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foot high, which divide toward their top into fmall 

 fpreading branches, garnifhed with heart-fhaped or 

 oval leaves, about three inches long, and two broad 

 [neat* their bafe ; they are entire and rough to the 

 ,^ touch, of a pale yellowifn green, {landing upon pretty 

 'long foot -ftalks placed alternately. The flowers come 

 cut from the wings of the ftalks toward the top, and 

 have long (lender foot-ftalks ; they are of a dirty yel- 

 low colour with purple bottoms. They appear in 

 June and July, and are fucceeded by vifcous berries 

 about the fizc'of the common fort, of an herbaceous 

 yellow colour, inclofed in a fwelling bladder, of a light I flowers come out in cluflers on the fide 



green colour. 



This plant is eafily propagated by parting the roots 

 either in fpring or Autumn, but it is too tender to live 

 abroad through the winter in England, fo theyfhoukl 

 be planted in pots, and flieltered^under a hot-bed 

 frame in winter, where they may enjoy the free air at 

 all times in mild weather. 



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the pots Jliould be placed in i\ moderate warmth ii 

 Winter; but during the months of July, Auauft ^n^^ 

 September they may be placed in the opea air in . 

 warm fituaticn. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in Crete, Sicily and 

 Spam. This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk near three 

 feet high, dividing into feveral branches which gro^v 

 crcft, and are covered with a v/ooHy down, c/amifiied 

 with oval fpear-fhaped leaves almoft threlj irx:hes 

 long, and one and a half broad in the middle; thev 

 ai-e downy, and ftand upon fhort foot-ftalks. * The 



branches ; they are fmall, of an herbaceous whi^e 

 colour, fitting very clofe to the branches, and are fuc- 

 ceeded by fnhall berries almoft as large as thofeof th^ 

 firft fort, which when ripe are red. This flowers in 

 June and J ' ' i .r i- 



This plant is propagated by feeds, which may be 

 fown on a bed of light earth the beginning of April 

 The feeds of the third fort were fent me from Virgi- I and when the plants are two or three inches high* 

 nia, where the plant grows naturally ; this hath a per- they fhould be carefully taken up, and each planted 

 enniabroot and an annual ftalk, but thefe roots do not in a feparate fmall pot filled with earth out of a kitchen- 

 creep in the ground like the two former. The ftalks garden, and placed in the Ihade till they have takea 



of this grow two feet long, and foread on the ground " •'—- *^ * 



if they are not fupported -, thefe are garnifhed with 

 oval leaves three inches long, and two inches and a 

 half broad, ftanding alternately upon very long foot- 

 ftalks ; thdy arc of a pale green, having feveral acute 

 indentures on their edges. The flowers come out 

 ^ from the wings of the ftalk upon very fliort foot-ftalks v 

 they are larger than thofe of the conhmon fort, and of 

 a pale yellow colour. Thefe are fucceeded by very 



root i men iney may oe remov.« .^ a lutiicrea 

 fituation, v;here they may remairt till the beainnin^ 

 of Oflober ^ at tvhich time they fhould be removed 

 into the grcen-houfe, for thi plants are too tender to 

 live through the winter in the open air, fo they muft 

 be treated like the other green-houfe plants, but 

 fhould be fparirigly wacdred in winter. Thefe planf$ 

 will continue feveral years if they are not too tenderly 

 treated. . - . 



cool 



fhiall yellowifh berries which ripen in the avuumn, [ Thcfevcnth fort grows naturally at Malabar, and alfo 



at the Cape of Good Hope'. This rifcs to the heicrht 

 of five or fix feet, fending out long flexible bhiiricles 

 covered with a eray bark, and garniflicd with oblon'? 



mers they feldom ripen here. 



This fort is propagated by feeds, which ftiould be 



borde 

 March V and when the plants come up, they Ihould 



^ be thinned *rhere they are too clofc, and kept clean 

 from wxeds till autumn, when they fhould be tranf- 

 plantcd to the places where they arc to remain, which 



f fhould be in a warm fituation, where "they will live 



" ttirougK ttie winter in mild fcafons, but arc killed by 



r'J^rc frbft if thev dre not fcrecricJ. 



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oval leavcfs which arc often placed oppofite, and feme 



times by threes round the branches, to which they fie 

 clbfe. Th6 fibbers arc pfodUced in cluftefs'at the 

 baf"^ of the foot-ftalks of the leaves ; they afe fniall, 

 ana of an herbaceous yellow colour > thef^ are fuc- 

 ceeded by round purplifh berries having ten cells, 



This plant flowtrs in Jul;^ 



each including one feed. 

 ' Auguft 



I The feeds of the fourth fort were fent me from Phi- | rics do not ripfeh in England. 



ladelphia by Dr. Benfil, who found the plants grow- 



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propagated 



ing there naturally. This hath a perennial root com- j upon a moderate hot-bed, and when the plants have 

 pofed of ftrong fibres, from which arifc two or three J fourleaves, they fiiould be tranfplanted onafrelh hot- 

 bed, obfcrving to fliade them from the fun till they 

 have taken new root -, then they fhould have frcfh air 

 admitted to them every day in warm weather to ])Te- 

 vent their drawing up weak, aiid Ihould betreatecjin 

 the fame way as other exotic plants. When thefe 

 are grown three or four inches high, they fhould be 



and each planted jn a feparate 



hairy ftalks about nine or tin inches high, dividing 

 into feveral branches which are garnifhed with oval 

 fpeiar-fhaped leaves, of a pale green and hairy, about 

 two inches and a half long, and an inch and a half 

 broad, having feveral acute indentures on their edges, 

 an(i ftand alternately upon fhort foot-ftalks. The 

 flowers come out from the fide of the branches, at the 

 bafe of the foot-flalks of the leaves 5 thefe have long 

 flendeY foot-ftalks v the flowers have very fhort tubes, 

 which aft larger than in moft of the fpecics of this ge- 

 nus i they arc of a fulphur colour, with a dark purple 

 bottom. 



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loomy 



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: fucceeded bv oval vcllowilh 

 the autumn. 



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This fort may be propagated by 

 Wav is the third* aria the olantis re- 



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quire the fame treatment. 

 ' The fifth fort grows naturally at Curaflao in the Weft- 

 Indies.^ This nath a perennial creeping root, from 

 which arife feveral flender ftalts about a ' 



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•t high, 



which become fomcwhat lianedus, but feldom laft 

 i(ilx)ve two years, the leaves ftanding alternately upon 

 Ihoft foot-ftalks i they are about two inch*ds lone, and 

 an inch ^d a half broad. The 



flowers come out 



> ,frorii the wings of the ftalk toward the top, ftanding 



fhort flender foot-ftalks ; thefe are garnifhed 



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upon 



with oval downy petals, which are fmall, of a fulphur 

 colour, and have dark purple bottoms. They appear 

 in July lUid'Aucuft, but are rarely fucceeded by bei- 



EngUnd 



This is eafily propagated by parting ^the roots in the 

 Opting, but the plan.ts are too tender to live through 

 the winter in England without artificial warmth^ fo 



a frame upon an old hot-bed, fliading them from the 

 fun till they have taken new root \ then they fhould 

 'bfc gradually inured to bear the open air, into which 

 they fhould be removed in July, and placed inav.'arin 

 fituation, where they uiay remain till the end of Sep- 

 tember ; then they fhould be removed into Ihelt^r, 

 and the firft winter they fliould be placed in a mode- 

 rate ftovc ; but when the plants have obtained ilrcngtu, 



^tfifcy will live through the winter in a goo3 gre^i> 



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The eighth fort was difcovcred^by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun growing naturally at Campeachv, from whence 

 lie fent the lecds to England. This^hath a ftrubby 

 ftalk which rifes ten or twelve feet liigh, dividing to- 

 ward the top into feveral fmall branches, covered with 

 a gray hairy bark, and garniflied with oyal fpear-fhaped 

 leaves i thofe on the lower part arc placed alternately, 

 but toward the end of the branches they are oppOnte. 

 The lower leaves are from three to four inches long, 

 and two broad in the middle, drawing to a point ac 

 both ends ; they arc of a pale green, and are downy. 

 The flowers come out from the wings of the ftalks 

 tONtkrd the end of the branches, forpetimes one, ana 

 at other times two arc produced at the fame joint 



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