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The root of this is perennial. The flalks are flendcr, 

 not more than nine or ten inches long, ipreading out 

 on every fide. The lower part of the ftalks are gar- 

 nifhed with oblong oval leaves, placed oppofite. On 

 the upper part of the ftalks the leaves are narrower, 

 and placed alternate. The flowers come out fingly 

 from the fide of the ftalks at each joint -, they are lar- 

 ger than thofe of the common fort, and of a deeper 

 purple colour, fo make a fine appearance in July, 



when they are in beauty. 



This fort has never produced any feeds In England, 

 and the fevere froft in 1 740, killed all the plants here, 

 fince which time I have not feqn any of them in the 

 Englifh gardens. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in the northern parts of 

 America ; this rifes with a ftifF branching ftalk a 

 foot and a half high, garnifhed with oblong leaves, 

 which are downy, and placed oppofite, ftanding upon 

 very Ihort foot-ftalks. The flowers are produced in 

 whorls round the ftalks ; they are of a pale purple 

 colour, and appear in July ; thefe are fucceeded by 

 capfules with two cells, filled with feeds which ripen 



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The fevcnth fort grows naturally in Virginia, from 

 whence I received the feeds ; this rifes with an upright 

 woolly ftalk near two feet high, garniftiecl with ijnear 

 leaves placed oppofite, upon fhort foot-ftalks. The 

 flowers come out from the wings of the ftalks fingly* j 

 they are fmall, tubulous, and of a pale purple colour, 

 fo make no great appearance j thefe appear in July, 

 and in warm feafons only will perfed feeds ; byt the 

 roots of this fort will increafe fo faft, as to render the 

 propagating tKe plaiitsTjy'Teeds unneceffary, when 



once obtained. ':^ V -J, '■'■'*^'^y'-'^.: ^1^^ '• - ^ i'.. 

 The eighth fort grows naturallv in North America. 



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 from the wings of the leaves^ on the upper part pf the 

 ftalks i they are fmall, white, and have fix petals. 

 The empalement is ftreaked, and cut at the top into 

 fix parts, and the flower has fix ftamina, Thisfluwers 

 in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The ninth fprt was difcovered by the late Pr. Houf- 

 lQ\\n at La Vera Cruz, growing irj fwamps, where 

 the water had ftagnated. This hath a ligneQus root, 

 from which arife two or three flendcr ftalks upward 

 pf two feet high, garniftied with oblong, oval, fmooth 

 leaves, which, on the lo\ver part of the ftalks are op- 

 pofite, but thofe on the upper part are narrow and al- 

 ternate. The flowers come out from the wings of the 

 leaves, on the Upper part of the ftalk fingly -, they arc 

 fmall and white, having fix petals and fix ftamina \ 

 thefe dp not appear till the fecond year from feed, and 

 have not produced any good feeds in England. 

 This fort is tender, fo will not live in the open air in 

 England, It is propagated by feeds, which ftiould be 

 fown in pots, and plunged into an old hot-bed the firfl; 

 feafon ; for the feeds never rife the firft year, ynlefs 

 they are fown in autumn ; the pots ftiould be fheltered 

 ir\ winter, and the fpring following placed on a hot- 

 bed to bring up the plants ; thefe muil bp treated \r\ 

 the fame \Yay as other tender plants from the famq 

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All the other forts, when raifed from feeds, fliould be 

 Ibwn in autumn, otherwife the feeds will remain ^ 

 year in the groundjfothat^ thofe feeds which are 

 t)rought from America, never grow the fame year they 

 ^re fown"; for which reafon the ground (hbuld.not b^ 

 difturbed in which the feeds are fown, but left till the 



following fpring, when the plants will come up ^f ;h?f 



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MADDER. SeeRuBiATlNCTbRUM. > 

 M A G N O L I A: Plum. Nov, Gen. 3 8. 

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offline oblong blunt petals^ which are concaved 'It hath a 



Magnolia with 'a Bay leaf which is whitijh, on the 

 under Jidcy common^ . tolled Smcfll Ma^nolia^ ot LdureU 

 '; leaved Tulip-tree. ., "-i;¥^-'' " 



2. Magnolia (Grandiflorii) foliis lanceolatis perfiftenti-t 

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■ 'jhpjid with fpear-floaped leaves which' dh evergreen^ and 

 "^''an ere£l tree-like ftalk. Magnolia altiflima, flore ingenti 



eandido. Cateib. Carol. i'.-^Jpi.'^TalleftJ/Iagnoliay 



•".'great number of Jhort Jlamina which are cornpreffed^ and \'with a vtry large white How'er\ ' commonly catted Greater 



-'^:\ infertedinto thegermen^ t&rmihdtedby linear fummits^ ad- •- Magnolia-^ or Tulip-f'reel ^with a Laurel leaf. * -V:;-!"' 

 V hcring to every Jide^ of the ftamina. ^ It hath many oblong 

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roundijh compreffed capfules'almoft imbricatedy having 



one cell^ opening with two valves, inclojingqnekidney- 



Jhaped feed, hanging by . a Jlender thread from the fcale 



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This "genus of plants is ranged in the feveritK ledtion 

 of Linnaeus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyahdria Po- 

 lygynia, which includes thofe plants whofe flower? 

 have many ftamina and ftyles. If Father Plumier's 



. figure of the feftion of hig fruit is exaft, his muft be 

 a different genus from this -, for the feeds of his are 

 reprefented within the fruit, lying round a column. 

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}' Magnolia (Glauca) foliis oyatp-lanceolatis fubtus 

 glaucis. Lin, Sp. y$5. Magnolia with oval Jpear-Jhaped 

 leaves, which a^'e gray oh their under (ids. Magnoli4 



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3. Magnolia {Trtpetala) foliis lanceoktrs ampliflimis 

 *^' annuls, petalis exterioribus dependentibus. Magnolia 

 '^•^ with very large fpear^jhaped leaves which are annual^ and 

 " -. the outer petals of the flower declininf. Magnolia amplifli-t 



^^nio fldre albo, fruftii fecahetT,, ta^Eeft). Car. 2. p. 80. 

 ^Magnolia with /d very large whi'te flower an4 ffcarlef 



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4. Magnolia [Acumihatd) foliis ovato-lanceolatis acu-. 



' ' mlhatis ' annuls, ^ ^petalis o^th^\s}-Magnolia with'^oval, 



'- fpear-ffjaped, pointed Ud^Sis, ^w^ch 'are annual, and oltuft 



^-petals to the flowerr^ yi^gnoYu flore albo, folio majore 



acuminato, haud albicante. Cateftj. Car. 3. p. 1 5. Mag- 



- noliawilha white flower, and a larger' acute-pointed leaf, 



not whitijh. '- ' ^ '^" • ^ -^ : .. . 



The firft fort grows pretty common in Virginia, Caro-; 



' • lina, and in moft other parts of North America, 



'■ where it is found in moift places, near brooks 5 this 



ufually grows about fifteen or fixtcen feet high, with 



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