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b;i:ii.-::cLi into die lan-bcrd m the ibjvc ; du-in- t!ic 

 v:r!:crLh-lc tManrs ihniiUl haw bu: iirtlc water ^ivcn 

 riic:n; b-r in llimircr, \^ hen they are prowin- vipo- 

 nnJ]^-, iliey ihoukl be watered three or loi^r t::r.es a 

 week,V-'vd'in warm we.ulier the glafll-s fhould be 

 ooeiied to adniic a lar>:^e ihare of tree air. TJuie 

 rlancs rarely fiowcr in iinglanJ, but when the feeds 

 are lent iVom America, they fnoiild be iniinediatelv 



iitd in:o a Iior-bed, where, ir 



the plants will 



i}\\v. m pots, anci piung 



the ieeds arc iov/n early in the Iprin^T, 



the )an:e T-albn •, biii; \\ hen tivey are iown 



; i^round till the 



< oine up 



Inre, the feeds oiten remain in tne 



follow hig iprinq: before t!:ey vegcrare •, therefore when 



the planVs do liot conie ii:> the iirll feafon, the pots 



following 



{hould be icrccned from tlic froil: the 

 winter, and pur into a new hot-bed in the fprino, 

 which will ban^s, up the planes, if the feeds were good. 

 'i he fourth ibrt is much cu!t:vated by the inhabitants 

 of the ifiands in America, and is of great ufe to them 

 for feeding of their negroes i and the white peoole 



when ground to a fort 



make puddings of their roots 

 of flour. This plant is fuppofed to have been brought 

 from the Eait to the Well Indies, for it has not been 

 ciifcovered to grow wild in any part of America; 'but 

 in the ifianci of Ceylon, and on the cor.ftof Malabar, 

 it ^rov/s in tliC woods, and there are in thofc places a 

 rreat variety of forts. 



'Vhis fort, which is chiefly cultivated in the V/efb In- 

 dies, has a root as big as a man's leg, of an irregular 

 form, and of a dirty brown colour on the outfide, 

 but when cut, arc white and meally within. The 

 flalks of this plant are triangular and winged-, the 

 leaves are heart-fliapcd, leaving two ea:rs, fomewhat 

 like ihofe of Arum. I'hefe llalks climb to the height 

 often or twelve feet, v/iien they grow near trees or 

 Ihrubs, to which they fallen themfelves, otlierwife 

 they trail upon the ground. 



This plant is propagated by cutting of the root into 

 pieces, obferving to preP.^rve an eye or bud to each, 

 as is praftifed in planting of Potatoes ; each of thefe 



being planted will grow, and produce three or four 

 InrfTf- roots. In America they are commonly fix or 



larijre 



eight months in the ground before the roots are taken 

 up for ufe. The roots are roalted or boiled, and 

 eaten by the inhabitants, and fometimes are made 

 into bread. 



In fome curious gardens this plant is preferved for 

 the fake of variety, but it is fo tender as not to live in 

 England, unlefs it is placed in a warm ftove. As thefe 

 roots are free]uently brought from America, who- 

 ever hath an inclination to prcferve the plant, may 

 cut them in the manner before defcribed, and plant 

 each piece in a pot filled with freih earth, and plunged 

 into a hot-bed of tanners bark, and give them little 

 water until they fhoot, left they fhould rot. ' With 

 this management I have had the fhoots ten feet hicrh, 



• but the roots have not grown to any great fize with 

 me. This plant will not thrive in the open air in the 

 warmefl- time of the year, fo muft conftantly be kept 



- in the bark-ftove. ... 



DIOSMA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 241* Spiraea. Com. 

 Rar. Plant. 2. African Spir^a, vulgo. 



The Characters are, 

 The flower hath a -permanent empalernent, ivhich is di- 

 'vided into four ac:tte fegmcnts^ which are plain at their 

 hafe i it hath five ohtufie petals, which [pre ad open and are 

 as long as the Crnpalement ; it hath five ft amiua terminated 

 by cvalercof fummits, and a five-pcinted hoi lew ncciarium 

 fitting on the germ en ^ frmn which arifes a fingle (lyle, 

 crowned ly an ohjolete ftigwa. Tl^e ^rerrneii afterward 

 becomes a fruit "corr.pcfed of fi,% 



wlith open lengthways^ each inckfrg one fnoctb oblong 

 feed. 



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Ihis genus of plants is ranged in the firfi fefcion of 

 Linnicus's fifth clafs, intitlectPentandria Monogynia, 



• the Mowers havini^; five ftamina and one ifvle. 





comprejj'ed cupfuks. 



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tim por.iis. Com. Rar. : 

 ?\r'.7 with leaves pl::ced /■? f^r; ? ' 

 l^iosMA ( IlirUffa) foYu ; lir, 

 Clifi. 71. Dio^'rna with rarrr.w ha'yy 



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Alricana odorara, fi)his piicli;. Co::^ iv:i:. i^iant. 



D:osMA (i^'/.'rj) foliis iine:irr:-)j.s acuti.': ahbrls, ca- 

 rin.itis fubcus bifarium pur.craris. Lin. S-x i^ianr. i^S. 

 Diojma with frnocth, narr:w\ acute lea-v:s, which are 

 fpolted on their v.ndcr fide, ^.pirxa Afrira:"i.i odo:-.;to, 

 floribus fuaverubentibu^. Com.. Rar. Plan:, z. 

 Jfrican Spircca zvith foft red flowers. 

 Dio.sMA [Erriioidcs) foliis lineari-lanccolatis fubtus 

 convexis, bifariam inibricatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. i..)S. 

 Dicfrna with narrow fpear-fljapcd leai-rs. which awe con- 

 ve:< on their under fde^ and imlricaicd two wars. Sci- 

 yji'S Afric'ana ericr^ bacr.ifcr.T:^ foliis. Raii Uiil. qi. 





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) tuliis lanceolatis n;labris. I_.in, 



jifrica:: Spir.rawith leaves like the Berry-bearing llcutb. 

 1 )iosM A {Lanceclata 



Sp. 287- Dicfrna with fwoothfpear-fieaped leaves. 

 ra^a Africana, Satureja^ foliis brevioribus. 

 Dendr. 91. 

 The firll fort rifes to the licl!>ht of three feet 



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r '-branches are very long and [lender, and aic produ' ed 

 ^/romthe Hem very irregularly; the leave. c,\c })h:c(d 

 croflways, and are pointed; thefe are every c\'enin^^, 

 clofed up to the branches. The flowers are produced 

 along the branches from between the leaves; and in 

 the evening, wlien thefe flowers are expanded, and 

 the leaves are clofely embracing the flalks, the whole 

 plant appears as if covered with fpikes of white flow- 

 ers ; and as thefe plants continue a long time in flower, 

 they make a fine ap.pearance when the plants are in- 

 termiixcd with other exotics in the open air. 

 The fecoiid fort has been \o\vj known under tlie title 

 of Spirrca Africana odorata, foliis pilofis, or Sweet- 

 fcented /Ifrican Spir.ea^ with hairy leaves. Tlfis f )rr 

 makes a very handfome fl-irub, erowinp- to the heida 

 of five or fix feet; the ftalks are woody, fending 

 out many fiender branches ; the leaves come' out al- 

 ternately on every fide, which are narrow-pointed and 

 hairy. The flowers are produced in fmall clufters at 

 the end of the flioots, which are white ; thefe arc fuc- 

 ceeded by fl:arry feed-veflfels, Iiaving five corners, 

 like thofc of the ftarry Anife ; each of thefe corners is 

 a cell, liaving one fmooth, fhining, oblong, black 

 feed ; thefe feed-vefi^els abound with a refin, which af- 

 fords a grateful fcent, as doth alfo the whole plant. 

 The third fort is of humbler growth than either of 

 the former, feldom rifing above three feet high, and 

 fpreads out into many branches ; the leaves of this 

 fort are fmooth, and refemble thofe of the Heath, and 

 this plant from thence had the name of Erica ^jEthio- 

 pica, &c. given it by Dr. Plukenet: the flowers of 

 this kind are produced in cluRers at the end of t!ie . 



. branches, like thofe of the fecond fort, but are fmallcr, 

 and the bunches are not fo lar^e. 

 All thefe plants are propagated by cuttings, which 

 may be planted during any of the fummer months, in 

 pots filled with light frefii earth, and plunged into a 

 very moderate hot-bed, where tliey iTiould be fliaded 

 in the day time from the fun, and frequently refreflied 



with w^ater. 



have taken root, when they fliould be eacii tranf- 

 planted into a fmalJ pot, and placed in a fiiady fitua- 

 tion until the plants have t;iken frefli root, when they 

 may be placed among other exotic plants, in a flicl- 

 tered firuation : thefe plants may remain abroad un- 

 til the beprinnino^ of October or later, if the feafon 



In about two months the cuttings will 



continues favourable; for they only require to be 

 flieltered from froil:, fo that m a dry airy green-houfc 

 they may be preferved very well in winter, and in 

 fummer they' may be expofed to the open air with 

 other green-houfe plants. 



Thefe plants grow naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence the feeds were lent to Europe, 



where 



