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yellow fweei fii 



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hour Vine. . . 



e. Ihdmoea {triloba) foliis trilobis cordatis, pedunculis 

 'trifloris. Lin. Sp. Plant. i6i. Ipomea with beart- 

 Jhaped leaves having three lobes ^ and three flowers on a 

 foQt'flalk, Convolvulus pentaphyllos minor, flore pur- 

 pureo. Sloan. Cat. 55. Smaller five-leaved Bindweed 



With a purple flower, 

 7. Ipomoea {Hcp~atic^folia) foliis palmatis, flonbus ag- 



Flor, Zeyl. jg- Ipomoea with hand-fljaped 



rs. Volubilis Zey- 



gregatis. 



leaves, and flowers growing in cluft^ 



lanica pes tigrinus diaa. Hort. Elth. 318. Volubilisof 



" Ceykn^ called Tyger's-foot. « ., 



8. Ipomoea {Digitata) foliis digitatis glabns flonbus 



fcffilibus, caule tevi. Lin. Sp. Plant. 162- Ipomoea 



with fmooth hand-floaped leaves, whofe lobes fit clofe, and 



' a fmooth ftalk. Convolvulus quinquefolius elaber 



• Americanus. Pluk. Aim. 116. Smooth five-leave 



rican Bindweed. 



The firft fort grows naturally in both Indies ; in the 

 Weft-Indies it is called Sweet-William, and by fome 

 Indian Pink. It rifes with a twining ftalk feven or 

 eight feet high, fending out many flender twining 



- branches, which twift about any neighbouring plants 

 fbrfuppdrt; the leaves are winged, being compofed 

 of feveral pair of very fine narrow lobes, not thicker 

 than fine fowing thread \ they are about an inch long, 

 of a deep green, and fometimes are by pairs oppofite, 

 and at others they are alternate j the flowers come 



'out fingly from the fide of the ftalks, ftanding upon 

 flender foot-ftalks about one inch long ; they are fun- 

 nel-fhaped, having a tube an inch long, which is nar- 

 row at bottom, but gradually widens to the top, which 

 fpreads open flat, with five corners or angles: they 

 are of a moft beautiful fcarlet colour, fo make a fine 

 appearance. This is an annual plant in England, but 

 whether it is fo in its native place I cannot tell ; for, as 

 the feeds, fall to the groupd, fo there is a fucceflion of 

 > -young plants, which cotitm^^^ great gart of 



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ito; in England ; it is propagated by feeds, which 

 V Aould be fown on a hot-bed in the fpring •, and as the 

 plants will foon appear, they fhould be each tranf- 

 plahted into a fmall pot filled with light earth, before 

 .they twine about each other, for then it will be difficult 

 to difengage them without breaking their tops. When 

 they are potted, they fhould be plunged into a new 

 hot-bed, and fl:icks placed down by each plant for their 

 ftalks to twine about ; after they have taken new root, 

 they Ihotild have a good fliare of air in warm wea- 



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ravying up weak -, and when they 



they tfiould fcjq i:ernoved into the tan-bed in the ftpve, 

 where they flapjuW have fupport, for their branches 

 *w.ni extend to a confiderable height. They will begin 

 to flower in Tune, and there will be a " "^ 



the 



. jripcawell in this fitua^ion every autumn.^^.- -r .^o^r 

 yThe'fccond fort grows naturally in Carolina and the 

 *<'BaKama Iflands •, this is alfo an annual plant m Eng- 

 land, "butis'iiStlo tender as the former. It hath a 

 /^twining ftalk, which rifes fix or eight feet high, gar- 

 ^ nilhed with hpart-Ihaped leaves ending in acute 

 points, which are divided into'angles at their bafe; 

 ; the flowers cotne 'but from' the fide of the branches, 

 ' upon flender foot-ftalks, which fupport three oi" four 

 flowers of the fame form and fize as the former^ but 

 jare^not fo deep coloured. There is a variety of this 

 ■Iwirn Orange-coloured flowers, but they do not differ 

 Jin "^any other reilpeft. If the feeds of this fort aire 

 ^"fo^h d^ i hdt-bed in the fpring, and when the prants 

 vcome^up, if they are gradually hardened, and after- 

 ward tranfplanted into a warm border, in favourable 

 feafons they will flower and produce good feeds ; but 

 mott'pepplc raifc the plants on a very gentle hot-bed, 

 and tranfplant them afterward into another-, by which 



-method they are brought forward, fo will perfeft 

 their feeds earlier. tH;;. ..^ ' , - 



The third fort is like the lecorild, but the leaves have 



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ho angles, and the flowers are of a Rofe colour, each 

 foot-ftalk fuftaining one flower. This may be treated 

 in the fame manner as the fecond fort. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, 

 where it twines about any neighbouring fupport, and 

 rifes ten or twelve feet high, garniflied with lar&c 

 heart-fliaped entire leaves : the flowers come out from 

 the fide of the branches upon flender foot-ftalks in 

 clutters ; they are of a blue colour, and their brinjs 

 are not angular as in rhe form.er fpecies, but entire 

 This fort is propagated by feeds, which fliould be 

 fown on a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants af- 

 terward treated in the fame way as is before direfted 

 for the firft fort, for it is too tender to thrive in the 

 open air here. 



The fifth fort is cultivated in moft of the iflands in 

 the Weft-Indies, but is fuppofed to have been intro- 

 duced there from the Spanifli Main. Thefe plants rife 

 to a very great height, and fend out many branches 

 fo are planted to cover arbours for ftiade in the iflands* 

 from whence it had the appellation of Spanifli Arbour 

 Vine. The ftalks of this plant are covered with a pur- 

 ple bark ; they twine about any neighbouring fup- 

 port, fending out 'many fide branches, fo that one 

 plant will cover an arbour of fifty feet long. The 

 leaves are divided into feven lobes almoft to the bot- 

 tom ; the flov/ers come out from the fide of the 

 ftalks; they are large, funnel- ftiaped, of a bright 

 yellow colour, and fmell very fweet ; thefe are fuc- 

 ceeded by large roundifli capfules with three cells, 

 containing one large feed in each, which are of a 

 dark colour. •' . . ; 



This is a perennial plant, but too tender to thrive in 

 the open air in England ; the feeds of this muft be 

 fown upon a hot-bed in the Ipring, and when the 



^plants c6me up, the;^ hiuft be traTifplanted into fepa- 

 rate pots, and plunge^ into a frcfti hot-bed ; but as 



^they will foon grow too tall tp ftand under a frattie, 



•they ftiould be removed into the bark-ftove, where 

 they muft be fupporced, ocherwife they will twine 

 about all the neighbouring plants. "As thefe plants 

 extend their ftioots to a very great length, they it- 

 quire a tall ftove, where they may have room to grgw, 

 without which they will never produce any flowers. 

 I have had thefe plants feveral years, but have only 

 feen one flower produced from them ; for they grew 

 fo very large before they begin to have flowers, as that 

 few of the ftoves in England have height enough for 

 their growth. vir^ii^x 



The fixth fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands in 



'the Weft-Indies ; this hath a twining ftalk, which 

 rifes ten or twelve feet high, gamiflied with leaves 

 divided into three lobes, which are heart-fliaped ; the 

 foot-ftalks arifefrom the fide of the ftalks, each fuf- 

 taining three purple flowers. This is alfo tender, fo 

 the plants muft be raifed on a hot-bed in the fpring, 



■ and afterward planted in feparate pots, plunging them 

 into another hot-bed, where they may remain till they 

 reach the glafies, when they fhould be removed ijito 

 a glafs-cale where they may have room, and be fcreen- 

 ed from the cold, but fhould have a large fhare of 

 free air admitted to them in warm weather; with this 

 treatment the plants will flower and produce ripe feeds. 

 The feventh fort grows naturally in India ; this rifes 

 with a twining hairy ftalk four or five feet high, gar- 

 niftied with hand-fhaped leaves which are hairy, and 

 divided at the bottom into feveral lobes; the flowers 

 come out in clufters, fnclofed in a five-cornered invo- 

 lucrum ; they are of apurplifli colour, but fmall, and 

 open only in tl^e evening, fo make no figurp. This 

 is propagated by feeds, and requires the fame treat- 

 ment as the fixth fort.- '• - 



fmoQth twining 



Weft 



five feet high, garniftied with hand-fliaped leaves 

 having five lobes, which fit clofe to the ftalks j the. 

 flowers come out from 'the fide of the ftalks upon 

 fhort foot-ftalks, which fuftain two or three' purple 



flowers i thefe are fucceeded by round tricapfular feed* 

 vefitrls : in each cell there is one brown feed. ; 



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