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or five years, uritil they are grown very woody, for 

 they arc very tender, and with great difficulty pre- 

 lerved in this climate. The ftove in which thefe 

 fliould be placed in winter, muft be kept above the 

 tenipcraic point, ns marked in the botanical thermo- 

 meters. 1 hefe Ihould have verv little water in win- 

 ter, but in fummer time will require frequent^ re- 

 frelliings, though at that fcaion n fhould not be given 

 them in great quantities at or\e time. The eleventh 

 fort is a very beautiful tr^e. The twelfth Iheds^ its 

 leaves jufl before the new ones come on, fo that it is 

 naked of leaves about a month or fix weeks in the 



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fpring of the year, which has occafioned fome people 

 to throw them away as dead, when, if they had let 

 them remain, they would have come out frefh again. 

 This I thought proper to mention, in order to cau- 

 tion people not to be too hafty in throwing out trees 

 for dead, but preferve them through the fucceeding 

 fummer, to fee if they will ihoot again ; for I have 

 known feveral plants,, which, after having been given 

 over by unfls:ilful perfons for dead, have the July fol- 

 lowing (hot out vigoroudy again ; and others, which 

 have died to the furface of the earth, have rifen again 



from the root. 



The three forts of horned Acacias are very often def- 

 titute of leaves for two or three months, appearing 

 to have no life ; but they will put out frefli leaves to- 

 wards autumn, v^hich is commonly the feafon when 

 they are mcfl: vigorous. Thefe fliould be expofed in 

 the fummer fealbn for about two months, to clear 

 them from infefts, v/hich greatly infeft them, in a place 

 defended from ftrong winds ; and in the winter they 

 require a moderate degree of warmth. 

 All the other forts here mentioned are propagated by 

 feeds, which, feldom ripening in this country, muft be 

 procured from America, partticularly at Campeachy, 

 where there is great variety of this tree, many forts 

 of which have been hitherto unknown to botanical 



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MijMULus {Ringens) eredus, foliis oblongls linear^bus 

 feffilibus. Hort. Upfal. 176. tab. 2. Upright M^„]t^^^^ 

 with oblong linear leaves Jit ting cloje to the ^lalk T\ 

 gitalis perfoliara glabra, flore violaceo minore. Mor" 



Hill. 2. p. 479- SrAcoth perfoliated Foxglove^ 'ivith a fmdl 

 Violet ficv:c7\ 



This plant grows naturally in North America in mn;^ 



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 which decaj 



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^ writersr^;!*. bringing over the feeds of thefe trees, 

 ^ they fliould be taken out of the pods when gathered, 

 ,r:and put up in papers, and ought to have Tobacco, or 

 /Tome otiier noxious herb, put between the papers, to 

 - keep off infeifbs, otherwife the feeds will be e;aten and 



deftroyed before they arrive in England/ For the in- 

 Z fe£l:s depofit their eggs in fmall punftures which they 



make in the pods; and as'tliefe are foon hatched, fo 



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has a perennial root and an annual fulk 

 rs in the autumn ; theftalk isfquarc, and 

 rifes a foot and a half high, garniflied at each 'joint 

 with two oblong fmooth leaves, which are broadeft 

 at their bafe, where they almoft join round the ftalk 

 but end in acute points. The lower part of the 

 ftalk fends out tv/o or three fliort branches, and ihe 

 upper part is adorned with two flowers at each joint 

 coming from the bofom of the leaves on each fide the 

 ftalk ; thefe have an oblo^^g curved empalcment with 

 five angles, indented at the top into five parts, out of 

 which arifes the fiov/er, v/ith a long curved tube 

 fpreading open at the top into two lips, the "upper 

 . lip ftandmg ereft, which is flightly cut into two parts 

 at the top ; the under lip turns downward, and is cut 

 into three flight fegments. The flowers are of a Vi- 

 olet colour, but have no fcent. Thefe appear in Ju- 

 ly, and are fuccecded by oblong capfules with two 

 cells, filled with fmall feeds, which in w^arm ieafons 

 ripen in the autumn. 



This plant is very hardy in refpeft to cold, but fliould 

 have a loamy foft foil, rather moift than dry, and 

 not too much expofed to the fun. It may be propa- 

 gated by parting of the roots in the autumn, but the 

 . flips fliould not be divided too fmall •, it may alfo be 

 propagated by feeds, which fliould be fowa in au- 

 tumn, foon after they arc ripe, for thofe which are 



, fown in the i^ring feldom grow the fame year : thefe 

 may be fown on a border expofed to the morning 

 fun, and the plants may be afterward planted in the 

 flower-garden. ; ^ 



MINT; See Mentha. ' '.- 



MIRABILIS. , Lin. Gen, Plant. 215. J^lapa. 



^ Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 129. tab. 50"'. Marvel of Peru, or 

 Four o'clock Flower. ^. 

 , '>?^' The Ch^'Ui.acters are, 



: . , JThe empalemnt of the jlower has five^ oval^ fpcar-jhapd^ 

 , fmall leaves y and is ere^l^ fji^elling^ and permanent. The 

 flower has ohe^fu'nnel-Jhaped petals with a fender tuk 



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they immediately attack the ictd^ for food, and eat V fitting upon the neElarium^ which fpreads open ahove^ mii 



holes throudi them, by which they a.re fpoiled from 



This has often happened to feeds which 

 have been fent me from America. 



growmg. 



is cut into five obtufe fegn}ents. It , hath five flenderfia- 

 mina^ which adhere to the petals which are unequal and 

 inclined, terminated hy roundifj fiamnits, with a romdijh 



There arc feveral of thefe Acacias, which are very I germen within the neSlarium, fupporting a fender Jiyky 

 tender while they are young ; but, after two or three crowned by a globular ftigraa. "The germen afterxardk- 



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years growth, become hardy enough to bear the open 

 air in fummer, though fcarce any of them will live 

 "through the winter in a ereen-houfe, unlefs they have 



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.y Tome warmth m very cold weather.. 

 : 'A'cagia Germanoi;um. See Prunus Sylvestris.,, 

 Acacia Virp-iniana.^ See Robinia. r. .., ,:^::*:v ':..-/; 

 ^ Acacia, the Three-thorned. See Gleditsia.;.^,',.- 



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The Characters' are, 



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■^ ^he flower hath an oblongs prifmatical^ permanent em- 

 pajem'ent of one leaf% it is of thittp or ringent'kind, hav- 

 ing one petal, whofe tube is the length of the ernpalement, 

 and the bri?n is.dividcd into two Tips. 7*he upper lip is ere£l, 

 f^y, divided at the top into two parts], w^icb are reflexed on 

 ;' their fide \' the .'lower lip is broad and, trifid^ the middle 

 V" figment is the lea ft •, the palate is convex and bifida c. It 

 \^ has jour flenckrflaynina, two longer than the other, ter- 

 f; minated by bifid kidney-Jhaped fumnrits, and a conical ger- 

 ■'^ men fupporting a fender ftyle, crowned by an oval, bifld, 

 ^1 \Qmprej^ 

 : aval 



comes an oval five-cornered nut, incbfing^ one feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fediionof 

 Linnaeus's fifth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 .whofe flowers have five ftamina and'one ftyle, --^.^ 

 :? The Species are,. .,. ;/^^.- 'J!^-.« .,.,^, j^ 



; MiRABiLis {Jalapa) floribus congeftis ^termjnaliDUs 

 f credis. Lin. Sp.. Plant. 252. Marvel of Peru, with 

 f hunches of flowers €re5l^ terminating the ftalk, Admi- 

 .,,,rabilis Peruviana. Cluf. Hift. 2. p. 87 



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MiRABiLis {Dichotoma) floribus fefiilibus'^axillaribus 

 ereiflis fplitariis." Amoen. Acad. 4. p. 267. Marydcf 

 ..-, .PerUy^^ith (in ereff Jingle flower. Jitting^ clofe to the win^s 

 ^. of the branches, Talapa officinarum. Mart. Cent. i.t. 



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mpreffed.fligmalfShe germen afterward tiirns ,tg^,, an 



'al capftile with two cells, filled with fmall feeds f'.^ 



,^^^This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



, .of Linnasus's "fourteenth clafs, which includes'^ofe 



plants whofe flowers have two long and two ftiort fta- 



, rnina, and ^heir feeds are included in the capfule.r - . wv.,,-.-, .. ^. , - tt.,-^ .: ^r 



,- We know but one Species of this genusatprefent ] . 'pui^ple, 'others ai-e plain white, but moft^ of them are 



:.t7..T..^ -"- ^^- ■ i;:^Wgated with the two colours iVnd>ll« 



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Mirabilis Mexicans. 



The then fuppofed Jalap of the fhoj^s, ... 

 Mirabilis {Longiflora) floribus congeftis terminah-' 

 bus longiflimis nutahtibus, foliis fubvillofis* Aa. 

 Holmenf 1756. p. '^176. Long-floweridM^rve 

 rUy whofe flowers are in hunches, terminating the Jims 

 and nodding, with hairy leaves, ■ 



Hern. Mex. 170. i. 2. ., ; _ .,.,«, ^ . > ... 

 The firft for'fis the MaWet of ?cru, which ha? been 

 many yearrcultlvAted in the Englifli gardens for or- 

 nament ; of this tliere are feveral varieties, which dir- 

 ferinthe colourbT theTr'flowersV tWb of thefe reta:a 

 their difference, one of them has pui^plc and wute 

 flbwers, which are variable, fome of^^hem^arej^lam 



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