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inches, and the ground hoed over to deftroy the 



weeds. This fhoiild be repeated three times, as is 



tifually done for Carrots, which, if v/ell performed 



in dry weather, will keep the ground clean all the 



firftpart of the fummer, fo chat unlefs there Ihould 



be much rain about Midfummer, there will befcarce 



any neceffity for farther cleaning of the plants, for 



their leaves will fpread, and prevent the growth of 



weeds afterward. In autumn, when the leaves bec^in 



to decay, the roots will be fit for ufe, and may %e 



continued all the winter till they begin to fhoot in 



the fpring, when they will become fticky, as will 



alfo any of thofe which run up to feed the firft fum- 



iner, fo that all fuch fliould be pulled up and thrown 

 away. 



The time ifor propagating this plant by offsets is in 

 the fpring^, before they begin to fhoot, at which time 

 the old roots flio'uld be dug up, and the fide roots 

 fhould be flipped off, preferving an eye or bud to 

 each ; thefe fhould be planted in rows one foot afun- 

 der, and four inches diftant in the rows. If the 

 ground is light, this may be performed with a dibble, 

 but for fliff land it will be beft to make a trench with 

 a fpade, in the fame manner as for Afparagus, layino- 

 the roots therein at a proper diftance. The ground 

 mufl be kept clean by hoeing it in the fame manner 

 as before direded, and at the feafon the roots will be 

 fit for ufe, • 



The fifth fort is a perennial plants, which grows natu- 

 rally in Germany. The roots of this plant creep and 

 fpread very far under ground ; the leafl part of 

 them will grow, fo that when it is once brought in- 

 to a garden, it will foon multiply ; they are thick, 

 flefliy, and tafte like thofe of Eryngo. - The leaves 

 are divided into linear fegments, and their bafe em- 

 brace the flalks, which rife two feet high, and are 

 terminated by large flat umbels of white flowers, 

 ^hich appear in July, but their feeds do not often I 



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pruk/y Jlalk, and relufe, heart-/I:,ped, unarmed leavcf. 

 Smilax viticulis afperis Virginiana, folio hederaceo 

 leni Zarza nobihmma. Huk. Aim. ^S. Firgima rcu.b 

 Btnhvced wtth pnckly Vines, and afmooth Ivy leaf, ca% 

 ed Zarza. -^ .-^ 



Smilax {ramncides) caule aculcato tcrcti, foliis iner- 

 mibus cordatis oblongis feptemnerviis. Lin.Sp.Plant 

 1030. 5;;;//^;^ with a taper prickly ftdk, and cblcnjr, 

 beart-fiaped^ unarmed leaves with fcven veins. Smi- 

 lax bryonias nigr^ foliis, caule fpinolo, baccis nigris 

 Cateib. Carol, i. p. 52. Rot^gb Bindweed with black 

 Briony leaves^ a prickly fialk, and black berries. ■ 

 Smilax [China) caule aculeato teretiufculo, foliis 



Lin. 



inermibus ovato-cordatis quinquenerviis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 1029. Smilax ivitb a taper prickly ftalk, andoval^ 

 heart-Jhapcd, unarmed leaves, having five veins. Radix 

 China. C. B. P. 496. Ckina-root. 



6. Smilax (C^^/^f^z) caule lubaculeatotereti, foliis iner- 

 mibus cordatis trincrviis. 



leaves with three veins. 



Smilax with a taper ftalk 



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k"ipen here. 



^he fixth fort grows naturally in Sicily, and is pre- 

 ferved in botanic gardens for the fake of variety. The 

 lower leaves are pretty broad, trifoliate, and of a 

 lucid green ; the fl:alk rifes two feet high, and is ter- 

 minated by an umbel of yellow flowers in July; the 

 leaves on the flalks arc doubly winged, and the feeds 

 ripen in autumn, which fhould be fown foon after 

 they are ripe, ' 



MALLAGE. 





; Smilax {Arijiolochiafolia) caule aculeato tereti, foliis 

 mermibus fagittati? obtufrafculLs trinerviis. Smilax with 

 a prickly taper Jlalk, and very blunt, halbert-pointed, 

 unarmed leaves. Smilax afpera ariftolochi^, foliis 

 longioribus, ad bafin auriculatis. Houfl:. MSS. Rough 

 Bindweed with longer Birihwort leaves^ eared at their - 

 bafe. 



SMitAx (Spinofa) caule aculeato tereti, foliis ovato- 

 lanceolatis nervis foliorum inferne aculeatis. Smilax 

 with a taper prickly ftalk, and oval fpear-fjjaped leaves 

 whofe veins^ on the under fide are prickly. Smilax viti- 

 culis afperis, foliis oblongis, nervis foliorum fpinofis. 

 Houft. MSS. Rough Bindweed with a prickly ft alk^ and 

 oblong leaves with prickly veins. ' T - ■ " • ■ ' 



Smilax (^/r^;w;^^^) caule aculeato angulato, foliis 

 lanceolatis inermibus, acuinihatts". Smilax with an an- 

 gular prickly ft alk^ and fpear-Jhaped, acute-pointed^ un- 

 armed leaves. Smilax viticulis afperis Viro-iniana, 

 foliis anguflis lasvibus nullis auriculis pr^dita? Pluk! 

 Phyt. tab. no. fig, 4. Virginian rough Bindweed 



ears. 



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See Apium. 



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MIL AX. Tourh. Inft. R, H. 654 



Gen. Plant. 992. Rough Bindweed. 

 The Characters are, " -- ' 



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tab. 421. Lin. 



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// is male and female in different plants. Thi 

 have a fix-lea'Oed, open, bell-ftoaped empalemeni\ they 

 have no petals, but have fix ftamina terminated by oblong 

 fummits. The female flowers have the like empalement^ 

 but they fall off\ they have no petals or ftamina, but have 

 an oval ger men, fupporting three very fmall ftyles, crown- 

 ed by oblong reflexedftigmas. The germen afterward turns 

 ' to a globular berry with two cells ^ containing two globu- 

 . lar feeds. '"'■ --- ""^ • . ■ \'%:-:f n( -.^ 



This genus of plants is ranged in the fixth feftion of 

 Linnasus's twenty-fecond clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants which have male and jfemale flowers fituated 

 upon different plants, whofc male flowers have fix 

 'ftamina. ■ . ' : , ^ 



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. Smilax (Afpera) caule aculeato angulato, foliis den- 

 tato-aculeatis cordatis. Lin.Sp.Plant. 1028. Smilax 

 with an angular prickly ftalk, and heart-fhaped, prickly, 

 indented leaves. Smilax afpera, fruftu rubente. C. B. P. 

 296. Rough Bindweed with a red fruit: ." "^ ' 



. Smilax {Excelfa) caule aculeato angulato, foliis cor- 

 datis inermibus. Smilax with an angular prickly ftalk^ 

 and fmooth heart-fhaped leaves. Smilax orientalis, far- 

 mentis aculeatis, excelfas arbores fcandentibus, foliis 

 non fpinofis. Tourn. Cor. 45. Eaftern rough Bindweed, 

 with prickly runners climbing the talleft trees, and leaves 



not prickly. 

 . Smilax (Sarfaparilla) caule aculeato angulato, foliis 



inermibus rctufo-cordatis. • Smilax with an angular 



mibus ovatis trinerviis. Smilax with an unarmed taper 

 ftalk, and oval unarmed leaves with three veins. Smilajt 

 Virginiana, fpinis innocuis armata latis canellge foliis, 

 radice arundinacea crafl^a & carnofa. Plqk. Phyt. I'lo. 

 fig* 5- Rough Bindweed of Virginia armed with innocent 

 fpines, a broad Cinnamon leaf^ and a thick, flefhy^^ R^eed- 

 likeroot.. ' ' - ■ .Z .:--..-,... . . . z"'^, J•3■^i-r>f>; - 



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. Smilax (Humilus) caule inermi tereti^ foliis inermi- 

 bus .ovato-cordatis ., trinerviis, ; floribds ' corymbofis. 

 ^Smilax with at (^er unarmed ftalk, 'oval, heart-fhapedy 

 '^unarmed leavh'y and flowers in acorymbus. Smilax hu- 

 milis, non fpinofa, foliis ariflolochi£, baccis rubris. 

 Cateib. Car. i. p. 47. Dwarf rough Bindweed without 

 Jpines, Birthwort leaves, and red berries. ■ ' '>-^; 

 2. Smilax {Hedertefolia) caule inermi tereti,'^ foliis iner- 

 mibus, caulinis cordatis, racemis ovato^oblongis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 10 g I.' Smilax with an unarmed taper ft alky 

 unarmed, heart-ftoaped leaves ontheftalks, and oval ob- 

 long bunches of flowers. Smilax claviculata, hecfer^ 

 folia tota la^vis e terra Mariana. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 225. 

 fig. 3. Rough Bindweed with clafp'ers, and an %y leaf 

 totally finooth, from Maryland. - .''y^ • ■•' - -^ . ^ r 



J. Smilax {Laurifolia) ciule inermi tereti, foliis iner- 

 mibus lanceolatis."''^ 5;^//^;^ with'diaper undrhiedftalk, 

 and fpear-ftjaped unarmed leaves. \Sm\\ox l^vis, lauri 

 folio, baccis nigris. Catefb. Car. l p. 15. SmoothBind- 

 weed, with a Bay leaf and black berries. ' '^ '•- 



The firfl fort grows naturally under hedges and in 

 woods in Italy and Spain. The roots are compofcd of 

 niahy thick flefhy fibres, which fpread wide on every 

 fide, and ftrike deep in the ground, "fro rn which 

 come out feveral flalks which are flender, ancnjFar, 

 armed with (hort crooked fpines, and have clafpers 

 on their fides,''by which they fafl:eh themfclves to any 

 neighbouring plant for fupport, and rife five or fix 

 feet liigh. ''-The leaves are fliff, hcart-fliaped^ and 



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