 

 large pods, is produced in great quantity, fo may b 

 collected with little trouble. 

 The other forts which have been ranged under this 

 genus, are now referred to the following genera, to 

 which the reader is defired to turn, for fuch of them 

 as are not here enumerated, viz. Afclepias, Cynan- 

 chum, and Periploca. 



APPLE-TREE. See Malus. 



APPLES of Love. SeeLicopERsicoN andSoLANUM. 



A P P L E S (M A D). See Melongena. 



A P R I C O T, or A B R I C O T, See Armeniaca. 



AQUIFOLIUM. See Ilex. 



A QU I L E G I A [called alfo Aquilina, from AqiiUa, L. 

 an eagle, becaufe the flower refembles that bird]. 



Columbine. 



The Characters are, 

 flower hath no empaknienty hulls coTTpofcd of five 



equal oval petals, vjhicb are plain. 



fpread 



within which are five equal 7ie£iarit,_ ranged altcrncdcly 



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ened to the receptacle within, the lower part lengthening 

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fu?nmits, withfi 



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