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the leaves continue :ill the year, for which t::e plints I from the fide of their branches ; they are white z\v\ 



are prcfcrvecl in green-houles, to add to the variery in 



v/intcr. 



The fii'th fort grows naturally in the Canary Iflands. 

 This rifes with a woody ftalk three or tour feet high, 

 dividing- into many branches, which are garnifhed wit! 



oval leaves notched on their edges, growing oppo- 

 fite upon long foot-ftalks -, they are hairy, and oi an 

 Aih colour oil their under fide *, the flowers are pro- 

 duced from the fide of the branches on pretty long 

 foot-ftalks, each fuftainingfour fliort roundifh fpikes 

 or heads, which divide by pairs, and fpread trom 

 each other. The flowers are white, and appear in 

 June and July, but are not fucceeded by feeds in 

 Eno-land. The leaves of this plant, when bruiied, 

 emit an agreeable odour, for which it is by fome 

 perfons much efteemed ; the garcieners have given it 

 the title of Madam Maintenon, but for what reafon 



I know not. 



The two laft forts are too tender to live through the 

 winter In the open air in this country, fo mull be 

 kept in a green-houfe during that feafon ; but they 

 only require to be fcreened from frofl:, fo may be 

 placed with Myrtles and the other hardy green- 

 houfe plants, where they may have a large fhareofair 

 in mild weather, and be treated in the fame way ; 

 they are eafily propagated by cuttings during any of 

 the fumixier months, which, if planted in a fhady 

 border and duly fupplied with water, will take 

 root in five or fix weeks ; then they' may be potted, 

 and placed in a fhady fituation till they have taken 

 new root, after which they may be treated as the 



fmall, fo make no great appearance. It is prGpa,q;arcd 

 by feeds, and requires the fame trcatmcrnt as the ie- 

 cond and third forts. 



The eighth fort rifes with an uprigSt woody ftallc 



fix or feven feet high, with a hoary bark, full of mar^-^ 



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old plants, . 



'- The fixtli fort grows naturally in Peru, from whence 

 ■; the feeds were fent by the younger Juflieu to the 

 ' ■ Royal Garden at Paris, where the plants produced 

 '^' flowers and feeds ; and from the curious garden of 

 '*■; the Duke D'Ayen, at St. Germains, I was fupplied 

 ■-^with fome of the feeds, which have fucceeded in the 

 '-. Chelfea garden, where the plants have flowered and 



perfefted their feeds for fome years. ' ' ' ^' ' 

 ' This rifes w^ith a flirubby fl:alk tv/o or three feet 



high, dividing into many fmall branches, garniihed 



with oval, fpear-fhaped, rough leaves, fet on without 

 '- order i they _are three inches lon^. and one inch 



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where the leaves have grown ; tiie upper part of tlie 

 ftalk divides into two or three fl:runo; woody branches 

 which grow ered:, and arc very clof^ly garnifhed witii 

 long, narrow, woolly leaves, which (lind en every* 

 fide the branches without order. The flowers come 

 out from the fide of the {talks, to which they fit clofe ; 

 they are Ihort and reflexed, like thofc of the oth-^r fpe- 

 cies. The flowers are purple, fitting in very woolly em- 

 palements, which are divided into fivefegments, which 

 fpread open ; the whole plant is very white and woolly, 

 like the Sea Cudweed, fo makes an odd appearance 

 when intermixed with other exotic plants : this is pro- 

 pagated by feeds, which muft: be procured from the 

 places where it naturally grows, for it never produces 

 any in Europe ; thefe feeds fliould be fown in a tub of 

 earth in the country, for when the dried feeds come 

 over they feldom grow j arid if they do, it is not be- 

 fore the fecond year : and from feveral parcels of the 

 feeds which I have received from the Wefl:-Indies, I 

 have not raifed more than two plants, and thefe carhe 

 U£ from the feeds which had been fov/n more than a 

 year ; fo that if the feeds are fown as foon as they arc 

 ripe in a tub of earth, when they arrive in England, 

 the tub fliould be plunged into a hot-bed of tanners 

 bark, which will bring up the plants \ and when thefe 

 are fit to remove, they fliould be each planted in a 

 feparate fmall pot filled with earth, conipofed of fand 

 and light undunged earth, with a little, lime rubbifli 

 well mixed together, then plunged into a hot-bed of 

 tanners bark, and fliaded until they have taken new 

 root ; after which, they mull be treated as other ten- 

 der exotic plants, always keeping them in the tan-bed 

 in the fliove, giving them but little v^ater, efpecially 

 during the winter feafon. 



The ninth fort is a native of the Wefl:-Indies, 

 where it grows plentifully on the fea-fhore •, it rifes 

 with an upright flirubby fl:alk a foot and a half 

 ' high, -garniflied with fmall fpear-fhaped leaves, 



and one-third of an inch 

 broad in the middle, ending in acute points, fit- 

 ting "clofe to the ftalk ; they are hoary on their un- 

 der fide, but fiiiodth above. The flowers are pro- 



fcarce'one inch long. 



.'. and a half broad in the middle, ftandine; on fliort 



■ foot-ftalks i they are hairy, and greatly veined on 

 ■''- their undcF fide, which is of an Afli colour. '''The 



flowers are produced at the end of the brancKes in t duced in fingle flender Ipikes, which come out from 

 fliort reflexed fpikes, growing in clufters. 'The foot- the fide,"and at the lop of t|ie ftalks v' they aie' But", 



■ ftalks divide intq two or three, and thefe divide ao;ain " little recurved* efpecially thofe on the fide, but thofe 

 ' into lefs, each fuftainine: a fpike of pale blue flowers, , at the top are more bent: they are white, fo niake: 



■ which have a ftrone; fweet odourr^.The plants con- . * but little appearance, ^'-- - - *- 

 ' tinue in flower great part of the year, and thofe flowers 

 y which come out in fummef," are fucceeded by ripe 



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It may be propagated either by feeds or^ cuttings. 

 ' .The feeds fliould be fown upon a moderate hot-bed in 

 r the fpring, and wlien the plants are j^to remove, they 



■ fliould be tranfplahted intoTmairpots filled w^^ light 



• earth, and plunged into a hot-bed, where'tRey Ihould [ 



■ be fiiaded till they have taken new i-obt';' then they 

 J fliould be inured to the open air by degrees^ into 

 - which they Ihould be removed in fummer, placiner 



• tnem in a Iheltered fituation ;'and in autumn they 

 ' muft be houfed witK otHer exotic plants ' in a good 



green-houfe, where iSiey will flower great part of 



• winter, fo will make a goo3 appearance among the 

 ^ Orange-trees, and other green-houfe plantV,* with 



• 'whofe culture this'plant will thrive.";' If the cuttings 

 ] of this plant are put jnto pots filled with light earth, 



during any of the fummer months, and plunged into 

 ; a moderate hot-bed," they will take root very Ifreely, 



but thefe do hot make fo good plants as thofe raifed 

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The tenth fort was fent me from Carthagena in 

 New SpaTh7 where it grows naturally on the fandy 

 Ihores'. "^ This is an_ /annual plant, with "^ trailing 

 ftalks which grow fix or feven inches lon^:, garniihed 

 with fmall oval leaves, which are woolly and en-' 

 tire. \* The flowers are produced at the end oftlie 

 bTanchbs, in fingle 'fliort" fpikes,' which are re- 

 flexed ; they are fmall and White, fo make little "^ap- 

 rariCe.' V ' ' "^■""* ^V.. ' '-. . . ' \ ■. , . 



, The eleventh fort was fent; me by the late Dr. Houf- 



^^toun from La Vera Cruz, where he found it grow- 

 ing in plenty i this rifes with a flirubby ftalk three 

 feet high, dividing into' flender brancTies,^which are 

 clofely garniflieS with oblong, oval, VooIIj^ leaves, 

 placed without brdeirr' The nowers 'are produced at 



e feventh fort grows nafctirally on the fea-flibfe 



; in the Weft-Indies; this is an anniial plant, whofe 



' branches trail upon the ground, and grow a foot long ; 



^Xa^re garniflied with narrow gray ifli leaves,' which 



'are fmootf). The flowers are produced indouble Ipikes 



the fend of the branches' in double fpikes, which are 

 flender, fliort, and ftrait, not recanted as the other 

 ■fpecies." .The flowers are fmall ^nd white, and the 



plant is perennial. _;. „ . ... 



Thefe three laft mentioned are |)rbpagated by feeds. 



■ but the difiiculty of gettmg therri frefli from America, 

 and the uncertainty of their growing, unlefs they are 

 fown abroad, and brought over in earth, has rendered 

 them rare in Europe ; and as they arc plants of little 

 beauty, fo few perfons have taken the trouble to pro- 

 cure them : befides, as they require a ftove to prefcrve 

 I them in this country, and muft have a peculiar foil 



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