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This irenus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



■ of Liiuiicus's fixth clafs, which contains thofe plants 



whofe flowers have fix ftamina arid two ftyles. ^.^-'" 



We have but one_ Species of this plant, viz/^ - ' 



OirzA (Saliva.) Mazth. 403. Rice. . /-.rvvV : 



This grain is greatly cultivated in mofl: of the eafte'rn 



countries, where it is the chief fupport of the inhabi- 



.-tants; and great .quantities of it are brought into 



England and other European countries every year, 



\ ^vhere it is in great efteem for puddings, &'c. it being 



* too tender to be produced in thefe nordiern countries, 



without thc^afiiftance of artificial heat ; but from fome 



feeds which were formerly fent to SoutK Carolina, 



there have been great quantities produced ; and it is 



jfound to fucceed as well there as in^its native country, 



. which is a very great improvement to our American 



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^ .Chtt. 424. Ilard-feeded Chryfanthemum, zvitb branching 



■ #/^^/r--Chryfanthemoides Ofleofpernium Africanuni 



^^ odoratum, fpinofuni & vifcofum. Hort. Amft.' 2. p. 



^5, Hard-feeded ChryXanthemtmi of Africa^ v)bicb is 



prickly^ vtjcous^ am p:eet, . _ .. 



4. OsTEOSPERMUM {Polygaloidcs) foliis lanceolatis'im- 

 bricatis fcffilibus. Flor. Leyd. Prod. 



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This plant grows upon moiil foils, v/here thegfound 

 can be flowed over with water after it is come up j fo 

 that whoever would ' " • x^ ^ i ^ 



cultivate it in England for*~cu- 





riofity, fhould fow the feeds upon "a hot-bed'Tand 

 when the plants are come up, they Ihoujd be, tranf- 

 • planted into pots filled with rich light eartli, and 

 ' placed into pans of water, which fhould be plunged in- 

 to a hot-bed •, and as the water wafTes, fo it muft, from 

 , nmetotime, be renewed ^again, ftiil prefervjng the 

 ■ water in the pans, otherwife they \n\\ not thrive, and 

 keeping them in aftove all the fummer -, and toward 

 the latter end of AuguH:, tliey will produce "their 

 " o-rain, which will ripen tolerably well, provided the 

 ,/. autumn proves favourable.. 



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OSMUND A, the Ofmund Royal, or flowering Fern." 



This is one of the kinds of Fern which is diftin- 

 !^ guiflied from the other^ forts, ^by us producing flow- 

 \ ers on the top of the leaves ; whereas the others, fol* the 



moft part, produce thern on the back of their leaves^ . 

 \ There is but one kind of this plant, which grows v/ild 

 ' in England, but there are feveral forts of theni which 

 ; grow in America;- but as they are ftldom Tcept in 



gardens, I lliall not enumerate their lpccles..^^:,; ^, 

 J JThe common fort grows p^.bogs in ieveral parts of 

 ;' En-land, therefore .whoever ^hath an ihcliriation to 

 r- trap/plant it into gardens, fliould pla.ce'"it in'a moifl: 

 ''^flVady fitua'tion, otherwife it will not thriv^e. ' -'^ 



'Chryfantbemum^ with Jpear-Jhaped leaves fitting clofe 

 to thejtalksy and lying" over each 'ether like the fcaks of a 

 fip, Monilifera pojigoai foliis; ^Y^ill. Aft. Par. 1720. 

 . Monilifera withKiiot Grafs leaves,\ ' " ' ..■>'. ",' 

 , . The firfl: forVgroWhatufatly at tlie C^ape' of Good 

 Idope, but lias been leveral years an inhabitant m tne 

 ,^ Englifh jgc^rdens. , This rifp with ^ flKuJbby' ftalk fe- 

 'ven or eight' feet high, covered with a fmp9th gray- 

 bark,- and divides into feveral 'tranches, garnifhed 

 ■ with oval leaves* ^wHich' are unequally indented on 

 ^. their edges'; thqy are ^ placed alt,e,cnately, and are ofa 

 "^"thick'confiftence, covered witli a hoary doy/pj which 

 .. goes off frorh the older leaves? . The Sowers are pro- 

 ,duced in clufters ^t the end' of the 'branches' fix or 

 ^^ eight coming out together, upon foot-ftalks'aii'inch. 

 'f.and'a half long ; thefe are yellow, and fliaped like 

 , thole 01 Ragwort,. J .The border or rays are com- 

 "' pofed of about ten half florefs,^ which fpredd"bpen ; 

 "'■• the difl-c or middle is compofed of tubulous ficre'ts, 

 .^' which are cut into Hve parts at tYie brim ; thefe are 

 • barren, but the halt florets round the border, have 

 ' one hard feed fucceieding each'pf themV This'plant 

 "' flowers but feldom here : the time of its fiowerins is 





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Monilifera. Vaill. Ad/ )?ar. I726/Chfyfaritferrioi- 



' Tlie fecond fort groVriike the *firft:, but the leaves 

 ,are more pointed,' of a/g*reen colour, and acutel/ 

 _.fawed on the edges ; the,foot-ft:alks of the leaves are 

 ''^ordered, .'and^the leaves are'cleeply veined!" This 

 'produce?' f lifts of yellow flowers at the extrernity' of 

 the ihoots from foring to autumn, and freqiiently.ri-, 

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The 'third forfis a low flirubby\plaht, whkh^^k^^^ 

 ..rifes, above three feet high, and divides into many 

 ■ branclies'; the ends of the fl:oots are bVfctwitT^ green 

 -. branching fpines ; the leaves are very clammy, eipe- 

 ■'cially in warm' weather { thefe are long and narrow, 

 ' and" fet'on without any order. The flov/ers are pro- 



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ftngle^ and cut into many fegments. - The flo% 

 pojed of feveral bermciphrodite florets in the difk 



nto five parts. 



Thefe 



• furrouitded by feveral female floret 

 ': each having a long narrow tongue^ which is cut into three 

 ' farh at the top. The hermaphrodite florets have each five 

 . fender floort ftamina^ terminated by cylindrical fumnnts^ 



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crowned by an indented ftigiiid}, the germen afterward 



t- foViies one ftngle hard feed,^^._^,::^^^ ... .%'>, ...Jv. ,^-**'"' 

 ; .This genus of plants is" fpged in the fourth feflion 

 ■ of Linnasus*s nineteentli clafs, intitled Syngehefia 

 Polygamia Necefllariaj- the flowers bein^ compofed 

 r ; of hermafhrojdite florets in the difk, .which are bar- 

 \ ren, and female fldtets which are fruitful. 



- ._' Ihe Species are,;; ^ ;;;:'■■;<;..: ;,.j 

 ■ I. 0-:>'t^o%vi^uvu\Momliferum) foliis oyalibus ferra- 



. tis petiolatis fiibdecurrentibus. Lin. Hort. Clifi\_424. 



, ^ Hard-feeded flkryfanthemujn, . with oval flawed leaves on 

 running foot ffalksf Chryfanthemoides Affumpopuli 



■' albiE foliis.' Hort. Elth. 80, tab. 68.. Hard-feeded Afri- 

 \ can Cbryjantbeinum'y'with leaves like thofe of the white 



. roplar, y;:A;..a- a, .; ^ ^ . . . , , 



2. OsTEOSPERMUM* [PifferumS foliis Tanceolatis acute 



dcntatis, caule fruticofo/ Tabr iQ4; fig- .J- Hard- 



.' feedcd Chryfanthemuiny'^wllF'Jpearfbapel which 



\ . are acutely indented^ and a fhrubby flaJL '/ Xf^ ',,. / '' 



duced fingly at the ends', of the fhoots, which are 

 vellow^ and appear in July and Augufl:. -[^ ^ ' ' 

 • 1 heie three lorts are too tender to live in the opea 

 air in England, fo are placed in' the green-lloufe ia 

 October, and may be treated in the fame mariner as 

 Myrtles, and other hardy green-houfe plants, which- 

 require a large fliare of air in mild weather; and ia 

 the beginning of May the plants may be removed into^ 

 the open air, and placed in a flickered fituation dur- 

 ing the fummer feafon. -The fecond and thii*d forts 

 . mufl" have plenty of water, being very thirfl:y 'plants/ 

 ' ';Thefe plants are propagated by cuttings, which may 

 "vbe planted in any of the fummer months, upon a bed 

 of light earth, and fliould be watered and ihaded un- 

 \ til they have taken* root, which they will be in five or, 

 'fix weeks, when they mufl: be takein hp and' planted 



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in pots; for Jf they are fu fleered to fl:and long, they: 



. will make fl:rong vigorous Ilidots^ and will be difficult 



'■"tcTtranfplant afterward, efpecially the firfl; and fecond 



"Torts ; but tliefe is not fo much danger of the third, 



■'"which Js not fo vigorous, nor fo eafy in takmg^ rope 



'.as the other. During the fummer feafon the potSj 



^jfhould be frequently removed, to prevent the plants 



_, from rooting; through the holes in the' bottom of the 



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'','pots intQ.the ground, which they are very apt to. do 

 /when they continue long undidurbed, and then they . 

 "fhoot very luxuriantly ;, and, on their being removed, 

 thele ihoots, and fometimes the whole plants, will 







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 \ Hope ; this hath a flirubby Italk" about four feet high, ^ 

 , v;hich divides into many fmall branched, garhiflied, 

 /with fmall oblong leaves which fit clofe to them, and 

 ■ in fpme of the upper branches they lie over each 



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