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As this plant makes but a mean appearance, {6 it is 

 rarely cultivated, except in botanic gardens for the 

 iake of variety; but fuch as are defirous to have it, 

 fhould fow the feeds on a moift fhady fpot of ground, 

 and when the plants come up, if they are thinned 

 and kept clean from weeds, chey will require no 

 other culture. 



PEONY. See Pi^ONiA, 



PE P O- See Cucurbita. 



PERENNIAL PLANTS are fuch whofe roots 

 will abide many years, whether they retain their leaves 

 in winter or not ; thofe v/hich retain their leaves arc 

 called Evergreens, but fuch as caft their leaves are 

 called Deciduous or Perdifols. "Some of thefe have 

 annual flalks, which die to the root every autumn, 

 and fhoot up again in the fpring ; to which Jungius, 

 o-ives the title of Radix reftibilis. 



PERESKIA. Plum. Nov. Gen. 37. tab. 26. Ca£tus. 

 Lin- Gen. Plant. 539. Goofeberry, vulgo. 



The Characters are, .. 



// bath a Rofe-Jhaped flower confifling of fever al leaves^ 



which are placed orbicularly y whofe cup afterward becomes 



a fifty fi^pjy-i globular fruit hefet with leaves, .In the 



' middle of the fruit are many flat roundifh feeds included in 



a mucilage. 



We have but one Species of this plant, viz. . • 



Pereskia {Acukata) aculeata, Bore albo, fruftu flavaf- 



cente. Plum. Nov. Gen. 37. Prickly Pcrejkia with a 



white flower^ and a yelloivifh fruit, Caftus caule tereti 



arboreo fpinofo, foliis lanceolato-ovatis. Lin. Hort. 



Ca£luswith a ta^er^ tree-like, prickly ftalky 



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This plant grows in fonie parts of the Spanifh Weft- 

 Indies, from whence it was brought to the Englifh 

 Settlements in America, v/here it is called a Goofe- 

 Jberry, and by the Dutch it is called Blad Apple. It 

 hath many flender branches which will not fupport 

 ^^ themfelves, fo muft be fupported by ftakes, otherwife 

 they will trail on whatever plants grow near them. 

 Thefe branches, as alfo the ftem of the plant, are be- 

 ^t with long wf:^iti{h fpines, which arc produced in 

 ^ ^tufts. The leaves are roundifli, very thick, and fuc- 

 . culent, and the fruit is about the fize of a Walnut, 

 having tufts of fmall leaves on it, and hath a whitiih 

 ,, mucilaginous pulp. '. '■; . 



It may be propagated by planting of the cuttings 



-during any of the fummer months; thefe cuttings 



^'ihould be planted in pots filled with freHi light earth, 



• and plunged into a moderate hot-bed of tanners bai'k, 



. obfervine: to fhade them from the fun in the heat of 

 the day, as alfo to refrefli them every third or fourth 

 . day with water. In about two months the cuttings 

 . will have tliade good roots, v/h'en they may be care- 

 ... fully taken out of the pots, and each planted intp a 

 feparate pot filled with frefli earth, and then plunged 

 -.. into the hot-bed again, where they may remain dur- 

 ,irigthe fumrherWafon; but at Michaclmas,\when 

 the nights beein to be cold.^^they fliould be removed 

 . into the ftove, and plunged into the bai*k-bed. Dur- 

 ing the winter feafon the plants rhuft be kept irarm, 

 and fhould be watered twice a week ; but jri cold 

 weather it fhould not be given in large quantities. 

 In fummer they muft have a large Ihare of air,' and 

 : muft be more plentifully watered, but they fhould 

 -, conftantly remain in the ftove; for though they will 

 ;■- bear the open air in fummer in a warm fituation, yet 

 V they will make no progrefs if they are placed abroad ; 

 ; nor do they thrive near fo well in the dry ftove', as 

 when thiey are plunged in tHe tan; fo that the feeft 



• way is to fet them next a .trellis, at the back of the 

 , tan-bed, to which their branches may be faftened, to 

 ^ prevent their trailing on other plants. This plant has 

 ' pot as yet produced either flowers or fruit in England, 



but as there are feveral plants pretty vv'ell grov/n in the 

 gardens of the curious, we may expedt fomc of them 

 will flower in a fhort time. 

 P E R I C L Y M E N U M. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 608. 

 lab. 578. Caprifolium.^,X<5urn. Inft. R. H. 608. tab. 

 379 Lonicera. Lin. Gen^ Plant. ?jo. Honeyfuckle ; 

 in French, Chevrefcuille'.'jx. 'A ^-'.■[^' ^ A"vv:. , 



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The empalement of the flower is fnj^U, and cut into fhe 

 parts fitting upon the gmnen, rhe flozver is cf en: petal, 

 having an oblong tube, which is cut at the top into five 

 fegwents which turn backward. It has five awlflmpcd 

 ftamina abnoft the length of the petal, terminated by olioi^ 

 fummitSy and a roundifh gcrrr.cn fUuated below the flower^ 

 fupport ed by a flender ftyle, crowned by an obtiife fligma. 

 The germen afterward becomes an umbilicatcd berry %^ith 

 ivjo cells^ each containing one roundiflj feed. 

 This genus of plants is by Dr. Linna:us placed in the 

 firft feftion of his fifth clafs, which includes thole 

 plants whofe flowers have five ftamina and oneftyle, 

 and joins it to the Lonicera of Piumier, and the Cha- 

 mascerafus of Tournefort ; but as the flowers of this 

 genus differ greatly in their form from cither of 



thofe genera, fo I have taken the liberty of feparacing 

 ' it from them. 



The Species are, . . . • 



PJericlymenum {Seinpervirens) floribus capitatis ter- 

 minalibus omnibus connatis fempervirentibus. Kcney- 

 fuckle with flowers growing in heads at the end of the 

 branches, and evergreen leaves joined round the fialk, 

 Periclymenum perfoliatum Virginianum fempervirens 

 & fiorens. H. L. Perfoliate, evergreen, Virginia Ho- 

 ney fuckle which always flowers, commonly called Trumpa 

 Honey fuckle, .. .- .; . \- . 



Periclymenum {Racemofum) racemis lateralibus op- 

 pofitis, floribus pendulis, foliis lanccolatis intc 

 mis. Honeyfuckle with flowers in long lunches growing 

 oppofite, hanging down^ and_ entire fpear-Jhaped leaves, 

 Periclymenum racemofum flore flavalcente, frudu 

 :'i[iveo. Hort. Elth. '^06, tab. 2 2 8. Honeyfuckle with 

 yellowifh flowers growing in bunches, and a fnowy fruit, 



Periclymenum (Verticillatuin) corymbis terminali- . 

 bus, foliis ovatis verticillatis petiplatis. Honeyfuckle 

 "with round bunches of flowers at the end of the branches^ . 

 and oval leaves growing in whorls, having foot- fidks. 

 Periclymenum aliud arborefcens ramulis inflexis, 

 flore corallino. Plum. Cat. 17. Another tree-like Ho- 



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4. Periclymenum (Germanicum) capitulis ovatis imbri- 

 catis terminalibus, foliis omnibus diftinftis. Honey- 

 - fuckle with oval imbricated heads terminating the flalks. 



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5. Periclymenum (Italicum) floribus verticillatis ter- 



m.inalibus leflilibus, foliis fummis cohnato-perfoliatis- 



'Hqrt. Cliff. 4.5: Honeyfuckle with whorls of flowers fit- 



:v4ing clofe at the ends of the branches, and the upper leaves 

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6. Periclymenum {Vulgare) floribus corymbofis ter- 

 . minalibus, foliis hirfutis diftindtis,' viminibus tenui- 

 ..ioribus. Honeyfuckle with d corymbus of flowers terrni- 

 \Xmting the flalks, hairy leaves growing diftintfr ^"^d very ^ 

 -flender branches, commonly called Engliflj Honeyfuckle, of, 



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7. Periclymenum {Amertcanum) floribus yerticillatls. 



terminalibus feffiUbus,' foliis connato-perfoiiatis fem- 

 .r-^pervirentibus glabris. Honeyfuckle with whorledfloivers 



•fitting clofe, terminating the flalks, ' and fmooth ever- 

 '-green leaves furrounding the flalks,^'- Caprifolium per- 

 ; ^Ibliatum fempervirens, floribus fpeciofis. Hort. Chelf. 

 ^ She evergreen Honeyfuckle, having beautiful flowers, 

 ^ !The firft fort grows naturally in Virginia, and many 

 r iOther parts "of North America, but has been lon^ 

 .\cjultiv^ted in the Englifh gardens by the title of Vir- 



'ginia Trumpet Honeyfuckle. Of thefe there are two 

 •.varieties, if not diftinft fpecies;^ one being much 

 - hardier. ..than' tKe other. The old fort," which came 



from' Virginia, lias flronger fhoots ; the leaves are of 

 ' a brighter green J the bunqhes of flowers are larger, 



and deeper coloured than the other which came from 



Carolina. Thefe plants have the appearance of the 

 . common Honeyfuckle, but the flioots are weaker 



than any of thole, except the wild fort called V/ood-^-. 

 , bine ; they are pf a purplifh red colour, and^ fmooth^^;; 

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