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The fixth fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 and Italy i this hath a perenf.ial flulk, which rifes three 

 feet'high i when the roois are large, they frequently 

 fend up feveral of thcne fraiks, specially if the old 

 ^ones are cut down i the llalks are hairy, and divide 

 into fevcral branche^i, which are ciofely garnillied with 

 hoary trifoliate leaves, having tvvo appendages at the 

 bafe of the ftalk ; the fiowers^are collected into heads 

 fitting upon pretty long foot-ftalks, which come out 

 of the fide of the ftalks. They have very hairy em- 

 palements, and a-e of a dirty white colour with a 

 fewWrks of pale red. They appear in June and 

 'July, "and are fucceeded by ihort thick pods of a 

 Cheftnut colour, containing feveral roundifli feeds 



ted by 

 ants 



.which ripen in the autumn. This is propagated 

 feeds in the fame way as the lafl fort i^the pi 



'will* live through the winter in the open air in mode- 

 rate winters, but it will be proper to keep one or two 

 plantVin pots to he fheltered in winter, left thofe 

 abroad' ftiould be dcHroyed by fevere froft. . •-, _ ^ 

 The feventh Ibrt grQws_ naturally in Sicily; this rifes 

 v/ith on upright woody ftalk near three feet high, gar- 

 niHied with leave's like "the fixth, but they are much 

 whiter, covered with a fliort woolly down, as are alfo 

 the flalks ; the flowers grow in clofc heads like the 

 laft, and are fucceeded by Ihort pods, which contain 

 mai}j^ yellow feeds. ^It flowers in fummer, and the 

 * feeds ripen in autumn J This is too tender to live in 

 the open air in England -through the winter, fo the 

 \ \' plants muft be, kept in pots and houfed during that 



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whence I received the feeds. I'his is an annual plant 

 from whole roots come out feveral trailing flalks a 

 foot long, garnilhed at each joint with trifoliate round- 

 ifli leaves, having appendages. Tlie Howers ihnd 

 fingly upon long foot-italks, which arife from The 

 fide of the branches ; they are yellow and fmall, and 

 are fucceeded by Angle pods, which are thick,' and 

 arciied with a deep furrow on the outfide. The 

 flowers appear in June and July, and in warm fea- 

 fons the feeds ripen in tlie autumn, but 



fummers they v;ill not ripen here. 



in cold 

 This mufl: have 

 the fame culture as the annual icrts before mentioned 

 The twelfth fort grows near the borders of the fea in 

 France, Spain, and Italy; this hath a perennial root 

 fending out many flender ftalks about a foot and a half 

 long, which trail upon the ground, and are garniflied 

 with trifoliate leaves at each joint, which are fmooth 

 and have two appendages to the bafe of the foot- 

 fl:alk. The flowers fl:and fingly, upon verylon^ foot- 

 flralks arifing from the wings of the ftalk ; they are 

 yellow, and are fucceeded by Angle pods near two 

 inches long, having four leafy membranes runnincr 

 longitudinally at the four corners. • This flowers in 

 June and July, and the feeds ripen in the autumn. 

 It is propagated by feed in the fame way as the tenth 



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feafon.. 'It is propagated in the fame way as the fifth 

 fort,* and requires tlie fame culture. _,., .. , .,.;.,^. 

 The eighth fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this Is an 

 ' annual plant, which fends out from the root many 

 fl:?ff"fl:alks from one to two feet hi^-h, which divide in- 

 to many branches growing diffufed without any or- 

 ' der, and are garnuhed with triroliate leaves, having 

 //wo appendages at their bafe 5 the foot-flaDcs gfthe 

 ^' flower rife from the wings of the ftalks ; they are two 

 ^7% of three inches long, terminated by a clufter of yel- 

 " low flowers^ which are fucceeded by flat pods two 

 inches long, which are bent like an arch, and have 

 rriany joints, feparafing the cells in which the feeds are 

 lodged. It flowers in July, and the feeds rioen in 

 autumn, and the plants 3ecay foon after. \;. 

 This is propagated by feeds, 'which fliould be fown 



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The thirteenth fort grows naturally in the fouth of 

 France and Italy, this is an annual p]anr,from 

 whofe roots are fent forth feveral branchino- ftalks 

 , a foqt long, garniftied with trifoliate leaves^ whofe 

 ^ lobes are acute-pointed, and have two oblong oval 

 .. appendages at the bafe of their foot-ftalks : the foot- 

 fl:alks of the flower arife from the wino-s of the 

 . brancjies^j each Jfuftaining tv;o yellow flowers, which 

 •;,,are fucj:eedcd by taper pods near two inches long, 

 having four leafy membranes running longitudi- 

 nally their length/ 



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/ early in April upon an open bed or border expofed I . better fare. 



^,. ripen in autumn.^ it is propagated by the feeds in 



the fame way as the^naual forts before ffiehtlohea. 



:' The fourteenth fort grows nati7sally in Sicily, but has 



i been long cultivated in the Englifli gardens ; it was 



;-; formerly cultivated as an efculent plant." The green 



poi^s of it were drefled and eaten as'Peas, which 



the jnKabitants of fome of the northern counties ftiU 



continue, but they are very coarfe, fo not agreeable 



to the tafte of thofe wlio have been accuftomed to 



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they come up they muft be thinned, leaving them 





. It is an annual plant which is cultivated in tKeffowerf 



gardens near London for ornament. 



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near two feet aftinder, and "afterwards they muft be j from the root feveral decumbent ftalks about a foot 

 kept clean from weeds, which is all the culture "they j long, garniftied at each joint with trifoliate oval 



■leaves, having oval appendages at the bafe of their 

 foot-ftalks ; from each joint arife alternately the foot- 

 ftalks of the flowers, which are from "two to three 

 inches long, each fuftaining one large red flower at 

 ..the top, with three leaves juft under the flower. 'Af- 

 ;,^; ter the flower fades, the germeh becomes a fwelling 

 ;-J^^£?.i*pod two inches long, having four leafy mem- 

 branes or wings running" longitudinally. v'^^It flowers 

 in June and July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. ^ 

 'The feeds of this fort are commonly fown in patches, 

 . five or fix feeds being fown near each other, in the 

 .borders pf the pleafure-garden, where they are de- 

 .figned to remain. . If the feeds all grow, fome of 

 ,the plants may be _ pulled up, leaving only two or 

 three in each patch, and afterward they will require 

 '^>no other care but to Iceep them clean from weedsr' 

 ;The fifteenth fort grows hear the borders" of the fea,' 

 ';.in^ the fouth of France and Spain. This is a perennial 

 ■plant, fendirig out from the mot many ftalks, which 

 branch out their whole leneth, 

 ..with roundifli trifoliate leaves with two appendages j 

 they are covered with a woolly down: the flowers 



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''^.Xll^e nioth fort grov/s naturally in Spain and Portu- 

 ''• g^^ • ^^^^ ^^ ^^ annual plant like the former, but 

 ; ; doth not branch fo much ; tlie fmall leaves are rounder 

 ■rijartheir ends, ari3 they 'are fmoother ; the foot-ftalks 

 ^'"are ftVorter? and feldom fuftain more than two flowers ; 

 '' ' thefe are fucceeded by_ two very^parrow pods about 

 ^^ two inches long, whicK hang downward/ ' This re- 

 ^'J quires tKe fame culture as tire former, > ■ - '* v.^^' 

 ^^; The tenth fort grows naturally in the fouth of prance ; 

 "" this hath a" perennial Toot, from which is fent out fe- 

 ver'al hairy ftalks near a foot long, garniflied with tri- 

 foliate nairy leaves, ftanding upon ftiort foot-ftalks. 



tVwlth two appendages at the bafe of the foot-ftaik j the 

 7fi:dwers ft:and' lipoh pretty T<5ng;^fbot^allcF fingly, 

 vwhich rife from the ?nd.pf the branches ;''tliey have 

 ' lorjo; hairy empalements, with two oblong ac'ute- 

 5" pointed leaves immediately under them. The flowers 

 y are yellow, Itanding ercft, an<J are* fucceetTecf By taper 

 *^^cre£t podsahlnch and ahalf long, tt fiovi^ers in June 

 '^^and July, "and' the "feeds ripen in the 'autunin-' Tt is 

 '"^': propagated by feeds, which fliould be fown where the 

 £ plants are to remain, and muft be treated as the two 

 ' former forts, but the roots of this will continue fe- 



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and are garnilhed 







The eleventh fprt grows naturally m Sicily and Crete, 

 TV he re the pods are eaten ^by the^poorer inhabitants 

 wheptKey are young. It alfo grows about Nice, from 



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ftand upon ftiort foot-ftalks, four or fix growing in a 

 divided head ; they are yellow, and appear in July, 

 and are fucceeded by taper pods filled with roundifli 

 feeds, which ripen in autumn. This is propagated 

 by feeds, which fliould be fown in the fpring in the 



place lyhere the plants are to remain, and muft be 



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