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domdeftitutc of flowers. This has been by foinc pcr- 

 fons, who have only a fupcrficial knowfedge of plants, 

 thought only a variety of the common fort, but thofe 

 who have cultivated both, know better j for the firft 

 will live through the winter in the open air, in a 

 warm fituation, but this is too tender to thrive in 



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tics, wlicrc they 

 ber, when 



n^.ay ro ni^Jh rill the end of Ofto- 

 they llioukl cither be removed into the' 



grccn-hcule, or placed under a hot-bed frame, 

 where they may be proiecled from fruft ki winter, 

 but enjoy the free air at all tinlcs when the weather 

 is mild. 



England, unlefs preferved in a warm green-houfc j This fort is fo hardy is to live abroad in mild winters, 



•.:_.... .._. .^.T r , if planted in a warm fituation j but as they are liable 



nor will the plants flower without the affiftancc of ^ 

 glafs-cafe in fummer. The third fort was not known 

 here till the beginning of lafl: centtary, being a 

 ftranger in Europe, but the former has been in the 

 Engliih gardens near two centuries: nor has the feeds 

 of the firft ever produced plants of the third fort, 

 though this has been pofitively aflerted by perfons of 



no fkill. 



beft 



the plants in pots, or if they are very large in tubs, 

 that they be flieltered in winter, and in the fummer 



warm 



fituation. , In the winter they may be placed with 



Myrtles, 



hey 



The leaves of this fort are fix inches long, and one | air aspoffible ir^ mild weather, but fcreened from 

 inch broad in the middle, of a much thinner texture | fcvere froft; for if thefe are kept too warm in winter, 

 than thofe of the firft, and their ends are generally 



reBexed ; they are of a light green, and irregularly 

 placed on the branches ; fometimes they are by pairs, 

 at others alternate, and fometimes by threes round 



the branches. The flowers are produced in very large I ter they will thrive. 



not flower ftrong, and wTie 

 eluded from them, the ends of their fhoots will be* 

 come mouldy ; fb that the hardier they are treated, 

 provided they arc not cxpofed to hard frofts, the bet- 



bunches at the end of the branches, ftanding upon 

 bng foot-ftalks -, they have three or four feries o£ pe- 

 tals within each other, fo are more or Icfs double. 

 The flowers are much larger than thofe of the com- 

 mon fort, and fmell like the flowers of Hatrthorn. 



treatment 



otherwife they will not m.ake any appearance ; therc- 



fhould 



new 



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The plain flowers are of a foftred, or Peach colour; \ may remain till Odober, provided the weather con- 



fcut in moft they arc beautifully variegated with a 



deeper red, and make a fine appearance. Their 



ufual time of flowering is in July and AiigiJft, but 



if they are placed in a warm ftove, they will conti- 

 nue in flower till NiichaelmaSi .As the flowers of this 



are double, they are not fdcc^edccJ by feeds; and at 



prefent we are uhacqiminted with the fingic'ffbwering 



of this kind, for the fecond is undoubtedly a diftind 



ipccics* 

 ^: All the fpcctts of the Rofe Bay arc fuppofed to have 

 ;'i.|)6i&rioUs* quality; the young branches, when cut 

 '^br broken, have a milky fap or juice, and the larger 

 -'branch'cig, when burnt, emit a vety difagreeable odour, 



i&tberie is great reafbn to believe tne plants have 



Ibme noxious ijuality ; but this genus ot plants has j ment the flowers will expand,' and continue long^^iri 



been confounded by many of the writers on botany 



vnxh the Chamserhododendros of Tournefort, and 



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tinuesniild; but during this time, they fhould be 

 placed in a flieltered fituation ; and upoa the firft 

 approach of froft, they fhould be removed into ihcV 

 ter, for if their leaves are injured by froft, they wuU 

 change to a pale yellow, and v/ill not recover .their 

 ''""troal colour till the following autumn. Thefe forts 

 may be preferved in a good green-boufe through the 

 winter, and the plants tvi*ll be ftronger than thofe 

 which are more tenderly treated; but in^ay, when 

 the flower-buds begin to appear, the plants fhould be 

 placed in an open glafs-cafe, where they inay be de- 

 fended from the inclemency of tlie weather ; btrt 

 when it is warm weather, the air fhould at all times 



be 



W 



time 



in^ujyof the noxious qualities with whieh the latter 

 abounds, have hceiif ^plied tc^ the Neriam, but par- 



which are equal to them, either to the eye or nofe, 

 for their fcent is very like that of the flowers of the 

 White Thorn r and the bunches of flowers will be ve- 



ticularly that of the honey, about Trebifond, which I ry large, if the plants are ftrong. 



is reckoned very unwholfome, which has been fup- 

 pofed to be Gccafiohed by the bees fucking it from 

 the flowers of the Neriurn ; whereas it is frorn the 



NERVES are long tough ftringSj whi 

 sterols, or lengthways, in the leaves of 

 NICOTIANA. Tburn.Ihft.R. H. 



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flowers of the Chamasrhododendros, as Tournefort | Lin-. Gen, Plane 220. [Thi* plant takes its harhe 



kas fully informed us ; but the affinity of their names 

 ia the Greek language has oGcafioned thefe 'two ptants 



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la be bfteh fconfoundcd 



-^ Thefe pMts ar^ gcAcrairy ^d^gated by layers in 



* this country, for although they will fbmetin^s take 



*'i6ot from cmtings, yet that being an uncertain me- 



' iBSk^, the other is gerieraH-y' purfocd ; and as the 



'|)lants ikti very apt to* produce nackers, or fhoeyts from 



' their roots, thofe arc beft adapted for laying, for the 



'old branches .wiB not put out roots ; when thefe are 



laid down, they fhould be flit'at ajoint, In'tSe fame 



"iftannit-as is pra^ifed i« laying of Ca^Mtiom, Which 



will greatly facilitate their taking root : if thtk 



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. ef France, who in the year 1r 3 6a, being ambafiador 

 ' "te the court of Portugal, boitght the feeds' of this 

 plant of a Dutchman, who brought them from Ame- 

 rica, and fent them to Queen Catharine de Medicis 

 iti France ; where^ being fown, they produced feeSfs : 

 the Indian inhatwtants 



TobagO; 



It grew 

 The leflet 



t 



fort is by fbme called- Hyofcya 



in fome of its eharaftcrs with this plant ; it is alfo 



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Tobacco; in French^ Nicoiiane ou 



The Characters are. 



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^ branches are laid down in autumn, and are properly | i'^e empalemcnt of the ficwer is permanenl-, af one teaf 



with water, they will have 



root by that 



' time twelvemonth, when" they Ihould be carefully 

 raifed up with a trb^^t; ^d if they have taken good 

 root, they fhould be cut off from the old plant, and 



^ach planted in a feparate fmall pot, filled with foft 

 loamy earth ; thole of the comrinon Jbrt will require 

 Ro otft^f care, but to be placed in a fhady fituatfen, 

 and gentlywateredas the fcafon may require, rill 

 they have taken new root; but the two other fpecies 

 ftiould be plunged into a. very moderate hot-bed, to 

 for^^ard their taking root, obferving to fhade them 

 from the faft in the heart of the day ; after the com- 

 Jnon* fort ijas tak;:n new root, the plants may be 

 ^a^cd isl s^ fhek^rsi fui ation with other hardy «)fo- 



five acute fegments. ^he fltiwer has one funnel- 

 Jkaped pefaU tvith along tub ffread open at the hrim^ 

 and ending tn five acute pints. It hath five awl-Jhaped 



ftamina 'whkh are the length of the tuhe^ a little inclined^ 



and terminated fy oblong fummits ; and en cval ger- 



mef^ fupporting a ficnder jtyle^ aoivned by an indented 



JUgma. The gefffren afterward turns to an cval capfule., 



'With a furrow on eachfide^ having tvso cells v^^hich open 



at the topy and are filled with rough feeds fajtcncd to the 



partition. 



This genus* of plants- is rahged in the firft fedion ot 



Lihnceus's fifth clafe, which co.uains thofe plants 



whofe flowers have five ftcm na ar.d one ft vie. 



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