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The fifth fort grows naturally in China, from whence 

 the feeds were brought to England a few years pall, 

 and the plants were raifed in feveral gardens, and by 

 feme were thought to be the Thea. This rifes with 

 weak, irregular, dilTufcd branches to a great height, 

 but require fupport, otherwife they will trail upon 

 the ground : I have tncafured fome of thefe branches, 

 which in one year has been upward of twelve feet 

 long : the lower leaves are more than four inches 

 ^, and three broad in the middle : they are of a 

 licrht green and a thin confidence, placed without or- 

 der on every fide the branches ; as the Ihoots advance 

 in length, fo the fize of the leaves diminifli, and to- 

 w^ard the upper part they are not more than an inch 

 long, and a quarter of an inch broad i they fit clofe to 

 the ftalks on every fide. The flowers come out fingly 

 at every joint toward the upper part of the branches, 

 ftanding upon fhort flender foot-ftalks ; they are of a 

 pale colour, with lliort tubes ; the brims are fpread 

 open broader than either of the former forts, and the 

 ftyle is confiderably longer than the tube of the 

 flower. This fort flowers in Auguft, September, and 

 October; the plant is very hardy, and retains its 

 leaves till November before they dgcAy., - II propa- 

 gates faft enough by its creeping roots, which fend 

 out fuckers at a great diftance, and the cuttings 

 thruft into the ground will take root as freely as 



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The fixth fort grows naturally in China, fro,m_ whence 

 the feeds were brought to the Royal Garden at Paris, 

 and the feeds were fent me by Dr. Bernard de Juflieu, 

 demonftrator of the plants in that garden. This rifes 

 with a fhrubby flalk to the height of four or five feet, 

 fending out many irregular branches, covered with a 

 very white bark, and armed with a few fhort fpines ; 

 the leaves are about three inches longV and one broad 



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broader and of a lighter green, fl:.mdii1g in clufters at 

 every joint. The flowers are fmaller, of a deeper 

 purple colour, and have much fhorter empalements, 

 which are cut into acute fegmcnts. It flowers at the 

 fame time with the firft fort, but dojs not produce 

 any feeds in this country ; it is not fo hardy as the for- 

 mer fort, fo requires proteftion from very hard frofl: ; 

 therefore the plants fliould be kept in pots and houfed 

 in the winter, treating them in the fame way as o:her 

 . hardy green-houfe plants. It may be propagated by 

 cuttings or layers, in the fame way as the firft fort. 

 The ninth fort has been long an inhabitant cf the 

 Chellea garden -, it was raifed from feeds which came 

 from China, and was for many years taken for the Tea- 

 tree, till it produced fome flowers, which difcovered 

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^enus. This rifes v/ith a ftrong woody ft:alk 

 fix or feven feet high, fending out many fmooth 

 branches, which are covered with a brown bark 

 \ having no thorns; they are garnilhed with fpear- 

 fliaped leaves about three inches long, and near three 

 quarters of inch broad, placed alternately on the 

 branches, ftanding upon fliort foot'-fl:alfes~i they are 

 of a deep green, and continue all the year. ' The 

 flowers are white, and of the fame fhape with the 

 ; others of this genus, but there has not been any feeds 

 i;.of this fort as yet produced in England. ■ '- 



' This plant will live in the open air, if it is planted in 

 1a warm fituation and a dry foil; but it is of flow 

 .•growth, feldom fhoQting more than three or four 

 ;^inc,hes in a feafon; it is alfo difficult to propagate, 

 .::fbr the branches which' are laid down will not take 

 • root in lefs than tw6""years, and the cuttings are with 

 difficulty made to grow; "The beft time to plant th<?m 

 'is in May, in pots filled with light loamy earthy 

 plunging them into an old bed of tanners bark^ co- 

 vering the pots clofc'with bellor"Karid-glafles,' to'ex- 



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in the middle; they are placed alternately on the elude the external air; thefe fhould be fliaded evefy- 

 , branches, an4 are of a pale green colour. The flowers J day from the fun ; the^ cuttings fhould be refreflied 

 ^^of^this fort appear in June and July, which are fuc- 

 ■ ^ceeded by fmall round berries that ripen in the au- 

 !j tumn, when they are as, red as coral,,. This fqrt is 

 " propagated, by cuttings, which fliould be planted in 



with water once a week, but it muft not be given to 

 them in too great plenty. Thofe cuttings which fuc- 

 ceed, will have put out roots by the beginning of Au- 



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the fpring before they begin to flioot, in a border ex- 

 pofed to the morning fun, where they will take root 

 very freel/ ; l)Ut thefe fliould not be removed till the 

 autumn, when they may be planted to cover walls, 

 for the branches are top weak to fupport themfelves ; 

 apd as the leaves continue green as long ^as any of 

 the "deciduous giants, fo they are proper plants for 

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The feventh fort was raifed in the Chelfea garden 

 from feeds, which were brought me from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. : This rifes with fhrubby branching 

 ftalks feven or eight feet high, which are armed with 



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taken new root; and then they may be placed with 

 other hardy exotic plants in a fheltered fituation, till 

 the end of Oftober, when they may be put under 

 a common frame to Ihelter them in winter. When 

 the plants have acquired ftrength, they may be 

 fhakcn obt of the pots, arid planVed in the full ground 

 in, a warm fituation, where, 'if they arc Iheltefed 

 in fcvere frofts, they will thrive better than in pots. - 

 The tenth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, from whence the feeds were fent to Holland 

 a few years paft, where the plants were raifed. This 



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long ftrong thorns, that have feveral clutters of leaves j is a low flirubby plant, which fends out branches from 

 ^upon^^thcm ; the branches are garnifiied with fmall, I the ground upward, which are covered witlx a dark 



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,which*c6me* out by pairs^ and fometimes there are 



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 ' fometimes they come out in finall clufters from one 



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; the ftalk; thefe are of^a light green, and a pretty 

 thick confiftence, conSriuing green all the year. 



, Thefe plants have not as yet flowered here, fo I can 

 l^veno account of them; but by the fruit which I 

 received entire, I make no doubt of ^ its J>elpnging 



ated juft below the leaves, and where there are four, 

 two of them point upward, and the other two down- 

 ward* The leaves are heart-fhaped, hot much larger 

 .^than thofe of the Box-tree, of the fame confiftence 

 japdcplpur, terminating in acute, points ; they are 

 placed by pairs oppofite, upon very fliort foot-ftalks, 

 ^landing pretty clofe together ; thefe continue green 

 ^all the year. -The flowers come out from the fide of 



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'This fort is pretty hardy, for it has lived abroad 

 V Tour winters, where it was planted againft a fouth-eaft 



^ wall. It may be propagated either by layers or cut- j the^ branches upoft fliort flender foot-ftalks, .each 

 .tings, in the fame manner as the firp: j and w|ien the ' 

 : plants have qbtsined ftrength, they may be planjted in 



a warm fituation,^ where they will live with very little 

 ■ Jhelter in fevere froft. The branches of this fort are 



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 vthe farp.e fupport.. It will hp proper to keep g plant 

 .of this in Ihelter to preferve the kind, left thofe in 



the open air ftiould be deftroyed. 



The eighth fort has mqcli the appearance of the firft, 

 ^but the branches are'^not fo ftrongly armed with 



thorns ; they have alfo a whiter bark, the leaves are 



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fupporjing five or fix. fmall white flowers^ which grow 

 in a clufter at the top ; thefe have very fhort cmpale- 

 ments, and pretty long tubes, divided at the brim 

 ' into five' acute fegnients. Thefe flovfers have an 

 agreeable' odour ; they appear in July and Afaguft, 

 but are feldom fugceeded by feeds in England. 

 This fort may be propagated by cuttings in the 

 fame manner as tKe firft fort, which, if planted in 

 July, and fliaded from' the fun; will take root very 

 fre^y ; then they fliould be planted into feparate " 

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