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.' nfing one above the other •, and between, or oppofrL 

 to each, is one, and ibmetimes two leaves, of the 

 , fame form with thofe on the branches. . The flowers 

 are of a pale yellow, and emit a difagreeable odour. 

 ■ Thefc aiT fucc^edcd* by oval berries of a Violet co- 

 ;: lour, full of juice, each containing feveral flat feeds ; 

 I ihey ar(? reckoned very poifonous, fo have the ap- 

 pellation of Poifon Berries in Jamaica., ^--'-f^ Iwty-rA 

 '.:"This has been, by many of the writers on botany, 

 ' ! fuppofed to be the fame v/ith the firfl: j but any perfon 

 : 'wiio has feen both forts growing, cannot doubt of 

 their being diflindt fpcciesi the fliape and fize of 

 * .the leaves are very different, as are alfo their flowers 

 • ' and berries. Some have alfo fuppofed that the Parqui 

 \ ■ of Perc F*^uille, is the fame with this, but that is a 

 ■ great millake j for the flowers of this plant are pro- 

 duced in loofe bunches at the extremity of the 

 ■ branches^ whereas thofe of this fort come out from 

 -■ the flde, at the foot-ftalks of the leaves •, fo that this 

 , plant is certainly diff'erent from either of thefe, but 

 J approaclies nearcfl: to the third/ ■■.:.M \ \ ■ . -/y 

 ' The fifth. fort I take to be the fame as Pere Plumier's 

 '- Jafminum aliud arborefcens, foliis folani, minus ; for 

 by an imperfc6b fpecimen of his plant which was 

 lliewn me, the leaves appear the fame, but as the 

 fpecimen was without flower or fruit, fo I could not 

 determine it. * 



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. The firft and fecond forts produce their flowers every 



year in England, but the others do but feldom flower 



. here \ but as they retain their leaves all the year, fo 



they make a pretty variety in' the ftove, during the 



. winter feafon ; and" wfien ihey flower, the branches 



are commonly .well garnilhed at their joints with 



., bunches of flowers, fo they make a fine appearance at 



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v. All thefe plants grow naturally in very hot countries, 



;■ fo cannot be prcferved in England without artificial 



heat ; therefore require to be placed in a warm fl:ove, 



. efpecially in the winter. ^The two firfl: are hardier 



I than, the others ■, thefe I have kept feveral years in 



a dry flove, with a moderate fli.are of heat in winter, 



and in the middle of fummer have fet them in the 



■ open air, in a warm fituation. ^_ 



nient I have found them thrive, and produce flowers 

 much better than when they have been placed in a 

 greater heat ; but I have often endeavoured to keep 

 thefe plants through the winter, in a green-houfe, or 

 a glafs cafe, without fire, but could never fucceed ; 

 for by the end of January, they commonly de- 



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cially 



The other forts require a larger fliare of heat, efpe- 



when the plants are young; therefore they 

 fliould be plunged in the tan-bed of the bark-fl:ove, 

 otherwife they will lofe their leaves in winter, if they 

 are not quite defl:royed ; but after three or four years 

 growth, they will bear to be treated more hardily, 

 provided they are inured to it gradually. 

 Thefe plants may be propagated from feeds, or by 

 cuttings. Thole which come from feeds are always 

 the molt vigorous, and fl:raiteft: plants ; but as they 

 do not produce feeds in England, fo the other method 

 is generally pradifed, becaufe their feeds are rarely 

 brought hither. 



I'he bed time to plant thefe cuttings is about the 

 end of May, tiy which time the Ihoots will have had 

 time to recover their ft:rength, after their confinement 

 during the winter feafon. The fiioots which come 

 out from the lower part of the fl:alks, ftiould always 

 be chofen for this purpofe. Thefe fliould be cut 

 about four inches long, and five or fix of them may 

 be planted in each halfpenny pot \ for the cuttin^^s 

 of mofl: forts of exotic plants, will fucceed better when 

 they are planted in thefe fmall pots, than they do in 

 larger, as I have iriany years experienced. The earth 

 in which thefe are planted, fliould be frefli and light, 

 but not full of dung : when the cuttings are planted, 

 the earth muft be prcfled pretty clofe to them, and 

 then gently watered ; after which the pots mufl; be 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, and 



' every day fliadcd from tlie fun. They mufl: alfo have 



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frcfli air admitted to them in warm Vv-cather, and 

 two or three times a week refreflied with water, 

 '■■With this management the cuttings will put out 

 roots in five or fix ^veeks, when they fliould be gra- 

 dually expofed to the fun ; and when they begin to 

 :' put out flioots, they muft have a greater'fliare of 

 V. frefli air admitted to them, to prevent their drawln 

 -'^ up weak ; and their waterings fliould be oftener re"^ 

 u peated, but given in fmall quantities, for tlieir young 



■ tender fibres wilFnot endure much wej. v When thev 



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■ •.have made good roo.ts,.,..they . Jnould be carefully 

 ' fliaken out of the pots, and ea^h'put into a feparatc 



■ "fmall pot, filled with the fame fort of earth as before i 



then give them fome water, to fettle the earth to their 

 roots, and plunge them again into the tan-bed ; ob- 

 ferving if any of their leaves hang down, to'fliade 

 them from the fun in the middle of the day, until 



■: they have taken frelh root; after which they fliculd 

 'have a large fl;iare of air in warm weather, to 



. fl;rengthen them before winter. ^.Thcir waterings in 

 the fiimmer Ihould be frequent •, and if they arc 

 fprinkled all over their leaves, it will wafli and cleanle 



■ them from filth, which will greatly promote their 

 growth; but their roots muft not be kept too 

 moift. ,- , ' . - 



In the autumn the plants of the three laft forts muft 

 ,be rehioved into the bark-ftove, and plunged into 

 the tan-bed, where they muft be treated in the fame 

 . manner as other tender exotic plants; but the two 

 . firft forts may be treated otherwife, efpecially when 

 ■. they have obtained ftrengdi, yet the firft winter they 

 may be managed in the fame way as the others. 

 There muft be great care had in watering of thefe 

 plants in winter, for they are all (except the fecond 

 fort) very impatient of moifture ; fo that they are foon 

 killed by being over-watered. 

 If the feeds of thefe are procured from the countries 

 where they grow naturally, they fliould be lowed in 

 fmall pots filled with the eartlj before directed, and 

 plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, 

 giving them now and then a little water. Sometimes 

 ■ the feeds will come up the fame year, but they Very 

 often lie in the ground till the fpring following; io 

 that if the plants do not appear in fix or feven weeks 

 after the ^ctd?. are fown, they will not come up that 

 feafon ; in which cafe the pots may be plunged in 

 tlie tan-bed of the ftove, between the other plants, 

 where they will be fliadedfrom the fun, and but little 

 water given them ; in this fituation they may remain 

 till the following fpring, when they fliould be re- 

 moved, and plunged into a frefli hot-bed, which will 



bring up the plants in a ftiort time, provided the 

 feeds were fj-ood. 



When the young plants are fit to remove, they fliould 

 be carefully fliaken out of the pots, and each planted 

 into a feparate pot filled with the before-mentioned 

 . earth, and plunged into the hot-bed again, and af- 

 terward treated in the fame way as hath been directed 

 for the plants raifed from cuttings. 



CETERACH. See Asplenium. 



CH^ROPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 320. 

 Tourn. Lift. R, H. 314. tab. 166. [p/^f^o^uAAoi/, of 

 X^'^^^h to rejoice, and tpuAAoy, Gr, a leaf, becaufe the 

 leaves, fteeped in wine, and drank, will exhilarate 



and chear melancholy peribns.] Chervil. 

 The Characters are, 



It is an umbelliferous plant; ; the principal umhl is fpr end- 

 ing and hath no involucrim^ cowpofed of feveral fmall 



oneSy called rays ; the fmall ones have a five-leaved in- 

 volucruni-i which is reflexed\ the flowers have f,ve heart- 

 fhaped infiexed petals^ and five Jlamina^ which are ter- 

 7ninated by roundiflj fur/imits : the germen is fituated lelcs) 



the flower^ Supporting two reflexed ftyles^ crowned with 

 obtiife fiigmas, The germen afterward become^ an ob- 

 long pointed fruity dividing in two parts^ each having 

 one jeed-i which is convex on one fide a?ul plain on the 

 other. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fcvflion of 

 Linna:u§'s fifth clafs, intided Pentandria Digynia, the 



flowers having five ftu-mina and two ftvles. 



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