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of the common black Cherry, which ripens in au- 

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Thele feven forts are annual, fo their feeds fhould be 

 fown in the fpring, on a bed of rich earth where the 

 plants are defigned to remain, and when they come 

 up they muft be thinned, leaving them at lealt two 

 feet diftance, that they may have room to grow, after 

 this they will require no farther care but to keep them 

 clean from weeds ; in July and Auguft they will flow- 

 er, and the feeds will ripen in autumn. Some peoplt* 

 plant one or two plants of each fort in pots, whofe 

 {talks they train up to fticks to make them ftrait ^ 

 and in autumn they remove the pots into the green- 

 houfe, where they may be preferved till the fpring, and 

 (during the winter, their fruit being ripe, will make 

 a pretty appearance. 



The eighth fort is a climbing woody plant, which 

 grows in the hedges in divers parts of England, and 

 is by fome planted in gardens, to cover arbours, or 

 fhady walls, in London, and other clofe places, where 

 few other plants will thrive. The cuttmgs or ftalks of 

 this are put into glaffes of water, and placed in rooms, 

 where they will put out branches and leaves, and con- 

 tinue a long time green. This plant is alfo ufed in 

 medicine for fome particular preparations; but the' 

 herbfolks in the markets often fell thisinftead of the 

 Garden Nightfliade, which is a cooling plant, and 

 this a hot acrid one, which renders it contrary to the 

 intention of the ointment, wherein Nightlhade is- one 

 of the ingredients. ^ 



There is a fort of this with white flowers, which is 

 fuppofed to be a variety of the former, but the leaves 

 are woolly, in which it differs from the other, and 

 this is conflant. There is alfo one with variegated 

 leaves, which is preferved by thofe who are very cu- 

 rious in collecting the various kinds of ftriped-leaved 

 plants. .: . ; 



Theie may be eafily propagated by laying down their 

 branches, or by planting their cuttings in the fpring 

 upon a moilt foil, where they will foon take root, 

 and may afterward be tranfplanted where they are to 

 remain. 



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The ninth fort grows naturally at the Madeiras; this 

 rifes with a ftrong woody ftalk four or five feet high, 

 and divides into many ilender ftiff branches, which are 

 garnifhed with fpear-fliaped leaves turning backward. 

 The flowers grow in fmall umbels, or fingly on the 

 fide of the branches, to which they fit clofe j thefe 

 are white, with yellow fummits, and appear in June, 

 July, and Auguft, and are fuccee3ed by Bemes^ as 

 large as fmall Clierries which ripen in winter, when 

 they make a good appearance in the green-houfe. 

 There are two varieties of this, one with red, and the 

 other has ayellowifli fruit. .,-,J. , .u w:^t * ^v/.«^t ' 

 This plant may be propagated by fowing its feeds in 

 ■ a pot of rich earth in the fpring, placing it upon a mo- 

 derate hot-bed, which_will greatly , facilitate their 

 growth; the earth in the potfhould.be frequently 

 watered, for if it is kept too dry the. feeds will not 



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make a gentle hot-bed, which mufl be covered with 

 rich earth about fix inches thick; in this they Ihould 

 be planted about fix inches diftance each way, and 

 the bed arched over with hoops, &c. and covered 

 with mats, to fhade them from the fun and cold, ob- 

 fcrving frequently to water them. . j.: - ^:..: 



When the plants have , acquired ftrength, and the 

 feafon becomes favourable, you mufl inure them to 

 bear the open air by degrees, to which they fhould 

 be fully expofed in June, when they fhould be 

 taken up, with a ball, of .earth to the root of each 

 plant, and placed feparately in pots filled with rich 

 earth, which mufl be fet in a fhady fituatidn, and 

 frequently watered until they have taken new root ; 

 after which they may be removed into a more open 

 cxpofure, and placed among other exotic plants, but 

 they require a great plenty of water in dry weather,* 

 without which they feldom produce much fruit. \ 



In winter they mult be removed into the green-houfe, 

 and placed in the coldefl part of the houfe, where 



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they may have as much free air as poiTible in mild 

 weather ; being fo hardy as many times to endure the 

 cold of our ordinary winters abroad, when planted in 

 a warm fituation, fo that they only require to befhel- 

 tered from fevcre frofl. 



Thefe plants fliould be annually fhifted about the lat- 

 ter end of April, when their roots fnould be pared 

 round, cutting oft" all the mouldy fibres which were 

 next the pot, and the pots filled up with frefli rich 

 earth, which will ftrengthen their flowers, and caufe 

 them to produce plenty of fruit ; which (as I faid be- 

 fore) ripens in winter, and being of the fiiape and fize 

 of Cherries, are commonly called Winter Cherries by 

 the gardeners. 



The tenth fort grov/s naturally in the Weft-Indies j 

 this rifes with a flirubby fialk three feet high, dividing 

 at the top into feveral branches, which are clofely arm- 

 ed with fl:rait gold-coloured fpines on every fide. 

 The leaves are from two to three inches long, and 

 three quarters of an inch broad, having a few angu- 

 lar indentures, and their midrib is armed with a row 

 of the like fpines as thofe upon the ftalks, which fland 

 ereft. The flowers are produced in long bunches 

 from the fide of the fl:alks ; they are white, and of 

 the fame fize as thofe of the ninth, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by red berries almofl: as large as the fmall black 

 . Cherry. 



The tenth fort is much tenderer than either of the for- 

 o mer, being brought from the warm parts of America. 

 This is propagated by fowing the feeds in the fpring, 

 upon a good hot-bed ; and when the plants are come 

 up, they fhould be each tranfplanted into a feparate 

 fmall pot filled with rich earth, and plunged into a 

 frefh hot-bed again, obferving to water and fhade 

 them until they have taken root; after which; -they 

 fhould have air and water ih^'roportioh' to the heat of 

 ' the feafon, and the bed in which they are placed ; 

 and when their roots 'have filled the pots in which 

 they were planted (which they will do in two months 

 time, if they thrive) they mufl: be fhaken out, and 

 after having gently pared off the fibres which grew 

 next the pot, they ihould be planted into pots of a 

 ^^ fize larger, which muft be filled with frefli rich earth, 

 and plunged into a frefla hot-lx^d to bring the plants 

 forward, obferving to water them frequently, for they 

 will not thrive without plenty of moifture in warm 

 weather. ' ' ^ \ i 



In July thefe plants may be inured to bear the operi 

 .^ air by degrees, into which they, may be rehibved if 

 if the feafon Be warm ; ^ut otherwife they mufl always 

 bfe preferred either undefglafl^es,^ of In the fl:ove ; and 

 if they are placed in the open air, they fhould not re- 

 main there longer than the middle or latter end of Au- 

 :rgufl, lefl the nights growltt^g cold, fhould hurt^'them. 

 ■■) During the winter feafon they mufl be ^pfeferved iii 

 : the flove, obferving to refrefh them frequently with 

 water, but they mufl not have too much each time, 

 V efpecially in cold weather. The fecond year they will 

 iv produce flowers and fruit. ^ 'ArA-i v > . ^ 



The eleventh fort has a Ihrubby fl:alk which rifes two 

 feet high,' and divides into feveral wdocJy 'branches 

 which are armed with Iharp thorns, and gafhilhed 

 with oval woolly leaves which have angular inden- 

 tures on their edges ; they are an inch arid a half long, 

 and more than an inch broad. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in loofe fmall bunches from the wings of the 

 ftalks ; they are blue, and larger than thofe of the 

 former forts ; thefe appear in June' dhU July, and 

 are fucceeded by round berries as large as common 

 Cherries, of a gold colour, which ^turri black when 

 ripe. • 



The twelfth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope i this hath a ftrong, thick, fhrubby ftalk, which 

 rifes from two to three feet high, fending out many 

 Ihort thick branches, which are clofely armed with 

 fhort, ftrong, yellow fpines on every fide ; the leaves 

 are about four inches long, and two broad; thev are 

 cut almoil to their midrib in obtufe fegments which 

 are oppofite, regular, and formed like winged leaves j 

 thefe fegments have feveral obtufe indentures on their 



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