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Issves \ the proper tmpalenunt is z-ery fmall^ and hath fiz^e 

 indentures ; the general umbe! is half radiated ; the outer 

 flowers are fruit fuU but thofe in the difn are barren ^ they 

 have five petals^ and five flender flamina longer than the 



* tetals^ terminated by roundifh furnmits : the turbinated 

 germrn isfttuated under the flower^ fi'-pporting tvjo flcn- 



' der recurved fiyles^ cro^joned by obtufe fiigrnas \ the germen 

 afterward becomes an orbicular fruity compofed of t'-xo feeds 



having borders. 

 ' This o-enus of plants is ranged in the fccond 



of Linn^us's fifth clafs, •---'-'■'' u^^*... 



der 



or- 



inticled Pentandria 



the flowers having five ftamina and two 



I 



Digynia," 



ftyles. 



\t it named after Mr. HafTelqiiift, who was a pupil 



/of Dr. Linn^us. 



',; Hasselquistia {Mgyptiaca\ Amoen. Acad. 4. p. 



* 370. Egyptian Haffelquiftia. Paflinaca Orientalis, fo- 



liis eleganter incifis. Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 16. 



■^ This plant is bennial, and being a native of warm 



:, countries, is with difficulty prefcrved in England -, 



■ for when the plants come up early in the fpring, they 



\. do not perfeft their feeds the fame year ; and thole 



/.' plants which arife in the autumn, feldom live through 



:,' the winter; therefore the furefl method . to procure 



good feeds in this country, is_ to fow the feeds in pots 



about the middle of Auguft, placing the pots 



where they may have the morning fun only, being 



careful to water them duly ; and as weeds will come 



up in the pots to take them out, and where the 



plants are too clofe, thin them ; in Oftober re- 



, move the pots into a common franie, where they 



may enjoy the free air in mild weather, but be fcreened 



'^. from froft : in tKe Ipring following, if the plants are 



.. carefully turned out of the pots, and planted in the 



"I full ground, they will flower in June, and the feeds 



, will ripen in Auguft. 



H A W T H O R N. See Mespilus. 



HAZEL. See CoRYLus. ; -, 



HEDERA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 249. Tourn. Inft. 



" R, H. 612. tab. 384. T'he Ivy-tree, 



r :-/ 



■{ 



:The Characters are, 



-, uhe flowers are difpofed in form of an umheU having a 

 ^ fmall^ involucrum indented in many parts. "The empale- 



i- pient h cut into five parts^ and fits upon a germen. ..The 



'■: flower bath five oblong petals^ which fpread open, whofe 



points are incurved \ they have five awl-fh aped ftamina^ 



1 terminated by proftrate furnmits., which are cut into two at 



Jbeir hafe. Thegermeny which is fituc^t^d.Mlow the flower^ 

 'Xf^pports^ a Jhort ftyle^ crowned by a Jingle ftigma. .She 



2' germen afterward becomes a globular berry with one celh 



incloftng four or five large feeds^ convex on one Jide^ and 



\- Mngular on the other, . :- ; :. ^ . 



•This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl feftion of 

 ^Xinnasus's fifth clafs, which .includes thofe plants 

 - whole flowers have five flamina ^Jid but one ftyle. 

 v*' ,. 1 ne bPEciEs are. 





*"*?*? ^ 





T 



1. Hedera (Helix) fpliis ovatis Iqbatifque. Flor. Laj)p. 



'7vy with ovat lobed leaves. -' Hedera arborea. 





9} 



vS-.^'^' 3'^5' ^^^^ -?%'» and the Hedera communis 



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into large buHiy heads, and their leaves arc laig<N 

 more of an oval fliape, and n.ot divided into lob-s ui.e 

 the lower leaves, that it hath a difiercnt appcarancc\ 

 which has occafioned fome to take them tor dillir.cl 



fpecies. 



In the latter part of the hift century, when it was tlio 

 fafliion to fill gardens with all forts of flu'cred Ever- 

 greens, there were many of thcfe plants trained inco 

 round heads, which were clipped into balls, or ia form 

 of a cone -, and 3.s thei'c v/ere fu hardy as not to be in- 

 jured by weather, and would grow in any foil, fo they 

 were then much cfteemed j but Hnce that unnaturdl 

 tafte has been exploded, thefe plants are feldom ad- 

 mitted into gardens, unlefs to cover walls, or run over 

 grottos, &c. for which purpofe there is no plant fa 

 well adapted. . 



There are two varieties of this, one with filver-ftriped 

 leaves, and the other with yellowilh leaves on the top 

 of the branches ; thefe are preferved in fome gardens 

 for the fake of variety. . ^ ' 



Thefe plants are eafily propagated by their trailing 

 branches, which fend forth roots their whole length-, 

 which branches being cut off, and planted, will erow 

 m almoft any fou or fituation, and may be trained up 

 to ftems, or fuffered to remain as climbers, to cover 



walls, pales, &c. 



s 



- , -, 



which Ihould 



They may alfo be propagated by feed 

 be fown foon after they are ripe, which is in the begin- 

 ning of April :^ if thefe are kept moill and (haded. 



they will orrow the fame fpnncr, otherwife they will 

 remam a year m the p-round ; thererore few 

 trouble them 



perfons 



ifelves to propagate the plants m this way, 

 the other being much more expeditious. " '.'^ ., ^,^ 

 . While the ftalks of this plant trail, either on the 

 ground or upon wallsj or other fuppqrt, they do 

 . not produce any flowers, which has occafioned its be- 

 ,. ing called fterile, or barren Ivy j but when the branches 

 get above their fupport, they produce flowers at the 

 end of every fhoot; thefe appear in Septeniber, and 

 are fucceeded by berries, which turn black before 

 , they are ripe, and &re formed into round bunches, 

 which are called corymbi, and from thefe the epi- 

 thet oF corymbus, fo frequently ufed by botanifts, is 

 . taken. 

 The leaves of this plant are frequently applied to 

 . iflTues to keep them cool, and free from inflammations ; 

 they are alfo ufed for curing of fcabs, fores,, and 

 fcald heads. Mr. Bojle, iti his tjfeuilnefs of Expe- 

 rimental Philofophy, commends a Targe dofe of^the 

 / full ripe berries, as a remedy againft the plague; 

 .. ut Schroder fays, they purge upward and down- 

 I ward.,} The gUm of Ivy is cauftic. But ^s'fecom- 

 ,.,.mended by fome to take fpots and freckles out of the 



..^, There is mention ^m^de "of anotTier fpecies of Ivy, 

 /which is titled He'dera Poetica, 'by'Cafpar Bauhin; 

 ., thi'S grows in many or the mands of the A 



go. 



J.B,. 



Great comniSn Tvy.\J, 





r- 



-, major, j. u, 2. ni. 



2- ^iEDERA (^inquefolia) foliis quinatis, ovatis, ferra- 

 vi tis: Hort. Cliff. y4./ Ivy with leaves compofed of five 

 >./s'Z'w, which are fawed, Vitis quinquefolia Canaden- 

 ^^ fcahdens. - Tourn^ Inft;. 6 1 i'. ^ . Climhlng ' Canada 



f^^e with five leaves^ commonly called Virginia Creeper. 



^?.^%f^^^ ^ort grows naturally in moft parts of England, 



'■■ "Where it meets Nvitiranyne'ighbouring fupport, „ The 



ftalks will f^{J:en to it, and rife to. a very great height, 



., fending^out roots on every fide^ yblch ^ get into the 



' joints of waifs, or the bark of trees, and thereby^ are 



-J^yPPorted ; or if there is no fupport near, the ftalks 



. trail upon the ground, and' take root all their length, 



10 that they clofely cover the furface, and are diifi- 



,cult to eradicate j fof where any fmall parts of the 



ftalks are left, they will foon fpread and multiply. 



■While' thefe are fixed to. any fupport, or trail upon 



vthe ground, their ftalks are'flender and flexible ; but 



i 



..and produces yellow berries ; but as I have hot feen 



-this plant, I cannot determine if it,is a diftintfl fpe- 



-'cies,. Dr. Linn^us.fuppofes it to be only a variety, 



• though he has not feen the plant ; but Tournefort, 



who gatliered it in the Levant, puts it down as' a dif- 



ferent fort. ^ . • ._ . -: ,. ,,. \i 



.when they have reached' to t!ie*top of their fupport, 

 .they fhorten and become wbody^^ ^^•"' ' ^ 



» 



The fecond fort grows naturally in all the northern 

 parts oT America -, it was firft brought to Europe 

 from Canada, and has been long cultivated in. the 

 -Englifh gardens, chiefly to plant againii walls, or 

 ;.,. high buildings to coyer tHem, which thefe plants will 

 ' 'do in a" in or t time. For they will Ihodt almoft twenty 

 ...feet high in one year, and will mount* up to the top 

 ^I'of the higheft building ; but as the leaves fall off in 

 ^J. autumn, the plants make but an indifferent appear- 

 ance in winter; and as it is late before they come out 

 in the fpring, they are not much efteemed, unlefs it 

 ..is. for fuch fituations, where better things will 



; 



not 



_»P 



forming themfelves 



» 'i' 



> 



_ 1 -.'v m- 



1 ** 



f 



( 



.thrive j for this plantwill thrive in the midft of London, 



and is not injured by fmoke, or the clofenefs of the 



. air, fo are veiy proper for fuch fituations. The ftalks 



of thele plants put out roots, which faften themfelves 



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