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Tlie eighth fort grows naturally in the ifiand of Mi- 

 norca, from whtiice the feeds were fcnt to England, 

 bv Mr. Salvador, an apothecary at Barcelona, in the 

 \w-ar 171 S ; this rifes with a flender flirubby Iblk in 

 this country about two feet high, but in its native 

 foil rifes feven or eight feet high, feading out feveral 

 weak branches of a reddifh colour, which are marked 

 where the leaves have fallen off with a cicatrice. The 

 leaves arc fmall, oval, and waved on their edges, hav- 

 ins ftveral fmall protuberances on their under fide, fit- 

 clofe to the ilalks, half embracing them with their 

 bafc. The flowers are produced at the top of the 

 {talks j they are large, of a bright yellow colour, with 

 a crrear number of ilamina, v/hich are a little fhorter 

 than the petals ^ ihefe flowers have five (lyles, and are 

 . fuccceded by pyramidal caplules with five cells, which 

 have a ftrong fmell of turpentine, and are filled with 

 fmall brov/n feeds : this plant has a fucceflion of 

 flowers great part of the year, which renders it va- 

 luable ; it is too tender to live through the winter in 

 the open air in England, but requires no aVtificial 

 heat: if the plants are placed in a dry airy glafs- 

 cafe in winter, where they may be protefted from 

 fioil, and enjoy a good fhare of frefh air in mild 

 weather, they will thrive better than in a warmer 

 fituadon ^ but they muft by no means be placed in a 

 damp air, for their flioots foon grow mouldy and de- 

 cay with damp, nor fliould the plants have miUch 

 water durins the winter: but in fummer they fliould 

 be expofed in the open air, and in warm weather they 

 ^ fhould be gently watered three times a week" ; they 

 ' fliuuld have a loofe fandy foil, not over rich* This is 

 propagated by cuttings, which fliould be planted in 

 June, in pots filled with light earth, and plunged into 

 'a very jTipderate hot-bed, whole heat is declining, 

 . ihadin^ them from the fun in the heat of the day, 

 -and now and then refrefliing them with water; thefe 

 ^cuitlngs, fo managed, will put out roots in fix or 

 *Kv:en weeks, when they fhould be carefully taken 

 *"up, and each planted into a feparate fmall pot, placing 

 . them in the (hade till they have taken new root ; then 

 they may be removed to a fheltered fituatk)ri, where 

 tljey ftay remain till the froft comes, when they fhould 

 ^e removed into ihelter. 



If thefe are propagated by feeds, they mould be fown 

 : in autumn, in the fame way as is before direfled for 

 ^ t^e fifth fort, and the plants treated in the fame man- 

 ners as thofe raifed from cuttings. . "^ • ' ' ' 

 The h^nth fort is the comrhon Tutfati, or Park-leaves, 



which is fometimes ufed in medicine. ' It grows na- 

 ^ turally in woods in feveral parts of England, fo is not 

 often admitted ini:o gardens-, this hath a fhrubby 

 ftalk, which rifes two feet high, fending out fbme 

 frnall branches toward tHe top; thefej and alfo the 

 ; ftalks, ar^ giVnifhed with oval heart-fhaped leaved, fit- 

 ting clofe ^0, them Vith their bafe, they are placed 

 : By pairs at every loiat. The flowers are produced 

 in Imall qlulters at the end or the (talk ; thefe are 

 > yellow, but fmaller than either of the forts here men- 

 tidned; they have many long ftarniha^' which ftahd 

 out beyond the flower, and three flylesV The gfer- 

 men afterward ttirn^^toiroundilh fruit, covered with 



^-^^*V:P,^^P9 whifh, when ripe, is Wack.' The capfule 



Tias three cells, containing; Imall TeeHs;- Ir flowers in 



■' June, and the feeds are ripe in autumn.': It hath a 



■ perennial root, and may be propagated by parting it 



m autumn V it loves fhade and a fl:rori'g foil.;' ;^ 3' _ 



' Tj^e tenth fortgi^di^s'natiitrally in J^Jortlj America ; 



this rifes with ah' upright herbaceous ftalk three feet 



' -jand a half high, fending but feveral fmall tranches 



AJpwafd, which corne out oppofite^ arid arc garnilhed 



with oblong leaves placed oppofite, which half ein- 



'brace the flialk with the'if fcafe. At the end of each 



?^^^% is^ produced ohe pretty' lirgfe yellow flower, with 



an obtufe empalerrierit, having many fl:amina, which 



are equal in length with the petals, and five ftyles 



which' are fo clofely joine^'as to appear but one". The 



ftigmag kre reflexe'd, which denote their number. This 



fort feldotti rlpdis feeds hefe^ {8 \s propagated by 



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parting the roots. The befl: time for this Is In au- 

 tumn ; itftiould have a light foil and an open fitud^ 



tion. . The flowers appear die latter end of luly and 

 in Auguft. - ^ 



The eleventh fort grows naturally in China, from 

 whence the feeds were brought to die Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Northumberland, and the jiLnt's were raifed 

 in his Lordfhip's curious garden at Scanw'ick, and "by 

 his Lordfl:^ip's generofity the Chelfca garden was fur- 

 nifl:ied with this plant. 



The root of this plant is com.pofcd of many lio-ncous 

 fibres, which fl:rike deep in tlie ground -, from which 

 arife feveral flirubby ftalks near two feet high, co- 

 vered with a purplilli bark, and garnilhed with ftiff 

 ■ fmooth leaves about two inches long, and a quarter 

 of an inch broad, placed by pairs, fitting clofe to 

 the flialk ; they are of a lucid green en their upper 

 fide, and gray on their under, having many tranfverfe' 

 veins running from the midrib to the border. The 

 fiov»^ers are produced at the top of the fl:alks, growino- 

 in fmall clufl:ers, each fl:anding upon a fliort^difl:ind: 

 foot-fl:alki thefe have an empalement of one leaf, di- 

 vided into five obtufe fegments almofl:to the bottom, 

 which is of a deep purple colour. The flower is com- 

 pofed of five large obtufe petals, of a bright yt^llow 

 colour ; thefe are concave, and in the center is fituated 

 an oval germeh fupporting a fingle fl:yle, crowned by 

 five flender ftigmas, which bend on one fide ; the 

 fl:yle is attended by a great number of flramina which 

 are longer than the petals, and terminated by round- 

 ifli fummits. - ' " 



This plant connnues in flower great part of the year, 

 which renders it the more vaiui:;Mc 5' and if it is planted 

 in a very warm fituadon, it will live in the-ppen air ; 

 but thofe plants which ft:and abroad will not flower in- 

 winter, as thofe do which are removed into fllielter in 

 autumn. 



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It may be propagated by flips from the root, or by 

 laying down of the branches ; if by flips, "they fliould 

 be planted in the fpring on a moderate hot-bed, which 

 will forward their putting out new roots ; the lavers 

 fhould alfobe laid down at the famic time, which'will 

 have taken root by autumn, when they may be tranf- 

 planted into pots, and flieltered under a frame in win- 

 ter^ and in the fpring, part of thefe maybe planted in 

 a warm border, and the others continued in pots to be 

 fcreened in winter, lefl; thofe in the open air fliould be 

 killed. •. 



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HYPERICUM FRUTEX. See SpiR^^r V 



H X P O C H ^ RI^S, a fort of Hawkweed,. of,which 



' there are two or three fpecies, which grow naturally 



in England ; the others are feldom admitted into gar- 



, (lens, therefore I fliall not enumerate them. 



HYPOPHYLLOSggRMOUS PLANTS 



" [of Jtto, under, ' ^uAAoi, a leaf, and '(TTre/j/Aa, feed,] are 



fuch plants as bear their feeds on the backfides of 



■ their leaves. . ^ - - . .^ . . .^. 



H Y S S O P U S. Tourn. Inft. R. H. ^00. ta!). ^5] Lirf. 

 Gen. Plant. 628. [takes its name frorri the Hebi*e\v 

 word ^1'^, in which language HyflTop fighifies a Koly 

 herb, or for purging or cleanfing facred places, as" it 

 is faid in the Pfalms, Purge me with HyflTop. ' But 

 what plant the Hyfl5bp of the antients was, Is not 

 icriown^ but that it feems to have been alow plant, 

 Becauie Solomon is faid to have defcribed the plants 

 fronithe Cedar to the Hyflbp.] Hyflx)p j in French, 



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Hifope. 



• The Ch/racters are, . 

 The empalement of the flower is oblongs cylindrical^ 



■ Jireaked^ and permanent . It is of one leaf cut into five 

 ' alute parts at the top. The flower is ofonepstal^'ofthe 



■ grinning kind, with a fidrtow cylindrical tube the length 



■ cf the empalement. The chaps are inclining, The upper 

 * lip is fhort, plain,, roundijh, ereB, and indented at the 



top. The under lip is tnfd, the two fide fegments being 

 fhorter than the middle one, which is crenated. It hath 

 four ftamina, which ftand apart \ two of them are longer 



than the petal, the other two are ffjorter^ te}-minated by 

 fingle fummits: It bath four ger mm, with afmgle flyle 



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