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no farther care, but to keep chein conflantly clean 



iu}n\ weeds ; in this nuriVry tl^e phmts may remain two 

 rears, in which tinie they 'will i:.:vc acquired (Irength 

 cnou'^h to be tranfplanied where they arc to remain. 

 There ib a figure ot this ihrub exhibited in the 1 1 ;th 

 plate of my Hgures of plants. 



The fourth ibrt grows naturally in the fouth of 

 France, in Spain and Italy, but has been long cul- 

 tivated in the nurfery gardens, as an ornamental 

 iiowtring fhrub, by the title of Cytifus fecundus Clu- 

 f:i. This riles with a woody flalk, putting out maiv/ 

 branches which are„cov(;red wjth a brown ifla bark, 

 and garnifhed by obverfe, oval, fmall leaves, growing 

 by threes on very fhort foot-ftalks. l^he flowers are 

 produced in'clofe ihort fpikes at the end of the 

 branches, (landing ereft ; they are of a bright yellow 

 colour, and appear in June i thefe are fucceeded by 

 ihort broad pods, which contain one row ofj^idney- 

 ihaped feeds, which ripen in Augufl. Thefe flirubs 

 will rife to the height of feven or eight feet, and be- 

 come very bufhy ; they are very hardy, fo will thrive 

 in any fituation, and upon ahnoft any foil, v/hich is 

 not too wet. They are propagated by feeds, which 

 may be fown upon a common bed of light earth in 

 the fpring, and kept clean from weeds the following 

 fumn^cr-, and in autumn the plants may be tranf- 

 planrcd into a nurfery in rows, one foot apart, and 

 at fix inches dillance in the rows, where they may re- 

 main two years to acquire Ilrength, and fhould then be 

 removed to the places where they"ar6 defigntd togrow. 

 The fifth fort hath a foft Ihrubby ftalk, dividing into 

 many branches, which grow crcft, and frequently 



' rife to the height of eight or ten feet •, tlic ftajks and 

 leaves of this are very hairy ; the leaves are oval, 



. growing three upon each foot-ftalk, and arc placed 

 clofcly on the branches -, the fiowers come out from 

 the fide of the ftalk, in fliort bunches ; they are of a 

 pale yellow, and appear in June ; thefe are fucceeded 



• . by long, narrow, hairy pods, with one row of kidney- 

 Ihaped feeds, which ripen in September. 



. This fort, of late years, has been much cultivated in 



, the nurfery' gardens near London, by the title of 

 Evergreen Cytifus of Naples ; but as in fevere froft 



■ thefe Jhrubs are fometimes killed, fo they are not 



■ proper for every fituation, therefore fhould only be 

 planted on a dry foil, and in warm fituations ; they 

 are alfo very difficult to remove, w^hen grown to any 

 fize, for they flidot long roots deep into the ground, 

 and when thefe are broken or cut, the plants feldom 

 fufvive it. T'This fnay be propagated in the fame 

 manner as hath been directed forthe third fort. Itgrows 

 naturally in the fouth of France, in Spain and Italy. 

 The fixth fort hath herbaceous ftalks, garnifhed with 

 woolly leaves ; the fiowers are produced fometimes 

 fingle, at other times two, three, or more grow to- 



. gethcr at the end of the branches-, thefe appear in 

 June, and are fucceeded by" hairy pods. 

 This plant is propagated by feeds, which may be 



. Town at t!ie fame time, and thc- plants fhould be af- 

 terward treated in the fame way, as is diredled for 

 the third fort. ■ - : ^.^^ --y 



"■^The fcvcnth fort grows naturally in Sicily, Italy, and 

 .^ Spain; this is a perennial plant, from whofe down- 

 -' right root proceed feveral weak branches which trail 

 "upon the ground, and extend to the length of eight 

 or ten inches ; thefe are garnifhed with oblong leaves, 

 placed by threes upon pretty long foot-ftalksj they 

 are hoaiy on their under fide, but Imooth above j the 

 flowers are collefted in heads at the end of the ftalks, 

 having a clufter of leaves under them ; they are of a 

 deep yellow colour, and appear the latter end of 

 June," and in warm fcafons thefe are fucceeded by flat 

 wcolly pods, containing one rov/ of fmall kidney- 

 fhapcd feeds, v/hich ripen in September. This plant 

 is propagated by feeds, which Ihould be fown where 

 the plants are to remain, andtliould be treated in the 

 fame manner as the fixth fort. * v 

 T he eieh:hj"fort growls naturally in Tartary, from 

 whxRce the eeds were lent to the Imperial garden at 

 Pererihurgh, and hath fince been fent to many of the 

 curious rrardcns in Europe, which have been fur- 



niflicd with the feeds. 



four 



which r'ifcs near 



. This hath a flirubby ilalk, 

 feet higli, dividing into man/ 



brandies, which^wiicn young are CGver;\i wirh a screen 

 bark, clofcly garnilhcd by ohlji^g, uval, hr. >.)t!i lc^a\ es, 

 winch are ot a hoary green cotour ■ t:ie iiowcrs are 

 produced in clofe heads ;it the end of ihe branches, 

 hav* 



ing a cluflei 



-of 1 



cave.-: unuer Wz.w ; chcv are ot a 

 bright yellow colour, and ajiiKMrin rhc beolnnuv^ of 

 May ; thefe are fumetinH-s fucceeded by iliurt \vot*llv 

 pods, containing t!irce or four fn":aH kidncy-fliapcd 

 feeds in each, 'riiis is jM'opagatcd by feeds, which 

 Ihould be fown early in Apnl, on a border of itronir 

 ground expofed to the eail \ for ii'they are fov/n where 

 they have full fun, the plains v^lU not thri^'e. This 

 requires a cold iituation and a pretty llrong foil, 

 otherwife it will not thrive. 



The nintli fort grov.s naturally about Algicr^^, from 

 whence the Rev. Dr. Shaw brought the feeds, wliich 

 fucceeded in the Chclfea garden. This rifes v/ith 

 a foft flirubby ftalk to the height of eight or ten feet, 

 putting out many {lender branches on every fde, 

 garnifhed with fmall wedge-fliapcd leaves, which are 

 indented at tlic top, of a dark green colour and 

 fmooth; the flowers come out frequently fingle from 

 the fide of the branches, thefe are large and of a 

 bright yellow ; they appear in June, and are fome- 

 times fucceeded by pods containing three or four 

 kidney-fhaped feeds, which ripen in autumn. This 

 \ fort is too tender to live in the open air through the 

 winter in England, therefore the planto muft be 

 treated in the fame way as thofe whicli are natives of 

 the fame country. 



The tenth fort grov/s naturally in the iflands of the 

 Archipelago •, it rifes with a ligneous flalk fix or 

 feven feet high, fending out many angular lateral 

 'branches, garniflied with fingle, narrow, fpear-fliaped 

 leaves \ ' ' 



the flowers are produced in fliort bunches 

 from the fide of the branches ; they are fmall, ycllow> 

 and appear in July and Auguft, but are not fuc- 

 ceeded by feeds in England. 



This is propagated by cuttings, which if planted on a 

 bed of light earth the beginning of July, and are clofely 

 covered v/ith a bell or hand-glafs, v;hich fliould be 

 fhaded from the fun in the middle of the day, they 

 will put out roots by the middle or end of September ^ 

 when they fliould be carefully taken up, planting each 

 in a feparate fmall pot, carefully watering and fhading 

 them until they have taken new root ^ after which they 

 may be expofed in a Iheltered fituation till the end of 

 Oftober, when they mufl be removed into fhelter, for 

 this plant is too tender tolive in the open air in England. 

 The eleventh fort grows naturally in the iflands 

 of America, and alfo at the Cape of Good Hope. This 

 rifes with a weak fhrubby flalk eight or ten feet high, 

 fending out many erecl fide branches, which grow 

 eredt, and are garnifhed with fpear-fliaped woolly 

 leaves, placed by threes, the middle lobe having a 

 longer diftin£l foot-ftalk, than the two on each fide 

 v/hich grow clofe to the principal foot-ftalk. The flow- 

 ers come out from the fide of the branches, fometimes 

 fingle, at other times in clufters ; they are of a deep 

 yellow colour, and about the fize of thofe of the com- 

 mon Laburnum j thefe are fucceeded by hairy pods 

 about three inches long, which are fickle-fliaped, end- 

 ing with a long acute point, fwelling at the place 

 where each feed is lodged ; the feeds are roundifh, a 

 little inclined to a kidney-fliape. Thefe feeds are 

 efteemed an excellent food for pigeons in America, 

 from whence it had the title of Pigeon Pea. 

 This plant grows only in very v/arm countries, fo 

 cannot be preferved in England, unlefs it is placed 

 in a v/arm ftove. It rifes eafily from feeds in a hot- 

 bed, and v/ill grow th.ree or four feet high tn.e nrft 

 year, provided they have a proper heat, and the fe- 

 cond year they will produce flowers and feeds. The 

 plants muft be placed in the bark-bed in the ftove, 

 and treated in the fame manner as other tender plant* 

 ■from the fame countries : they fhould have but little 

 water in v/inter, and in the fummer fhould have a large 

 fiiare of free air admitted to them in warm weather. 



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