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an 



iid may be continucJ two ortnrcc years ;n ix war:^i 

 Aovc i but It is apt to ipread too far tor a imall itovc, 

 lb char where there is nor j^rcat room, it is no^. %s urel;y 



of culture. „ • t • i • 



The fifteenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica ; this 



riies with Hender twining ftalks eight or ten feet high ; 

 the leaves of thefe are ihaped a little like thole oi the 

 common crreat white Convolvulus, but the foot-ftalks, 

 which are^pretty long, do each fuftain many purple 

 flowers, growing in bunches. The fecd-veffels of 

 this fort are three-cornered, and have three cells, each 

 containing a fingle feed. This is an annual plant, 

 which requires a hot-bed to raife it, and muft be kept 

 in a glafs-cafe or a ftove, otherwife the feeds will not 



ripen here. 



The fixteenth fort has been long preferved m feverai 

 curious gardens in England. It grows naturally in 

 the Canary lilands • this hath a ftrong fibrous root, 

 from which arife feverai twining woody ftaiks, divid- 

 'ing into many fmaller; thefe, where they have fup- 

 poi-t, v/ill grow more than twenty feet high, and are 

 crarniflied with oblong heart-fhaped leaves, which are 

 loft "and hairy. The flowers are produced from the 

 winces of the loaves, feverai ftanding upon one foot- 

 Ihlk ; thefe are for the moft part of a pale blue, but 

 there is a variety of it with white flov/ers. This plant 

 liowers in June, July, and Auguil:, and fometimes 

 . ripens leeds here ; but as the plants are eafily propa- 

 gated by layers, and alio from cuttings, the feeds are J , 

 not fo much regarded -, nor indeed will thofe plants 

 w^hich are raifed by layers or cuttings Iproduce feeds, 

 though thofe which come from feeds feldom fail. As 

 the leaves of this plant continue green all the year, 

 the plants make a pretty variety in v/inter -in the 

 fyreen-houfe ; for it will not live abroad in winter in 

 this country, though it only requires die fame pro- 

 tecT:ion as Myrtles, and other hardy green-houfe 

 plants. It may be propagated by laying down the 

 young flicots in the fpring, which generally put out 

 roots in three or four months j then they may be 

 taken from the old plants, and each planted in a fe- 

 parate pot filled with light earth, and placed in the 

 Ihade till they have taken new root; after which 

 they may be placed with other hardy green-houfe 



plants till autumn, when they (hould be. removed into 

 the sreen-houfe, and afterward treated in the fame 

 ....^ „„ Myrtles, and other green-houfe plants. If 

 the tender cuttings of this are planted during any of 

 the fummer months, in pots filled with light -earth, 

 and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, Ihading them 

 from the fun, they will take root, and afterward 

 ihould be treated as the layers. - ■ ^ 



The feventeenth fort is an annual plant ; the feeds of 

 it were fent me from Jamaica, where it grows natu- 

 rally. This rifes with a veiy {lender twining ftalk 

 four or five feet high, garnifhed with triangular leaves, 

 which are pointed. ■. The flowers grow in clufters, fit- 

 ting clofe to the ftalks, which are blue, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by feeds like thofe of the fourth fort. This 

 fort v/ill not ripen feeds in England, unlefs the plants 

 are brought forward on a hot-bed in the fpring, and 

 afterward placed in a glafs-cafe, where they may be 

 defended from cold. 



The eighteenth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, from 

 whence the feeds were fent me by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun. This is one of the moft beautiful kinds, the 

 flowers being very large, and of a fine Rofe colour. 

 it rifes with a winding italk feven or eight feet high, 

 which is garniflied with heart-fliaped leaves, ending 

 in long fliarp points, fitting upon very long foot- 

 ftalks. The flowers alfo have long foot-ftalks, each 

 fupporting two flowers, whofe empalcment is divided 

 deeply into five parts^ the feeds of this are large, and 

 covered v/ith a fine down. This is an annual plant, 

 which is too tender to thrive in the open air in this 

 country, fo the feeds fnould be fown on a hot-bed in 

 the fpring, and the plants afterward treated in the 

 fame rnanner as is directed for the eighth fort. 

 The nineteenth fort grows naturally near the fea at 

 Campcachy, from whence I received the feeds. This 



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hatiiilrwng, fixoth, winding flallvS, which iV:-..i o;;>- 

 roots at their joints, and arc garnilLcd wkh :;m..N-. 

 pointed leaves, whofe ears or 'lobes arc obruil' ; riie 

 flowers arc large, of a fulphur col^^'ur, and lie upon 

 very long foot-llaiks, whiJh proceed from t!ie litlc of 

 tjie ftaiks, each fupporting one Ilower, with a \.\\<yc 

 fwelljng empalcment ^ thefe are fuccceded by lar ^% 

 fmooth, oval caofulcs, liaving three ceils, caeii ni- 

 eluding one large fmooth Wj^d, Hiis is a perennial 

 plant, whofe ftalks extend to a great diftance, and 

 put out roots at the joints, whereby it propao;.;te;i 

 in plenty ; but it is too tender to thrive in En';:rland, 

 unlefs it i:; preferved in a warm ftove, w^here it requires 

 more room than can well be allowed to one plant. It 

 miuft be treated in the fame manner as the eighth fort. 

 The tw^^iuieth fort grov/s naturally in Africa, from 

 whence the feeds were fent to the royal garden at Pa- 



ris, and from thence I received it in 1730. 



This rifci 



with a flender winding ftalk five or fix feet high, gar- 

 niflied w^ith heart- fliaped arrow-pointed leaves •, the 

 flowers ftand on long flender foot-ftalks j thefe are 

 white, with purple botton^is. This fort may be treat- 

 ed in the fame manner as the common great Convol- 

 vulus. 



The twenty-firft fort grows naturally in Spain and 



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Italy. ' This is an annual plant, which rifes about x\\ 

 feet high, with flender twining ftalks, garniflied with 

 oval leaves. The, flowers are fmail, and of a bluifn 

 colour, each foot-ftalk fupporting one fiower of little 

 bcluty^ fo is not often cultivated in gardens. If the 

 feeds of this fort are permitted to fcattcr, the plants 

 will rife in the fpring, and require no other culture 

 but to keep them cle&n from weeds ; or if the feeds 

 are fown in the fpring, v/here the plants are to re- 

 main, they will fiower in June, and the feeds will 

 ripen in Auguft. 



The tw'enty-fecond fort grows naturally in Sicily, and 

 alfo in the iflands o^ the Archipelago. This hath a 

 perennial root, v/hich fends. out many flender ftiiF 

 ftalks, twiftin^ themfclvcs round the ncio-hbourlnp* 





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plants, and rife five or fix feet high v thefe are gar- 

 niflied with leaves, which are di\ Idcd into five or 

 kv^n narrow lobes, and are of a iofc texture, like 

 fattin, ftanding on fliort foot-ftalks. Tlie flowers arc 

 produced from the fide of the ftalks upon long foot- 

 ftalks, v;hich fuftain tv/o Piowers of a pale Rofe co- 

 lour, with five ftripes of a deeper red. This fort 

 creeps at the root, fo feldom produces feeds in Eng- 

 land, but is propagated by flioots taken from the old 

 plants. The bail time for parting and tranfplanting 

 thefe plants, is about the beginning ofM^y, when 

 they may be taken out of the green-houfe, and ex- 

 pofed in the open air; but the young plants which 

 are Separated from' the old ones, ftiould be placed un- 

 der a frame, and fiiaded from the fun till they have 

 taken new root -, after which they muft be gradually 

 hardened to bear the open air, to which they muft 

 be expofed all the fummer-, but in autumn they muft 

 be placed in the green-houfe, and m.ay be treated irl 

 the fame way as the Canary Convolvulus before- 

 mentioned. ■.■ - 

 The twenty-third fort hath fome appearance of the 

 twenty-fecond, and hath been fuppofed to be the fame 

 Ipecies by fome writers -, but I have cultivated both 

 many years, and never have found either of them al- 

 ter, fo that Imake no doubt of their being diftincb 

 ' plants. This fort hath a perennial root like the for- 

 m.er, which fends out many weak twining ftalks, rif- 

 ing about three feet high, twifting about the plants 

 which ftahd near it, or about each other, and if they 

 have no other fupport, fall to the ground ; thefe are 

 garniflied with leaves of difterent forms, fome are 

 fliaped almoft like thofe of Betony, being fiightly cue 

 on their edges, others are almoft heart-fliapcd, and 

 are deeply cut on the fides, and fome are cut to the 

 midrib ; they have a fliining appearance like fattin, 

 and are foft to the touch, ftanding on fliort foot-ftalks. 

 The flowers are produced on tht oppofite fide from 

 the leaves, having very long foot-ftalks, each fuftain- 

 ing two flowers of a pale Rofe colour, very like.thofe^ 



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