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rare plants, T^yCviptain Quick; and this is at prc- 

 fcnt in fo flourifliing a ftacc of health, that I hope 

 foon to incieafe the number of plants, which will be 

 a great acquifition to the Englifh gardens. 

 Linn^us has fuppofed that fort of Jafmine, to which 

 the title of Gardenia has been given, to be the faoje 

 with this ; but as my plant has flowered here, fo It 

 appears plainly to be an accidental variety of this Nyc- 

 tanthes, the flowers changing to a purple colour be- 

 fore they drop off, whereas the plant titled Gardenia 

 changes to a buff colour; befide, this Nyftanthes is 

 a twining plant, whereas the other is of upright 

 growth : he is likewife as hiuch miftaken in fup- | 

 pofing it to be the fame with Rumpfius's plant, for it I 

 differs in many refpe<fts from that, as alfo from Bur- 



'min's figure; therefore if he had looked upon the 

 figui*e, and attended to the defcription given of this 

 plant in the Pifa Garden, he could not have fuppofed 



" thefe two to be the fame plant. /. . 



'The fccond fort grows naturally in India, where it 

 rifes to the height of a tree, dividing into rhany 

 branches, garnifhed with large, oval, fmooth leaves, 

 of a lucid green, with hairy foot-ftalks ; thefe come 

 out on every fide the branches without order,' The 



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much more difficult to propagate, fo is very rarel^ 

 found in the European gardens ; there were two or 

 three of thefe plants brought from Florence a few 

 years fince, but they were put into the hands of un- 

 fkilful perfons, fo were lufl:. 



NYMPHS A. Tourn,Inft. R. H. 260. tab. 137, 

 138. Lin. Gen. Plant. 579. [is fo called, becaufe it 

 grows in water, which the poets feign to be the rcfi- 

 denceof the nymphs.] The Water Lily; in French 

 Neniifar. 



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The empalement of the flower js mnpofed of four or five 

 coloured leaves^ and is permanent. The flower hath Tttam 

 petals which are fmaller than the empakmenty fitting on 

 the fide of the germen^ for the pnofl part in a ftngle fi- 

 Hes, tt hath a great numher of floort^ plain^ incurved 



ftamina^ with oblong fummitSy like threads^ growijig to their 

 borders It bath a large oval germeny but no ftyky with 

 an orbictilary plain^ target-floaped ftigma^ fi^ii^g clofcy 

 wbofe border is crenated and is permanent. The germen 

 afterward becomes a hardy ovaUfiefhy fruity with a rude 

 narrow neck^ crowned at the top^ and divided into ten or 



fifteen cells full of pulpy with many roundijh feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feflion 



flowers are produced on the fide of the branches of Linnseus's thirteenth clafs, which contains thofe 



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from the wings of the leaves, upon long hairy foot- 



' Ilalks, each fuftaining kvtn or eight flowers, which 



are of a pure white, and very fragrant, but have longer 



tubes than tI\ofe of the former fort. The flowers of 



this plant open in the evening, and drop off^ in, the 



r inorning, which has occafioned fome to give it the 



^ title of Arbor Triftis, or the Sorrowful-tree, from its 



* cafl:ing the flowers m the morning ; this Is very rare" 



in Europe at prefcnt. 

 - The plants of the firft fort are frequently brought from 

 S\ Italy by the Italian gardeners, who bring Orange- 

 trees here foir fale *, but thofe plants are always grafted 

 ' upoii liocks of the common Jafmine, which do not 

 ' keep pace in their growth with the graft, fo become 

 ^-\ \tTY unfightly, when the plants are grown to any fize; 

 1'^ befides, the flocks are very fubjeft to ftioot from the 

 ..'. bottom, arid if thefe ftioots are not conftantly rubbed 

 r, off, they will draw the nourifhment from the graft 

 *■ and ftarve it : therefore the bcft method to obtain 

 the plants, is to propagate them by layer^ or cuttings ; 

 the former is the fureft method, for unlefs the cuttings 

 arc very carefully managed, they will not take root ; 

 and as the ftalks of this fort are pliable, they imay 

 be eafily brought down, and laid in pots filled with a 

 foft loamy foil, which {h6vild be plunged into a hot- 

 bed of tan : if the branches are laid down in the 



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-^ring and carefully watered, they will put out roots 

 by autumn, 'when they may be cut from the old 

 plants, and each tranfplanted into a feparate fmall 

 pot, and then plunged into the tan-bed, where they 

 ihould be fhaded from the fun till they have taken 

 new root... .. - . / ' 



' -S If thefe plants are propagated by cuttings, they ftiould 



be planted from May to Auguft, into pots filled with 



\ the before-mentioned earth, and plunged into a mo- 



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plants whdfe flowers have many male parts and but 

 one female. 

 \., The Species are, 

 i. 1>iYM?HJEA{Lutea) foliis cbfdatis integerrim'is, calyce 

 petalis miajore pentaphylld Flor. Lap. 218. Water 

 Lily with entire heart-Jhaped leaves^ whofe empalement 

 confifts of five leaves larger than the petals. Nymphsa 

 , ,, lutea major. C. B. P. 193. X)reaier yellow Water Lily, 

 i. NyMpHiEA {Alba) foliis cordatis integerrimis, calyce 

 quadrifido. Lin. Sp. Plant. 510.^ fP'ater Lily with 

 heart-Jhaped entire leaves^ and a four-pointed empalement. 

 Nymphasa albk riiajof.^ G.^B. P. '103.° Greater white 

 Water Lily. ■ . ^ ,.. ^ ^, 



There are fome other fpecies of this genusr which 

 are natives of warm countries, but as tliey cannot 

 without great difficulty be cultivated here, fo I Ihall 

 not enumerate thertl ; for unlefs there is a contrivance 

 for ilanding water in the ftove, in which the plants 

 may be planted, they will not grow-, and fuch a place 

 would be injurious to moft other plants in the ftove, 

 by occafioning damps ; fo thaf unlefs a ftove was con- 

 trived on purpofe for fome of thefe aquatic plants, ic 

 would be imprudent to attempt their cultivation. ' 

 The two forts here mentioned, grow naturally in 

 ftanding waters in many parts of England ; they have 

 large roots, which are fattened in the groun^j^froni 

 which arife the ftalks to the furface o{ the water, 

 where""the leaves expand and float ; they are large, 

 _ joundifti,"" and heart-fhaped. ;:The flowers arife be- 

 tween the leaves, and fwim upon the furface of the 

 water. The white fort has a faint f\veet.fcent ; thefe 



appear in July, "and are 



by large roundifli 



feed-veffels, filled with (hining black feeds, which 

 ripen toward the end of Auguft, when they fink to 

 the bottom of the water. ' : 





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pretty large, and there may be ten or twelve cuttings 

 ^ -| planted in each j if thefe< pots are clofeljr covered with 



* .'''bell or hand-glafl[es to exclude the air, it will greatly 



* ■ vpromote their taking root j they muft alfo be ftiaded 

 , , from the fun in the heat' of the day, and gently re- 



frcfticd with water when the earth is dry ; with this 

 management the cuttings will have taken root by Au- 

 guft, when they may be tranfplanted into feparate 

 pots, and treated in the fame way as the layers. ' 

 Thefe plants may be preferved in a moderate degree 

 of warmth, but if they arc" plunged into the tan- bed 

 of the bark-ftove, they will thrive much better, and| 

 produce a greater quantity of flowers ; and as the 

 leaves continue all the year, the plants will make a 

 fine appearance in the ftove at all feafohs, and produce 

 flowers great part of the year. . , ., .::_ 



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The beft method to propagate thefe plants is, to pro- 

 cure fome of their feed-veflTels juft as they are ripe 

 and ready to open ; thefe fl:iould be tl^rown into ca- 

 nals, or large ditches of ftandingwater, where the feeds 

 will fink to the bottom, and the following fpring the 

 plants will appear floating upioti the furface of the ^a- 

 ter, "and in June and July will produce their beautr- 

 ful large flowers. When they are once fixed to the 

 place, they will multiply exceedingly, fo ±s to cover 

 the whole furface of the water in a few years. 

 In fome fniall gardens I have feen the plants cultivated 

 in large troughs of water, where they have flouriftied 

 very well, and have annually produced great quanti- 

 ties of flowers ; but as the'expence of thefe troughs 

 is pretty great (their infides requiring to be lined 

 with lead, to prefcrve them) there are but few peo- 

 ple who care to be at that charge. 



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