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The fifth fort grows naturally in Crete. The root of 

 this is perennial, and fends out nVany trailing branches, 

 which extend one foot and a half in length, garnifhed 

 with oblong heart-fhapcd leaves, which are v/aved 

 on their edges, and are evergreen. The flowers come 

 out fingly from the wings of the leaves, which are 

 of a dark purple colour, in fliape like the others, but 

 the plants never produce feeds in England, fo is pro- 



pagated by parting of the roots : this is too tender to 

 thrive in the open air in winter ; the plants are pre- 

 ferved in pots, and placed under a common frame in 

 winter, where they Ihould have as much free air as 

 poflible in mild v/eather, but fcreened from hard froflj 

 in mild winters I have had this plant live abroad in a 

 v/arm border, but in hard v/inters ,it will be deftroyedj 

 therefore one or two plants Ihould be flickered to 



preferve the fpecies. 



The fixth fort is the Snakeroot, which is greatly ufed 

 in medicine : thefe roots are brought from Virginia 

 and Carolina, v/here there are two fpecies of this 

 plant, but this fort is the beft for ufe. There are 

 fome of thefe preferved in the gardens of thofe who 

 are curious in collefting rare plants, but as they are 

 fometimes killed by froil in winter, fo they are not 

 very common in the Englifh gardens. This is pro- 

 pagated by feeds, which fliould be fown in the au- 

 tumn, in fmall pots filled v/ith light fandy earth, and 

 placed under a common frame in winter, and after- 

 ward treated in the lame manner as hath been di- 

 refled for the two firft forts, as fhould the plants alfoj 

 with which management they will produce their flow- 

 ers, and perfeft their feeds every year. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in North America, 

 and is by fome called Snakeroot, but is not near fo 

 ftrong as the former ; the branches of this grow ereft, 

 and are perennial, whereas thofe of the other fort de- 

 cay to the root every winter : this rifes about two 

 feet high •, the branches are not very woody, but are 

 ftrong -enough to fupport themfelves ; the leaves are 

 oblong and heart-fliaped ^ the flowers come out fmgly 

 at the wings of the leaves. This will live abroad in 

 warm borders, with a little protection in hard frolls. 

 It is generally kept in pots, and flieltered in winter ; 



but thofe which are planted in the full ground w^ill 



thrive much better, provided they are fcreened from 



hard frofts. 



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are oblong and fmooth. 



is called Contrayerva -, the roots are there ufed as fuch : 

 this hath long trailing branches, which climb upon 

 the neighbouring plants, and rife to a confiderable 

 height j the leaves are placed alternately, and are of 

 the long heart-fliaped kind ; the flowers are produced 

 in fmall clufcers toward the upper part of the flialks, 

 which are of a dark purple colour ^ the feed-veflils 



This is tender, and in win- 

 ter fliould have very little wet, therefore mull be con- 

 ftantly kept in the ftove, otherwife it will not live in 

 England. 



The ninth fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort in 

 the Levant. This hath fome refemblance to the fe- 

 cond fort, but the leaves are hairy, and not fo deeply 

 eared at the bottom ; the flov/ers are alfo much larger. 

 This may be propagated by feeds, in the fame man- 

 ner as hath been direfted for the firlt and fecond 

 forts, and the plants treated fo, will thrive very well 

 in England. 



Tlie tenth fort fends out climbing ftalks, which fup- 

 port themfelves by failening to the neighbouring 

 trees, and thereby rife to a very great height ; the 



leaves are very broad and lieart-fliaped, having feve- 



ral longitudinal veins ; the flowers grow in loofe 

 bunches at the extremdty of the branches, each hav- 

 ing a long foot-flalk : this is tender, fo muft be kept 

 in a ilove, and treated as other exotic plants. It 

 grows naturally about Tolu in New Spain, where it 

 was difcovered by the late Mr. Robert Millar, who 

 fent the feeds to England. 



The eleventh fort was difcovered by the fame gen- 

 tleman at Cairipeachy in New Spain, from whence he 



fent the feeds : this fort feldom climbs above three 



or four feet high ; the leaves are fliort and heart-Jliap'- 

 ed, in fome meafure li]:e thofe of the firil- the flovr- 

 ers come out in fmall cluilers from the v/ings of the 

 leaves, and are of a dark purple Colour. 

 The tv.'elfth fort was diicovered at Ea Vera Cruz in 

 New Spain, by the late Dr. Houflon, who lent die- 

 feeds to b'urope : this rifes v/ith an upright llalk, to 

 the height of three feet ; the leaves are Jono;, nar- 

 row, hairy, and grow dole to the branches, having 

 fcarce any foot-ilalk ; the flowers come out fino;ly 

 from the wings of the' leaves, which are near four 

 inches long, of a dark purple colour, and growereft ; 

 thefe are fucceeded by flcnder veflrls, about one inch 

 long, which open into fix cells, filled with fiat heart- 

 fliaped feeds. This fort requires a warm ftove to 

 preferve it in this country. 



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England; this hath ftrong climbing ftalks, byv/hich 

 it mounts up to the top of the talleft trees ; the leaves 

 of this are four inches long and two broad, of an oval 

 fliape, rounded at their ends," and are nearly as thick 

 as thofe of the common Laurel ; the flowers come 

 out in loofe cluftcrs at the ends of the flioots, each 

 ftanding on a very long foot-ftalk ; the feed-veflels 

 are four inches long, and as much in circumference, 

 having fix longitudinal ribs, which make fo m.any an- 

 gles, being very prominent *, they "open into fix cells, 

 which are filled with heart-fnaped leaves. 

 All thefe forts, which are natives of the warm parts 

 of America, are too tender to thrive in the open air in 

 this country, therefore require a ftove to preferve 

 them. They are propagated by feeds, which muft be 

 procured from the countries where the grow naturally, 

 for they do not produce any here. As the feeds are 

 a confiderable time in their paflTage, they fliould be 

 brought over in their pods i for many of the forts have 

 very thin light feeds, which are foon dried in a hot 

 country, w|ien they are out of their covers, which 

 will prevent their growing. So foon as the feeds ar- 

 rive, they fliould be fown in fmall pots filled with 

 light earth i and if this happens in the autumn, or 

 , winter, the pots fliould be plunged into the tan in 

 tlie bark-ftove, between fome of the pots with large 

 plants, which will fcreen them from the fun ; for as 

 thefe plants delight in fliade, fo, by thus placing of 

 the pots, the earth will not dry very faft, which will 

 be of great advantage to the feeds, which fliould not 

 be too often Vv^atered. Here the pots may remain till 

 March, at which time they fliould be removed, and 

 plunged into a hot-bed, under frames, where, if the 

 feeds are good, the plants will appear in May; but 

 if the feeds arrive in fpring or fummer, they muft be 

 immediately fown in fmall pots, and plunged into a 

 moderate hot-bed, obferving to fliade them conftantly 

 in the heat of the day •, but the feeds fown at this fea- 

 fon feldom grow the fame year ; therefore if the plants 

 do not appear, the pots Ihould be plunged in the tan- 

 bed of the ftove in autumn, and in the fpring follow- 

 ing, treated as before direfted, which will bring up 

 the plants. When thefe are ftrong enoi _ 

 plant, they fliould be each put into a feparate fmall 

 pot, and plunged into the tan-bed in the ftove, and 

 treated as other tender plants from the fame coun- 

 tries. 

 A R M E N I A C A, the Apricot. 



The Characters are, 



^he empale;nent cf the fiovjer is bell-Jljaped^ cut Into jive 

 hlant jegri tents at the t op \ the flower is compcfed of five 

 large rotaidiflj petals which fpread cpen^ whofe hafe are 

 infertcd in the empale?nc?2t \ in the center is placed a round 

 germen^ fyppcrting a flcnder fl^yle^ crowned by a round 

 fligma^y this is attended by upward of twenty awl-flaapcd 

 ftarninay which are crowned by ficrt double fummits. The 

 germen afterward becomes a roundiflj pulpy fruity having 

 a longiludhial furrow incloflng a roundiflo nut^ which is a 

 little comprefjed on ihefltdes. 



Dr. Linn^us has joined the Armeniaca, Cerafus, Lau- 

 rocerafus, and Padus, to his genus of Prunus, making 

 them only fo many fpecies of the fame genus, and 



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