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fealbn from the former fort ; for when they ire laid 

 in the autumn, thfeir flioots are become tough^ lo 

 rarely pur out roots uhder two years ; and after lying 

 fo long in the ground, not one in three of them will 

 have made good roots -, fo that many have fuppofed 

 thefe plants wtre difficult to propagate, but fince they 

 have altered their feafon of doing it, they have found 

 thefe layers have fucceeded as well as thofe of other 



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The befttime for laying down tlae braiKhes is in the 

 beginning of July, foon after they have made their 

 firtt fhoots, for it is thefe young branchHof the 

 fame year, which freely take root; but as* tKefe are 

 very tender, there ihould be great care taken not to 

 break them in the operatic:^':/ ' therefore thofe 

 branches from which thefe fhoots were produced, 

 Ihould be brought down' to the ^ound, and faftened 



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Jlaminaivhicb are incurved, havhg rifing [mmnU s fixed 

 to their fide: it hath afingleftyle, fupporting an oblcng 

 germen, 'which is of the fame length as the Jiainina, and 

 crowned by a thick fiigma, fhe germen afterward be- 

 tomes a long cylindrical pod, futing upon theftyle, having 

 one cell^ opening with t-wo valves, and filled %vith roimdith 



feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feclion 

 of Linnaeus's fifteenth clals, intitled Tetradynamia 

 Siliquofa; the plants of this feftion have in the flow- 

 ers four long and two fhort Iiamina, and their feeds 

 are included in long pods. 

 The Species are, 



Cleom£ {Pentaphylla) fioribus gynandris, foliis qui- 

 natis caule inermi. Lin. Sp. 938. Ckome with ficzvers 



ftalks. 



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to prevent their rifing •, then d>e young ihoots fliould carneo, Hiinus,^ non fpinofum. 



Hbe laid into the earth, with their tops raifed upright, * "^ " 



three or four inches above ground i and after the 

 layers are placed down, if- the furface of the ground 

 be covered with mofs, rotten tanners bark, or other 

 decayed mulch, it will prevent the ground from dry- 1 triphyllum, ornithopodii filiquis. Tourn. Cor. 17. 



having male and female parts^ five leaves, and fmooth 



Sinapiftrum Indicum, pentaphyllum fiore 



H. L. 



2. Cleome {Orniihopodoides) fiotlbus hexandris, foliis 



ternatls, foliolis ovati-lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



'•ip40. Cleome with fiovjers having fix ftamina, trifoliate 



Heaves^ and fpear-Jhaped lobes. Sinapiftrum Orientalcj 



,^, ing, fo that the layers will not require watering above 

 f ■ Aree or four times, which fhouki not be at lefs than 



3. Cleome {Lufitdnica) fioribus hexandris, foliis terna- 

 tis, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, filiquis bivalvibus. 



five or fix days interval ; for when thtefe'Iayers have I Cleome with fiozvers having fix ftamina, trifoliate leaves^ 



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too much Ttcf, the tender flioots' frequently rot*,' or 

 when the young fibres are iiewty put but^ theyate fo 



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tender, as to pcrifli by having much wet : tlierefore 1 Tourri, Inft. R. H. 231. 



narrozv fpear-fioaped lohes^ and pods having two vahes. 

 Sinapiftrum Lufitanicum triphyllum, flore rubro; 



L-Where the method here direfted is pradtifed, the lay- | 4- Cleome {Vifiofa) fioribus dodecandris, foliis quina- 



■v'^ re '"win rrtnt-^ rprtain1\r x^he' r*v>r. than hv anv others tis tefiiatifaue. Flor. Zevl, 2A1. Cleome with flowers 





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fcrs'will rrtore certainly take root, than by any other 



yet praftifed. '' , ' ' ' . . ' . '■ ■ ' " ' ' 



As moft of thefe plants have climbing branches, 



they {hould be always planted where they majr be *J 



otherwife the brancKes' will fall to the 





fupported 

 \ ground and appear wf^fightly; ib tliafunlefs thqr are 



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inftead df "bein^'^oftiam^rife to a 



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properly difpofed 

 'it garden, they will btc(mtm ^t^^ic^J^^ WKa=e there 

 : are arbours or feats,- *w^ith treliis^orlc. knind them, 

 u thdt plants are very proper t<> train xip againft it •, or 

 u..1fc8iere any walls or other fenc« require to be covered 

 t from the fight, 'thefe plants are very proper fpr.the 



.purpofe ; but they are by no mreans proper fof open 



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borders, nor do they anfwer the^expeclatlpn, '*when 

 they are intermixed with Ihriibs-, for unlqfs their 1 

 -.branches have room to extend, tl:tey /will nac'be pro- ] 



-*\du(5ivc of many flowers, --^^-'^ U::.^;;V^:Viri iv-.^ .. 

 The fort with double flowers is the moll beautiful. 



ue. Flor. Zeyl. 241. Cleome with flowers 

 having -twelve jiamina^ trifoliate and quinquefoliate 

 leaves. Sinapiftrum Zeylanicum, triphyllon & pen- 

 tapliyllon vifcofum, flavo flore. Mart. Dec. 3. 

 Cleome (Triphylla) fioribus hexandris, foliis ternatis^ 

 foliolo intermedio majori. CleoHte with flowers having 

 fixftamina^ and trifoliate leaves^ wbofe middle lobe Is thi 



largeft. ' Sinapiftrum Indicum triphyllum, flore car- 

 neo non fpinofum. H. L. 



6. Cleome {Erucqgo) fioribus hexandris, foliis feptenis, 

 caule fpinofo, filiquis pendulis. Cleome with flowers 



- ' having fix flamina^ leaves with feven lobes ^ a prickly 

 Jlalky and hanging pods. Sinapiftrum ^gyptiacum 

 iieptapRyllum, flore carneo, majus fpinofum. H. L. 



7. Cleome (Spinofa) fioribus hexandris, foliis quihatis, 



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'^irnatifque, caule fpinofo. Cleome with flowers having 

 fix ftamina^ leaves compofed of five and three lobes^^ and 

 '\ d^ prickly ft alk, Sinapiftrum Indicum fpinofum, flore 

 c fothatfhould be preferred to thofe with fingle fiow-| ■ tarhe6, folio trifido vel quinquefido. Houft. MSS. 

 ;^.^j of wHich^ few only fhould "be planted for Va- h 8. Cleome {Monophylla) fioribus hexandris, foliis fim- 

 riety/ Tliey ak all equally hardy, fb are fcldom plicibus, petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis. Flor. Zeyl. 243. 



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^ ■' Ju^ ^y f^^^ftv ^'cepting in very fevere winters', when ! 

 1: fometimcS the' very tender fhoots are killed; -but if 



ta thde are cutbff in the fpring^ the ftems' will put out 



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^^* new fhoots. .*• 



-^^ jTh^ ,^^^^^> ^l^v^^^j ^d fifteenth forts ,are ^fd very ' 



*v, hardy plants, and have .climbing branches, *fd may 



.: hedilpofecl in the fame manner as the other r they 



■ 10 arc alfo propagated by layers," which -will fucceed, if 



, < performed at the fan>c time, and in the /ame manner' 

 ■t. as is direded for tliem.' '''^' ^'^^^^a.sru ^uati^^,-..: : 



^^.The other forts are natives of the warmeft parts of' 



'^' America, fo will not thrive in this 'country, Hinlefs^ 



. \ xhey are preferved in ftoves j but as "thefe ^re' great ' 



•t; ramblers'^nd plants ctf^nO great Tieautyi they ai-e fel- 



t^' 4pni preferved in Europe, but in botanic gartJtns for 



*|^; the lake of variety. Thefe may be propagated by' 

 ^ layers, in "the fame manner as the other forts "• ^fmay ' 

 be raifed from feeds, obtained from the countries 

 "*^ J^^ere they naturally grow ; h\xt thefe mufl: 'be treated 

 •5'^* the fame manner as other exotic plants from the 



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-CLEOME. Lin. 



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f^hefoiver hath a four-leaved empalcment which fpreads 

 '^^'^"^ it hath four petals which are inclined upward and 



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''''' fpread open, the two kwe^' being lefs than the other ; in the 



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^attorn there are three mellotis glands which are roundifi, 

 and are feparated by th empakment.' It hath fix or nwr 



Cleme with fix ftamina to the flowers, and fix lec^es^ 

 which are ovally fpear-fhaped, Sinapiftrum Zeylanicum 

 vifcofum, folio folitario, flore flavo, filiqua tenui, 

 Burm. Thef. 217.' '' ' '' 



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The firft fort grows naturally in Afia, Africa, and 

 America ; I have received the feeds of it from Aleppo, 

 and the coaft of Guinea, and in the earth which came 

 from the Weft-Indies with other plants j this hath 

 come up as a weed. It rifes with an herbaceous ftalk 

 at)out a foot high, garniflied with fmooth leaves, 

 compofed of five fmall leaves or lobes, joining at 

 their bafe to one center, aUd fpread out like the fin- 

 ers of a hand. The leaves on the lower part of the 

 alk ftand upon long foot- ftalks, which are gradu- 

 -ally ftiortened to the top of the ftalk, where they al- 

 "irnoft jom it : the flowers are produced in loofe fpikes 

 at'-'the end of the ftalks and branches -, thefe have four 

 petals of a fiefli colour, which ftand ereft, fpreading 

 -from each other •, and below thefe are placed the 

 ■ftamina and ftyle, which coalefce at the bottom, and 

 ■are ftretchcd out beyond the petals, where they fpread 

 m)en i after the flower is paft, the germen which fits 

 iipon the ftyle, becomes a taper pod, about two 

 inches long, filled with round feeds. This is an an- 

 nual plant, which dies foon after the feeds are ripe. 

 'The fecondfort grows naturally in the Levant, from 

 whence Dr. Tournefort fent the feeds to the royal gar- 

 -den at Paris, and from thence moft of the botanic 

 Gardens in Europe have been furniPacd with it: thi:i 



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