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to live through the winter in the open air in Eng- 

 land i but if it is Ihektred from hard froft under a 

 comnion hot-bed frame in winter, it will require no 

 other proteftion. It propagates in plenty by olFscis 

 from the root, as alio by bulbs, which come out from 

 the fide of the ilalks. ^ 



The fifth fort grows naf^ally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope in fuch plenty, that the earth which came from 

 thence, in which fome plants were brought to Eng- 

 land, was full of it. This hath a roundifh bulbous 

 root, covered with a brown fkin, fending out ftrong 

 fibres which ftrike deep into the ground •, the leaves 

 are trifoliate, compofed of three roundidi, large, hairy 

 lobes, which are but little indented at the top; thefe 

 (land upon long flender foot-ftalks, which arife from 

 a thick ihort ftalk, which adheres to the root. The" 

 foot-ftalks of the flowers arife betv/een the leaves from 

 the ftalk, each fupporting one large purple flower ; 

 thefe appear in January and February, but are rarely 

 fucceeded by feeds here, but the roots put out offsets 

 in great plenty, whereby it is propagated. This fort 

 will riot thrive in winter in the open air here, fo the 

 roots fhould be planted in pots, which may be flickered 

 under a common frame in winter, where it may have 

 as much free air as pofTible in mild weather, otherwife 

 the leaves will draw up weak ; for" the leaves of this 

 ])lant come out in Odlobef, arid" continue grov/ing till 

 May, when they begin to wither and decay. The 

 roots may be tranfplanted any time after the leaves 



decay, till they begin to pufli out again. 

 The fixth fort is a native of the fame country as' the 

 fifth ; the roots of this are bulbous ; the leaves ftand 

 upon long flender foot-ftalks, which arife from afhort 

 ftalk or head ; they are compofed of three lobes, 

 which are for the moft part divided into two parts 

 almoft to their bafe. The foot-ftalks of tlie flowers' 





are five or fix inches long, fuftaining feverat Targe 

 yellow flowers rafiged in form oFan Smbel.- , Thefe 

 appear in March," and are fometimes fucceeded by 

 feeds here. ^' This fort requires the fame treatment as 

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of the Frencli colonies in America, and was fince 

 found growing plentifully at La Vera Cruz by the 

 hue Dr. Ilouftoun, who fent it to England. This 

 rifes with a flirubby ftalk a foot and a half liigh, fend- 

 out feveral flender branches, which are garniflicd 

 with trifoliate fm.all leaves, compofed of three oval 

 lobes, the middle one being twice as large as the fide 

 ones. Thefe are placed by pairs oppofite, and fome- 

 times by threes round the ftaik, ftanding upon fiiort 

 foot-ftalks. The foot-ftalks of the flowers arife from 

 the wings of the ftalks, are near two inches long, each' 

 fuftaining four or five yellov/ flowers, whofe" petals 

 are not much longer than the empalement; each of 

 thefe have a fmaller foot- ftalk which is crooked fo 

 that the flowers hang downward. - 

 This fort is much tenderer tHan either of the former 

 fo requires to be placed in a ftove kept to a moderate 

 degree of warmth in winter. It is propao-ated by 

 feeds, which muft be fown in pots, and plunged into 

 a moderate hot-bed -, and when the plants come up 

 they fhould be each planted into a feparate pot filled 

 with light landy earth, and plunged into a freih hot- 

 bed, fhading them from the fun till they have takeii 

 new root; after which they muft be treated in' the 

 fame manner as otiier tender plants from the fame 

 country. ■ 



The eighth fort grows naturally in the Brazils ; for in 

 a tub of earth x^iich camx from thence, the plants 

 came up in plenty. This feldom rifes more than 

 three or four inches high, having upright ftalks-, the 

 leaves arec ompofed of three pretty large hairy lobes, 

 ftanding on long foot-ftalks. The flowers rife imme- 

 diately from the root, having foot-ftalks the fame 

 length with thofe of the leaves •, they are bifid, fup- 

 porting two pretty large red flowers, which are fuc- 



j ^: . ceeded by oblong capfules filled with brown feeds'. 



'^"^VThis fort may be propagated by offsets from the root, 

 ' "or, by feeds, and requires the fame protedlion as tl>e 

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ApUS.-.;Lin. Gen. Edit, prior. 476. Edit. 5, 

 Prunus. c.a6, Cerafus & Laurocerafus, Tourn. 

 Inft. R. H. 625,627. tab.^401, 403. The Bird- 



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 indented in five parts at the brini^ %lhjcb fpread open. The 

 .'flower hath five large roundifh petals^ which fpread cpen^ 

 and are inferted in the empalement. ' ■ It hath froni twenty 

 r to thirty dwl-fhaped ft armnal which are inferted in the 

 } : empalement^ terminated by roundiflj fummits^ and a roimd- 

 * 'i' ^fl^ gcrmen fupporting a flender ftyle^ crowned by an entire 

 , cj/tufe ftigina. yThe germen afterward becomes aronndiflj 

 fruity inclojing an oval-pointed nut having romh furrows, 

 ;■- This genus of plants was by Dr. Linnaeus, in the 

 ^ . former editions of his Method, feparated from the 

 . t,Cherries, to which they had been before joined, be- 

 '":\ caufe the furrov/s of the nuts in this genus were ob- 

 tufe, whereas thofc of the Cherries are acute ; but there 

 13 a more obvious diftindlion between them, which is, 

 . the flowers of the Padus are ranged In a lonp- bunch 

 (or racemus) and thofc of the Cherry have their foot- 

 ftalks, arlfing fronf one joint •, but in the laft edition of 

 his Method, ^he has joined this genus, the Cherry and 

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 the boundaries of nature ; for althou2;h the Padus and 

 Cerafus may with propriety bejoined in the fame ge- 



• nus, yet thefe ought by no means to be joined to the 

 Prunus \ for it is well known, that the Cherry will 



. not grow by grafting or budding upon the Plumb 

 fl:ock5 nor 'the Plumb upon Cherry ftocks, though 

 there are no infl:ances of two trees of the fame genus, 

 which will not grow upon each other, however diffe- 

 rent their exterior appearance may be. • . 

 It is ranged in the firft feftidn of Linn^eus's twelfth 

 clafs, which includes thofc plants whofe flowers have 

 from twenty ^ thirty fl:amina, which are either in- 

 ferted in the empalement or petals of the flower, and 

 but one fiyle. ' 

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Padus {Avium) glandulis duobus, bafi folicrum 

 fubjeftis. Hort. Cliff. 185. Bird-cherry with t^^i'o gknds 

 at the bafe of the leaves. Cerafus racemofa, fylveftns, 

 fruftu noncduli. C. B. P. 451. Branching ivild Cherry 



ith a fruit not eatable. 

 Padus {Rubra) foliis lanceolato-ovatis deciduus, pe- 



tiolis biglandulofis. tab. 196. fol. 2. Bird-cherry ^i^b 

 fpear-fljapedy oval, deciducns leaves^ whofe foot-ftalks have 

 'two glands. Cerafus racei^ofa fylveftris, fruftu noji 



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