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arc large, white, and have woolly empalementSi 

 thefe are fucceeded by berries the fize of Cherries, 

 ■which turn yellow. 



The ten laft mentioned forts are propagated by feeds 

 in the fame manner as the former, but thefe being 

 natives of warm countries, muft be raifed on a hot- 

 bed early in the fpring ; and when the plants are fit 

 to remove, they muft be each planted in a feparate 

 fmall pot filled with frefti rich earth^and plunged into 

 a moderate hot-bed of tanners bark, obferving to 

 Ihade them from the fun until they have taken new 

 root; after which time they fhculd have 'a large fliare 

 of freih air admitted to them in warm weather, and 

 muft be frequently watered. Toward the latter end 

 of June it will be proper to harden the plants gradu- 

 ally, and foon after they ftiould be removed inro the 

 ftove, where they muft have as much free air as pof- 

 fi'ole in warm weather, but as the cold approaches in 

 autumn, they muft be carefully protefted therefrom, 

 and in winter they ftiould be kept in a moderate tem- 

 perature of warmth, otherwife they will not live in this 

 country. -■ .. 



Some of thefe forts will bear to be expofed in the 

 open air in the heat of fummer, provided they are 

 placed in a warm fituation ; but if the feafon fhould 

 prove cold, they will not thrive abroad, wherefore it 

 will be better to let them remain in the ftove, and 

 open the glades in front, and at the top of the ftove, 

 every day, to admit as much air as poiTible in hot 



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expofed abroad longer than ten or twelve weeks In the 

 warmeft part of fummer; it may be propagated by 

 cuttings, which, when planted, muft be clofely co- 

 vered with a bell or hand-glafs,'and fliaded from the 

 fun, treating them in the fame nianncr as other cut- 

 tings of exotic plants. 



The twenty-fixth fort grows naturally at the Cape of 

 Good Hope; this has ftirubby flexible ftalks, requir- 

 ing fupport like our common woody Nightfbade, to 

 which the plant has great refemblance, but the leaves 

 are ftiorter, thicker, and are more indented on their 

 edges: this fort very rarely flowers in England, There 

 are fome who have fuppofed this and our common 



. woody Nightfliadc to be the fame, which is certainly 

 a great miftakc, for this fort'wiU not live abroad 

 through the winter in England in any fituation, nor 

 does it produce flowers here with any treatment, for 

 there are plants in the Chelfea Garden of feveral years 



^ old, which have been differently managed, and yet 

 have never flowered. * ,' 



It may be eafily propagated by cuttings during any 

 of the fummer months, and may be preferved in a 

 green-houfe in winter, treating it in the fame way as 

 the Amomum Plinii. 



The twenty-feventh fort was difcovered by the late 

 Dr. Houftoun at Campeachy ; this rifes with a woody 



, ftalk ten or twelve feet high, fending out many 

 branches which Jia-ve a light gray bark, and are 

 fmooth. The leaves are fpcar-ftiaped, five inches 



weather, with which management they will thrive f long, and one and a half broad in the middle, draw- 



much better than in the open air. 



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ing to a point at both ends ; they are of a deep green 



The twenty-third fort grows naturally at Buenos Ay- | on their upper fide, but are hoary on their under. 



res in the Spanilh Weft-Indies ; this rifes with a woody 

 ft;alk ten or twelve feet high, covered with .a purplifli 



The flowers are produced in large umbels at the end 

 of the branches ; they are fmall, ftar-pointed, and 



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bark almoft fmooth. . At the top it divides into feve- I white ; their fummits, which fill up the mouth of the 

 ral branches which grow erefl:, and are garniflied with i tube, are purple ; thefe are fucceeded by fmall ber- 

 wedge-fliaped leaves which are finuated. The flowers | ries the fize of middling Peas, which are yellow when 

 are produced in large umbels at the end of the 

 branches ; they are large, white, and the petal is an- 

 gular, but not divided at the brim ; thefe appear in 

 July, and are fucceeded by fmall berries which 

 change yellow when they are ripe. 

 The feeds ofthe twenty-fourth fort were fentfrom the 

 Bahama Iflands by Mr. Catefl^y ; this rifes with a 

 fmooth flirubby ftalk fix or eight feet high, covered 

 with a brown bark, and divides into many branches, 

 which are garniflied with fpear-ftiaped leaves three 

 inches and a half long, and one apd a half, broad ; 

 they have a few finuated indentures on their edges, 

 and end in acute points ; they are fmooth, and of a 

 light green colour. The flowers are produced in fmall 

 umbels from the fide of the ftalks, ftanding ere£t ; 

 they are pretty largfe, white, and have their petals cut 

 into five ftar-pointed fegments ; thefe ajre y^ry rarely 

 fucceeded by feeds in England. ? • 

 The two laft mentioned forts are not fo tender as the 

 teri former forts, fo may be treated in the fame way 

 as the eleventh and twelfth, by houfing them in win- 



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The twenty-eighth fort was difcovered at Carthagena 

 in New Spain, by the gentleman before- mentioned ; 

 this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk, having a light brown 

 bark, which divides into feveral irregular ligneous 

 branches; thefe are garnifhed with oval leaves four 

 inches long, and two and a half broad, fmooth, of a 

 dark green on their upper fide, but woolly on their 

 under. The flowers are produced in large ereft um- 

 bels at the end of the branches, which are pretty 



. large, and white, fhaped like thofeof the other forts ; 

 ' ...thefe are fuceeded by round berries the fize of fmall 



. Cherries^ fitting in the blunt woolly empalement of 

 the flower, which turn yellow when ripe. - " ' 

 The twenty ninth fort grows naturally in Jamaica, and 



. alfo at the Capeof Good Hope: this rifes with aflirubby 

 prickly ftalk five or fix feet high, fending out a few 

 branches toward the top, garnifhed with obtufe leaves 

 which are fmooth, and divided into three lobes ; the 



^ flowers are fmall, which are fucceeded by fmall ber- 

 ries which rarely ripen in England. 



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ter with Oranges arid other green-houfe plants, and j The thirtieth fort grows naturally in Virginia ; this is 



in fummer place them abroad in afheltered fituation ; ' an annual plant, rifing with a ftirubby prickly ftalk 



they may be propagated by cuttings, which, if planted j about three feet high, fending out a few (lender 



in a fhady border during any of the fummer months, I branches, garniflied with wing-pointed leaves ; "the 



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will take root pretty freely, and may then be taken 

 up and potted, placing them in the fhade till they 

 have taken new root, and then they may be treated 

 in the fame way as the old plants. 

 The twenty-fifth fort grows naturally on the coaft of 

 Guinea ; this has a fhrubby ftalk which rifes feven 

 or eight feet high, dividing into many branches which 

 have a fmooth bark. The lower leaves are oblong, 

 oval, about three inches long, and one and a half 

 broad, fmooth, of a dark green colour, and ftand 

 upon ftiort foot-ftalks ; the flowers come out from the 

 fide of the branches in fmall bunches, ftanding upon 

 very flender foot-ftalks ; they are of the fame fhape 

 and colour with thofc of the Amomum Plinii, but are 

 . fmaller ; thefe are fometimes fucceeded by berries 

 about the fize of fmall black Cherries, which are yel- 

 low when ripe. . 

 This fort requires a ftove in winter, and muft not be 



flowers are large, blue, and have prickly empalements ; 

 they are fucceeded by berries almoft the fize of black 

 Cherries. If the plants of this fort are brought for- 

 ward on a hot-bed early in the fpring, they will ripen 

 their feeds, otherwife they never produce good feeds 

 in England, , > . ; . - *^ > 



The thirty-firft fort grows common in all the Weft- 

 India iflands, where it is called Batchelor's Pear. This 

 rifes with a prickly herbaceous ftalk three or four 

 feet high ; the fpines are ftrong and crooked -, the 

 ' leaves are large, angular, and woolly, and are armed 

 • with the like fpines ; the flowers are produced in 

 bunches from the fide of the ftalks ; they are of a 

 pale blue colour, and are fucceeded by yellov/ fruit 

 the fhape and fize of a Catharine Pear, but they are 

 inverted. The plant is annual here. 

 . The thirty-fecond fort grows naturally on the coaft of 

 Malabar; this is an annual plant, rifing with a prickly 



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