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or clafjjer rifing between. 



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yjWich faiccns ro any Kinp:^rc jiuar. The flowers con-ic 



blue, 



are fuc- 



ccoJcvi b; ,/v'al co-nprcfTecl pods, with a double mein- 



br.inc or win;^ ru'iiiing longitudinally on the b 



fir.Hy np^n fo.)t-ila!k.s at each joint ; they are 

 and ihr.ped like cl'.cie of the Pea; thefe ai 





T[{r: ilcwcrs in June and July, and the feeds ripen 

 in Septe^nb-T-. k is fcldorn cultivated, unlefs hi bo- 



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tan'c g:^ dens for thc.iiikc of variety. 

 I'he iccond hr: is cukivated in feme countries for 

 the feeds, Nvnich ai-e, ufed for feeding of poultry; 

 is prows \/ild in Iialy and .Spain. It does not rife 

 hii^'h as the firll' tort. The leaves are longer, the 

 ^ . s are near twice the length of thofe, and are chan- 

 nelled on their back fide ; this is cultivated in the 

 fame nianncr as Vetches or Tares. 

 The thiid fort v/a^ fent me from Verona, where it 

 grows naturally ; this is an annual plant, which feldom 

 rifes more than i]x or eight inches high. The two 

 lobes of the leaves are fnail, and end with clafpers. 

 Ti^e flowers arc of a bright fcarlet, and are luc- 

 'cecwtd by taper pods, filled with rounddh feeds. This 

 is only kept for variety in fome botanic gardens, 

 Thefourtiv fort grows naturally about ^' 



with clafpers. The foot-ftalks are fliorr, and fuR;:in 

 two large flowers with purple ilandards, whofe wings 

 and keel are of a bright red ; thefe are fucceedcd by 

 long jointed pods, containing fcveral roundilL feeds. 

 This 13 lometinies titled by the gardeners Scarlet 

 Lupine. 



The ninth fort is an annual plant, which grows 

 naturally about Montpelier, I have alfo received 

 the feeds from Siberia ; this rifcs with 

 ftalk five or fix feet high, which has two 



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climbing 

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aves are compofcd of two long narrow lobes, 

 midrib ends Vv'ith clafpers. The flowers fl:and 



Pans : 



this is 

 an annual plant, with a fiender ftalk about one foot 

 hi^di, o-ainilhcd v/ith leaves, compofed of feveral nar- 

 row lobes phced alternate along the midrib, which 

 end in clafpei's. The flov/ers come out fingly upon 

 pretty long foct-fl:alks ; they are blue, and about the 

 fize of tliofe of the commion Tare. It grows naturally 

 in fome ]-)arts of England, parucularly on Windfor 

 ibre!l, in moift. rricadows, and has often a variable 



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Tic Ui\h fort grows naturally in Spain and Italy ; it 

 is an a-^pual plant, with a climbing ftalk which rifes 

 nea/ th-ee ft-et high, garniflied'with leaves compofed 

 of fevcrai iobes, which are fpear-fhaped, placed alter- 

 nately along the midrib, which is terminated by very 

 clafpers. The foot-ftalks of the flowers are five 

 ornx inciics long-, upon which ftand two flowers one 

 above the other, fliaped like thofe of the Pea.. The 

 ftandard, which is large, is of a bright red colour, 

 but the keel and wings are white. The flowers' are 

 lucceeded by pretty long jointed .pods, filled with 

 roundifli feeds. This flowers in June and July, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn. ..<••, 



The fixth fort is commonly known by the title of 

 Sweet Pea; this grows naturally in Ceylon, but is 



:\s, or v/mgs, runnmg along from ioint to ioint 

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whofe 



uppn long foot-ftalks, each fuftaining two pale yellow 

 flowers^ which arc fucceeded by long taper pods, 

 containing feveral roundifli feeds. 

 The tenth fort grows naturally amongft the Corn in 

 the South of France, and in Italy, but is cultivated 

 . in the Dutch gardens for the roots, which are there 

 fold in the markets, and are commonly eaten; this 

 hath an irregular. tuberous root about as big as thofe 

 of the Pignut, covered with a brown ftvin ; thefe flioot 

 up feveral weak trailing ftalks, garnillied with leaves 

 compofed of two oval lobes, ending v/ith clafpers. 

 The foot-ftalks of the flowers are weak, about three 

 inches long, each fuftaining two deep red flowers^ 

 which are feldom fucceeded by pods, but the roots 

 increafe plentifully in the ground. This fort will 

 grow in moft foils, b.:t will thrive beft 

 ground. 



The eleventh fort grows naturally on the banks and 

 under thickets in moft parts of England ; this hath 

 a perennial creeping root, whereby it. propagates fo 

 faft as to be a very troublefome w^eed, fo ftiould not be 

 admitted into gardens* 



The twelfth fort grows naturally by tlie fide of het^ges, 

 and in thickets, in feveral parts of England j this hath 

 a perennial creeping root, which fends out many 

 climbing ftalks v/hich rife five or fix feet high, gar- 

 niftied with leaves, which have fometimes two, and 

 at others four long narrow lobes, terminated by claf- 

 pers. The' foot-ftalks fuftain feveral fmall flowers 

 with pale ftandards, whofe wings and keels are blue; 

 thele are fucceeded by long taper pods, containing fe- 

 veral roundifli feeds. Ic fiovv'crs in June and July^ 



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and the feeds ripen in autumn. 



The thirteenth fort has been found growing naturally 

 in feveral parts of England, but is frequently culti- 

 hardy enough to thrive in the open, air in P^ngland. I . , vated in gardens for ornament, therefore it js doubt- 

 . It is an annual plant with a climbing ftalk, which rifes 

 "from three to four feet high, garniflied with leaves 

 V* compofed of two' large oval lobes, whofe midrib is 

 terminated by long clafpers. ..-The foot-ftalks come 

 -'■-out* at the joints; they are about fix inches long, and 

 *i fuftain tv/o large flov/ers with dark purple ftandard 

 .V the keel and wings are of a light blue colour; The 

 v^ flowers have a ftrong fweet odour, and are fucceeded 

 ^ Vy oblong inflated pods, v^/hich are hairy, containing 

 ■ four or five roundifli feeds in each. 



ful if it is a native here ; this hath a perennial root, 

 from which arife feveral thick climbing ftalks from 

 - fix to eight feet hiffh, which have membranaceous 

 i winers on each fide between the joints. The leaves are 

 . compofed of two fpear-fliaped lobes, and the midrib 







'-' There arc tv/o other varieties of this fort, one of 

 ' :< which has a Pink-coloured ftandard with a white keel, 

 tV and the v^'ings of a pale blufh colour j this is com- 

 ' /nionly called Painted Lady Pea. j^^ The flowers of the 



• v.other are all white, which are the only diiTerences 



• between them. 

 ^:^The feventh fort grows naturally, in Efl^ex.*- I'have 



^ found it in places which were fpread over with Bram- 

 r*>,bles, near Hocke'rel ; this hath a perennial root, fend- 



three or four wxak ftalks, v/hich are near 



is terminated by clafpersi ; The fojjt- ftalks are eight 

 or nine inches long, 'and fuftain leveral large red 

 flowers, which are fucceeded by long taper pods, con- 

 taining feveral roundifli feeds. 'It flowers in June, 

 July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in autuniiij, foon 

 after which the ftalks die to the root, ana new ones 

 arife in the fpringr, from whence it is called Ever- 



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V two feet long, garniflied' with leaves compofed of 

 f 'tv/o oblong lobes, whofe midrib is terminated by 

 ^••clafpers. The foot-ftalks are about four inches long, 

 -■-■ and fuftain two purple flowers, v/hich are fucceeded 

 • ^ by rough hairy pods, little more than an inch long, 

 -- containing. thi'ee 





or four 



roundifli feeds. This fort 



IS very rarely preferved in gaixlens. 

 ■ The. eighth fort was originally brought from Tangier 

 ' -to England; this is an annual plant, whofe ftalk rifes 

 ^-fouror'five feet high, garnii'hed with leaves com- 

 ''^' poled of two. oval veined lobes, whofe midrib ends. 



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The fourteenth fort differs from the laft in the ftalks, 



being much fliorter and ftrono-er. The leaves are 

 broader, and of a deeper green. The flowers are 

 much larger, and of a brighter red colour, {b make a 

 better appearance ;' thefe differences are lasting frorfi 

 feeds, for I/have railed many plants from feeds within 

 forty years paft, and have always found them them to 

 be the fame as the parent plant. .: ^. ,,.,-, - . 

 The fifteenth fort grows naturally in Siberia ; this 

 hath a perennial root and an annual ftalk, which is 

 garniflied with leaves, compofed of fix or eight pair 

 of oblong acute lobes.. l^The flowers are blue, and 

 many of them ftand uppn each foot-ftalK ; thefe are 

 fucceeded by pods, fliaped like thofe of the Pea. It 

 flowers in June, and the feeds*ripen in Auguft. 

 The fixteenth fort "grows naturally in nloift mea- 

 dows in many parts of England ; this rifes with an up- 

 right ftalk one foot high, which is garniflied with 



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