H 



H A 



Tl^e wood of this tree is brought to Europe, v;herc I Boththe forLSgrownaruraliylnSouth-Carolinai the firll 



it is ulcd tor dyeing purples, and for the fincil blacks, 

 . lu is a valuable commrdity ; but the Spaniards, who 

 chiini a ri^ht to the polTeffion of thoj'c places where it 

 naturalK^rows, are for excluding all other countries 

 from culing of the wood, which has occafioned many 

 , dil'i^'iires with their neiglibours, but particularly with 

 10 ]^nfj:liOi i this it is to be hoped will foon be over. 



a" 



there are fome of the planters in Jamaica, and the 

 other iilands in America, belonging to the crov/n of 

 Great-Britain, who have propagated this tree in fo 

 arcat plenty, as to have hopes of fupplying the de- 

 -mand for this wood in Britain in a very few years ^ for 



■ the trees grow fo fall there, as to be fie for ufe in ten 



■ or twelve years years froir. feed; and as they produce 

 rreat plenty of feeds in the Britifn colonies, fo thof 



■feeds fcattering about, the plants come up in all the 



■ neighbouring lands, therefore will foon belike an in- 

 dio-enous plant of the country. 

 Some of the planters in Jamaica have inclofed their 

 efcates with hedges formed of thefe trees, which are 

 verv ftrong and durable-, but where the hedges are cut. 



V 



■* < 



it will greatly retard the growth of the trees, fo that 

 . thofe who propofe to make an advantage by the pro- 



on the banks of Santee river, wiiereit frequently comes 

 up with two or three f:ems from tlie fame root, which 

 rife from fifteen to twenty feet high, fending out 

 branches toward their tops, garnilhed with oval fpcar- 

 flKiped leaves, fawed on their edges : the flowers arc pro- 

 duced on the fide of the branches in clullers, from two 

 or tliree to fix or fevcn in each •, they are bell-fliaped, 

 hanging downward, of one petal, white, wliich is 

 indented in four parts at the brim ; thicfe are fuccecded 

 by oblong nuts, having four wrings and four cells, 

 each containino; one oblono- feed. 



The fecond fort hath mucli refemblance to the firfl, 

 the leaves are oval, and the foot-ftalks are fmooth ; 

 the fruit has but two angles. 



Thefe plants arc propagated by feeds, when they can 

 be procured frefh from the places of their natural 



Thefe fliould be fown in pots as foon as the 

 feeds arrive, plunging the pots into the ground, in a 

 fituation where they may have only the morning fun. 

 The feeds often remain a year in the ground, therefore 

 the earth in the pots fliould not be difl:urbed, until 

 there is no probability of the feed growing. When 

 the plants appear, they fliould be fcreened from the 



grow^th. 



pafnuioh of the wood, fliould fow the feeds upon I fun, and frequently, but not too plentifully watered; 



fwampy'lands, which may be unfit for growing of I for while the plants are young, much moifture will 



rot their fhanks. The following autumn, the pots 

 Ihould be placed in a common frame, w^here the 

 plants may enjoy the free air in mild weather, and be 

 fcreened from frofi. The fpring following, before 

 the plants begin to flioot, they fhould be each put 

 into a feparate fmall pot, plunging them in a frame, 

 where they fliould be ihaded from fun ; and in the 

 fummer placed in a fliady fituation, fcreening them 

 in winter ; and the fpring following they may be 

 turned out of the pots, and planted in the full ground 

 where they are defigned to remain. 

 H A L I C A C A B U M. See Phys'alis. 

 HALICACABUS PEREGRINA. SccCar- 



" fugar, and permit all their branches to remam, which 



■ will be of great ufe in augmenting the bulk of their 



■ ftems ; and if, while the plants are young, they are 

 kept clean from weeds, &c. it will be of great advan- 

 tage in promoting of their growth. ^'I have been cre- 



• dibly informed by fome of the planters in Jamaica, 

 that they have had fome plants of this fort upward of 



■^ ten feet high in three years, fo that it requires but few 



• years to raife a fupply of this wood, fufficient to an- 



• fwer all' nie demands for it. - 



i^fThis plant is preferved in fome curious gardens in 

 « England, for the fake of variety. The feeds are fre- 

 cqUently brought from America, which, if frefh, rea- 



^dily grow when fown upon a good hot-bed ; and if the 

 ' plants are kept in a moderate hot-bed, they will grow 



the fame year, and, 



high 



to he upward of a foot 



- while the plants are young, they are generally well 



" furnifhed with leaves ; but afterward they make but 



litde progrefs, and are frequently but thinly clothed 



with leaves.' Thefe plants are very tender, fo fhould 



DIOSPERMUM. 



ALIMUS 



See Atriplex. 



HALLE R I A. Lin. Gent. Plant. 679. Caprifolium. 

 Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 226. African Fly Honey fuckle. 

 . . .The Characters are. 



/ 



of one leaf 



fig 



be conftantly kept in the bark-flove, where, if they I ment being much broader than the other. It hath onepe- 



- are duly watered, and the ftove kept in a good degree 

 of heat, the pfants may be preferved veiy well. 



- There are fome of thefe plants now in England, which 

 ' are upward of fix feet high, and as thriving as thofe 

 ' in their native foil. . v' "- .'■,.- • ■ 



HALESIA. Lin. Gen. Plant. S9^' 



i^v.i.'The Characters are, 





f the grining kind. The bottom of the tube is roundifh 

 The chaps are fwollen and tnflexedy the brim is ere£i and 

 oblique y cut into four fegments^ the upper being longer than 

 the others^ and is blunt ^ with an indenture at the top 1 

 the two fide ones are floor ter^ and pointed^ the lower is 

 very floor t and acute, >:Jt hath four fiamina^ which are 





^6 V 





''*<-- 



briflly. 



'"The flower hath a fmall permanent empalement of one leaf ^ 

 ^ indented in four parts ; // hath a bell-Jhapedfwelling flower 

 ''of one petaU divided at the brim into four lobeSy and from 

 '■ twelve toftxteen ftamina^ fhorter than the petals termi- 

 - natedby oblong ereEl fummits's the germen is fituated be- 

 ' tow^ is oblongs fupporting a flender ftyle longer than the 

 •petals crowned by a Jimple fligma \ the germen afterward 

 ' becomes an oblong nut^ narrowed at both ends, having 

 '[ four angles, with two cells, incloftng afinglefeed in each. 

 -This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linnasus's eleventh clafs, intitled Dodecandria Mo- 



nogynia, the flower having twelve flamina and one 

 llyle. - • ■ .- "": ■ ' • 



^^^ ^-The Species are,^-^'.?^>v>^ 



I. Halesia {Tetrapterd) foliis lanceolato-ovatls, peti- 

 ohs glandulofis. Lin. Spl 636. Halefta with ovalfpear- 

 fiaped leaves, whofe foot-flalks are glandulous.-^ Frutex 

 padi foliis ferratis, fioribus monopetalus albis cam- 



^ paniformibus, fruftu crafiTo tetraeono. Catefb. Hift. 

 Carol. 



fi 



he bottom of the tube is fituated 

 ftyle longer than the ftamina, croi 

 fingle fiigma. -^The germen afterward 



roundifh^ berry with two cells, each containing one hard feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 

 of Linn^us's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynam'ia An- 

 giofpermia, which includes the plants with a ringent 



flower, which have two long and two fhorter flamina. 







i Bi 



and the feeds are included in a capfule. 



We have but one Species of this genus, viz. . ; 



Halleria (Lucida). Hort. Cliff. 323. This plant has 



■^ its title frona Dr. Haller, who was profefTor of botany 



at Gottingen, in Germany. ' Caprifolium Africanum 



folio pruni leviter ferrate, flore ruberrimo, bacca ni- 



Honeyfuckle, 



a black berry. 



leaf lightly fawed, a very redfii 



I. 



2. H 



p. 64. 



\. 



alesia {Biptera) foliis ovatis, petiolis tevibus. 

 Lm. Sp. 6'^6. Halefta with oval leaves havinp; fmooth 



This genus of plants received its title from the late 



learned and 



Teddi 



reverend Doftcr Hales," fninifter of 



ington, iiear Hampton-Court, y- ^s-Vi 



The Eno-lifh name which I have here added, has 

 been given to this plant by fome gardeners, who ob- 

 ferved that the fhape of the flower had fome refem- 

 blance to that of the Upright, or Fly Honeyfuckle, 

 and for want of an Englifh name gave this to it ; or 

 they might take it from the Latin name, by which it 

 was called by Dr. Boerhaave, who made it a fpecies of 

 Honeyfuckle, - 



* »- - 



■ >'.■ .1 



^ - - 



< • 



/• 



> 



- • >• 



This 





\ 



