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^imc joints, clufe tothofe of the leavei, one on each 



fide thertalks : tfefe are long, naked, and grow hori- 

 zontally, extending beyond the leaVfs before they 

 divide and branch i then there comes out three or 

 four pair of fniail footyftalks from t!ie large one, each 

 of which divides again into three fmaller, eacTi fup- 



■ : porting a fingle flower: the lower" pair of thefe are 



extended four or five inches, the other gradually di- 

 minifli to the top, fo that tliey form a pyramidal 

 thyrfe of flowers ; thefe arc, white, and are compofed 

 of four narrow petals which are reflexed back, but 

 the itamina all Itand ered/ ^ < -. 

 This hath been by fome perfons fuppofcd to be the 

 fame with the comnlbn TravclleVs Joy, butthofewha 

 have fccn the tv/o plants, cannot doubt of their be- 

 ing di(lin6l fpecies. 1' *^ '- ? 



The fourteenth fort v/as fent mc from Caitpeachy 

 by the late Dr. Houftoun. This hath ftrong climb- 

 ing flralks, which fatten themfelves by their clalpers 

 to the neighbouring trees, whereby they are fupport- 

 ed, and rife to the height of twenty feet or more, gar- 

 niflied at eath joint by trifoliate, leaves, which are 

 hcait-fhapcd, pointed, and entire. 'The flowers 

 come out on long, naked, branching foot-ilalks, 



■ t which rife from the wings oT the leaves j they are 

 ,. white, and coUefted into roundilh bunches ; thefe are 



fncceeded by feeds Ihaped'like thofe of the common 



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The fifteenth fort grows naturally in Carolina^ from 

 whence I received the feeds in the year 17215* <; This 

 . Hath weak ftalks Which rife near four feet high, and 

 . by their claipersfaftenthcmrelves to the neighbouring 



plants, whereby they 'are fupported. .'The leaves 

 .;■ .^ come out 'oppcfite at the joints ; thefe are fomMmes 

 '-w: Jingle, dt others trifoliate, -ami fome of the leaves are 

 ^-'" divided into three lob&s; ,.The flowers come out 



iingly From the fide of the branches upon fhdit -fcot- 

 iri'^ ftalks, V/hich have bne Or tWo pair of leaves below, 

 cthe flower, which are oblong and Iharp-pointed. 

 l>'i The flowers have four thick petals, like thofeof the 

 ■y. .tenth fort; thefe are of a purple colour, ^nd their 

 .: inner furface is curled, and hath many longitudinal 

 \ . furrows^ — This flowers in July, and thefee'ds ripen in 

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i*:: The three firfl forts have perennial roots, which mul- 

 ^ -i^-itiply pretty faft, but their ftalks die down every au- 

 ; "tumn, and new ones arife in the Ipring, in which par- 

 . ticular they differ from all the other fpecies, theri^fore 



require different management, and are propagated in 

 ■:i\ a different manner; therefore I ftiall firft give direc- 

 •-: -tions for their culture. *» *: ^'?:> ■/ ; -Ay v:»ri,t'Jv'/' 



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i i Thefe plants hre propagated either by &cds, or part- 



. . ing thdr roots ; but the^ former being a tedious me- 



i.. thod (the plants fcldom rifing until the fecond^year 



J": "after fdwing^*unlefs the feeds are fdwn ih the autumn 



foofi after they are ripq, and are often tw6::)<ears 



. more before they flower,) thejatteris generally prac- 



r-:- tifed. -^The beft feafon for parting thefe roots is in 



Oftober or February ; either juft before their "branches 



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- /'.■ They will grow almoft in any foil orfituation ; but if 



■ -.Jthefoil is very dry, they 'ftiould always be"new^Iant- 



'ed in the avYtumn, otherv/ife their flowbrswili not be 



. ib ftrong V but if the foil be wet, it is better to ^defer 



it imtil the fpring. - The roots may be cut through 



J: - their crowns with a fharp "knife, obferving to preferve 



.. to every offset fome good buds or eyes -, and then It 



c. matters not how fmall you divide them, for their 



tliey fill up tliofc fmall vacancies, and arc agrceabl 



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enough. They begin to flower about the bcginniiio- 

 of June^ and often continue to produce freih flowers 

 until Auguft, which renders tiiem valuable^ efpcci- 

 ally fince they require very little care in then- culture ; 

 for their roots m.ay be fuffcrcd to, remain feverai 

 years undlfturbed, where there is no want to pait 



■ them, which will not in the leaft prejudice them. 

 The fourth fort is ft)und wild in moft parts of- Enp-- 

 land, growing upon the fides of banks under hedges, 

 and extends its trailing branches over the trees and 

 ftirubs tliat are near it; This plant in the autumn is 

 generally covered with feeds, which arecolleded inro 



. little heads, each of which having, as it were, a rouyh 

 plume fafi^ned to it, hath occafioned the country 

 people to give it the name of Old Man's Beard. It 

 IS titled by Lobel arid Gerard, Viorna ; and by Do- 

 don^us, Vitis alba: in Enghlh it is moft commonlv 

 called Travellers Joy. ■ This fort is rarely cultivated 

 in gardens, being toorambhng, and having but litdc 

 beauty. ., - 



The fifth and fixth forts have no more beauty than 

 the fourth, fo are feldom preferved in gardens, unleft 



for the fake of variety. They are both as hardy as 

 ' the common fort, and may be propagated cither by 

 feeds or laying down their branches. , 

 The fcventh fort retains its leaves all the year, 

 which renders it valuable. This was formerly pre- 

 ferved in green-houfes in the winter, fuppofing it too 

 tender to live in the open air in England \ but now 

 it IS generally planted in the full ground, where the 

 plants thrive much better than in pot's, and produce 

 . plenty of flowers, which they never did w^hen they 

 wexte more tdiderly treated ; nor have I found that 



the plants hav^ fuffered from fevere frofts ; for thofe 



". which have been growing in the open air at Chclfea, 

 ■ *' more than fifty years, have refiftcd the greateft cold 



'•• jwithoiYt coveRng. ?i?fel'| Li: ^toyj . r ,: 



This fort doth not prcduce feeds in England, fo it is 



' propagated by layers^" and alfo from cuttings. If 



• they are propagated by layers^ It muft be done in the 



' beginning of OftobdJr, whdi the fliools of the fame 



^: year only ftiould be chofcn for this purpofe ; for the 



older branches do not put out roots in kfs than tv/o 



years, whereas the tender fhoots #!H make 



roots in one year : thefe muft be pegged down into 



the ground, in the fame manner as is ufugUy pra 

 .tifed fo^r other layers, to prevent their rifing. If the 

 flioots have two mches of earth over them, it v/ill be 

 better than a greater depth \ but then, a little old tan- 

 ners bark fliould be fpread over the furface of the 

 ground, tolvcep out the froft ; for as the plants ge- 



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nerally begin flowering aboilt Chriftmas, fo at the 

 fame time they are putting out roots, which bein 





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but jtift formed, may be injured by fevere froft 

 .-;ithefc layers 'will have ftrong roots by the fbllov/- 

 ing 'autumn, when they may be taken from the old 



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When they are propagated by cuttings, they fliould 

 ^r- be planted in March, in pots filled with goodkitchen- 

 ■' garden earth,' and plunged into a. very moderate hot- 

 ^'^■. bed, obferving to fhade them from tlie fun in the day- 

 .*.-time'5"*and gently water them two or three times a 

 ^■:i^":JWC^, and in lefs than two months they will have 



taken root, when they ftiould be gradually inured to 



roots increafe very faft : but If 'you '^art them very' 



v.'j fmall, you' Ihould let th^'m remain three or four years 



before they ari? again removed, that their flowers 



■ v may be ftrong, and their roots multiplied in eyes, 



■ '%hichin lefs time cannot be obtained. .^"': '^rA v-!; 



-^-Thefe plants are extreme hardy, enduring the'cold 



• of our feycreft y/inters in the open air, and are very 



proper oVnamenrs for large gardens, 'either to be 



- - ^ planted in lai-^e borders, or intermixed with other 



/ hardy flowers in. quarters of flowering ftirubs V'^ere, 



by being placed promifcyoufly in little open places^ 



- r the open air. > The following fummer they may b 

 :-?•' placed in any ^art of the garden till Michaelmas, and 



■ then they Ihould be turned out of the pots and planted 



- -'-'ifi^the full ground, either where they are defigned to 

 remain>, or into a nurfery-bcd, to grow a year longer 

 t& get^ftrength, before they are placed out for good. 



"' AU the varieties of Virgin's Bower are propagated by 



■ 'laying down their branches ;' for although the fingk 

 -j'^wers fometinies produce feeds in England, y^t as 



-^'thefe feeds, when fown, generally remain a wiiole 



■ ^yearin the groimd before they vegetate, fo the ofthcr 

 :■■■ being the more expeditious method of increafing thefe 



^ptots^, is generally praftifed : but in order to ifuc- 



' C€ed, thefe layers ftiould be laid down at adiffercnt 



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