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'fKe fifth f(Jrt grows naturally in' mod parts of North 



. America, from v/l\ence the feeds have been brought to 



' Europe. This is in !ts firft appearance very like the 



iaft fort, but the leaves are broader, and grow by 



threes on the fame foot-ftalk, whereas thofe of the 



former have five or feven lobes in each leaf. The 



' flowers appear at the fame time with the former, 



but the feeds do not ripen in England, unlefs the 



feafon is very warm. There is little beauty in this 



fort. 1* 1 



The fixth fort hath a climbing ftalk like the fourth ; 



the lower leaves of this are winged, and deeply cut 

 on their edges, but the upper leaves are fmglc^ fpear- 



The flowers of this fort are 



thenl. 



The doubl 



ihaped, and entire. 



June or July, 



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• turally in the fouth of France, and in Italy. ; 



The ieventh fort grows naturally in Spain and Por- 

 tugal. This hath a climbing ftalk, which will rife to 

 ' : the height of eight or tert feet, fending out branches 

 :' from every joint, whereby it becomes a very thick 

 . bufhy plant ; the leaves are fometimes fingle, at 

 ." other times double, and frequently trifoliate^ being 

 indented on their edges. Thefe keep their verdure 

 '. ;.;, * all the year : bppofite to the leaves come out clafpers, 

 vC which faften themfelvcs to the neighbouring fhrubs, 

 by which the branches are fupported, otherwife they 

 would fall to the ground. The. flowers are produced 



flowers Have no ftamin^ 6f 

 germeii, but in lieu of them, there is a multiplicity 

 of petals, which are narrow, and tiirn inward at the 

 top. ' , , . 



Thefe plants ^row naturally in the woods in Spairi 

 and Portugal, bat have been lorio- cultivated in the 



Englifii crardens for ornament; 



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and^the double fort continues to the end of Auo-ufl:. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally on the Alps, and other 

 rnountains in Italy. .1 received it from mount Baldus, 

 where it grows in plenty. This hath a (lender climb- 

 ing fl:alk, which rifes three or four ftet high, fup- 

 porting itfclf byfafl-ening to the neighbouring plants 

 or ftirubs. The leaves of this are compofed of nine 

 lobes orfmall leaves, three ftanding upon each foot- 

 ftalk, fo that it is what the former writers ftile a ninc^ 

 leaved plant. The flowers come out at the joints of 

 the ftalk, in the fame manner as the common Tra- 



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pcarance. l nis lort nowers in 

 The tenth fortgrov/s naturally in Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, from both of thefe countries I have received the 

 feeds. This hath many fiender ftalks, garnifhed with 

 compound winged leaves at each joint ; and are ge- 

 nerally compofed of nine leaves, ftanding by threes, 

 like thofe of the eighth fort, but the fmall leaves or 



-^ ^ from the fide of the branches ; thefe are large, of an . lobes of this are nearly of a heart-lhape. The flowers 

 f.. herbaceous colour, and appear always about the end of thisftand upohfhort foot-ftalks, which come out 



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■V a feafon when few perfons vifit gardens forinforma- 



:; tion, thefe flowers have efcaped their notice, fo that 



. many have fuppofed this fort doth not produce flow- 



' ' ers in England ; and the flowers being ' nearly the 



. " fame colour of the leaves, thofe who have been more 



pafled by 



from the wings of theleaves, one on each fide theftalk. 



flowers 



arc purple on their outfide, and blue within. They 



July 



Sebtember 



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The eleventh fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort 

 in the Levant, from. whence he fent the feeds to the 



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* ' without noticing the flowers j but for many years to- j royal garden at Paris, where they fucceeded and per- 

 fected feeds, fo that moft of the gardens in Europe 



have been fumiflied with the feeds from then re • tViic 



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' J den at Chelfea, and always at the fame feafon; 



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The fcventh fort is cultivated in the nurfery-gardens 



■ for fale, and is known by the title of Virgin's Bower. 



There are four varieties of it which are preferved in 





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r/ We gardens of the curious, and have been by fome 



r. 'treated as fo many diftinft fpecies -, but as their only 



..,r differences confift either in the colour of their flow- 



■^ \] trs, or the multiplicity of their petals, they are now 



> only efteemed as feminal variations ; but as they are 



'by the nurfery-gardeners, I fliall juft 

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-;.;^^SfI Single blue Virgin's Bower. ■ 

 , ;i; i; Single purple Virgin's Bower. i 

 - . ^v Single red Virgin's Bower. . 

 - 4*' Double purple Virgin's Bowen 



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:/>. Thefe have no difference in their ftalks or leave?, fo 

 that the fame defcription will fit them all, excepting 



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:• the colours or multiplicity of petals in their flowers. ; 

 '•The ftalks of thefe plants are very fiender and weak, 

 03 ihaving many joints, from whence come out fide 



branches, v/hich are again divided into fmaller. If 

 h: thefe are fupported, they will rife to the height of 

 -rc:^^ht or ten feet, and are garniftied with compound 

 •a winged leaves, placed oppofite at the joints^' Thefe 

 \. branch out into many divifions, each of which hath 

 : ^:>a fiender foot-ftalk, with three fmall leaves, which 

 r;:areoval and entire: from the fame joint, generally 

 *• i tfour foot-ftalks arife, two on each fide ; the two lower 

 yl have three of thefe divifions, fo that they are each com- 



V ..pofedofnine fmall leaves or lobes; but the two upper 

 ' have only two oppofite leaves on each, and between 

 -thefe arife three fiender foot-ftalks, each fupporting 



' .one fiowei^. .The flowers have each four petals, 



Avhich are liarfow at their bale, but are broad at the 



' top and rounded : in one they are of a dark worn-out 



V purple, in another blue, and the third of a bright pur- 

 ple or red colour. The double fort, which is com- 

 mon in the Englifii gardens, is of the worn-out pur- 



i pic colour : but the foreign catalogues menrion dou- 

 ble flowers of both the other colours, which may 

 - probably be found in fome of their gardens ; but 



: as I have not feen them myfelf, I have not noticed 





hath weak climbing ftalks, which faften themfelves 

 by their clafpers, to any plants or ftirubs which ftand 

 neiar them, and thereby rife to the height of feven or 

 eight feet, garniftied with compound winded leaves, 

 confifting of nine fmall leaves (or lobes)"which are 

 angular and fliarp-pointed. The flowers come out 

 from the wings of the leaves, which are of a yellowifii 

 greer>, and the petals are reflexed backward ; they 

 come out in April and May, and in warm feafons 

 the feeds will ripen very well, if the plants have a 

 good fituation. 



The twelfth fort grows naturally in Siberia, from 

 whence the feeds were fent to the imperial garden at 

 Peterft)urgh, where they fucceeded and produced 

 feeds, part of which were fent me in the year 1753. 

 Thefe grew, and the plants have flowered feveral 

 years in the Chelfea garden. It hath weak climbing 

 ftalks which require fupport, that rife from four to 

 fix or eight feet high ; the joints are far afunder ; at 

 each of thefe come out two compound winged leaves, 

 whofe fmall leaves or lobes are placed by threes ^ thefe 

 are deeply fawed on their edges, and terminate in fiiarp 



points. The flowers come out from the wings of the 

 leaves fingle, ftandingupon long naked foot-ftalks, and 

 are compofed of four broad obtufe petals, which fpread 

 open in form of a crofs, of a whitifli yellow colour- 

 In the center is placed feveral germen, furrounded 

 by a great number of ftamina, with flat compreflfed 

 fummits, of the fame colour with the petals of the 

 flower ; after thefe are paft, the germen become fo 

 many comprefied feeds, each having a bearded tail. 

 It flowers in February March and April, and the 

 feeds ripen in July or Auguft. 

 The thirteenth fort was lent me from Jamaica by 

 the late Dr. Houftoun; I'his hath fiender climbing 

 ftalks, which faften themfelvcs to the trees and fnfubs 

 which ftand near them, and thereby rife to die height 

 often or twelve feet, garniflied v/ith trifoliate leaves, 

 coming out on each fide the ftalk ; the lobes 

 are large, oval, and entire, having three longitudinal 

 veins. The foot-ftalks of the flowers arife at the 



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