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This genus of plants is ranged in the firll fecllon of 

 Linno^us's fifth clafs, which incUidcs thofe plants 

 whole (lowers have five ftamina and one flyle. 

 The Species are, 

 I, TABERNyiiMONTANA [Citrtfclia) follis glomerato-um- 

 bellatis oppofitis ovatis lateralibus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 308. T'ahcni<emGntana with oval leaves which are placed 



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out a fev/ branches toward^ the top v/hicli ^row crcc^ 

 and are garnillied with ova! obtuie leaves lour inchel 

 long and two broad, placed oppofite, and are of a lu- 

 cid green colour. The flowers arc produced in a fbrc 

 of umbel from the fide of the branches-, they are 

 fmall, yellov/, and have an agreeable odour, but arc 

 not fucceeded by leeds in luit^Iand. 



cppofite^ and flo'ivers gro'-joiyig in glo/mrated umbels on the Thele three forts are very in:ipaticnt of cold, fo will 



fide of the branches, Tabernxmontana laflefcens, ci- not live in this country, unlefs they are placed in ;i 



tri foliis undulatis. Plum. Nov. Gen. 18. Milky Ta- warm ftove ; they may be propagated by ieeds, which 



lerncemontana^ with zvaved Citron leaves. 



2. Tabern^^montaka (yllba) foliis oblongo-ovatis 

 acuminatis oppofitis, floribus corymbofis terminali- 

 bus. Tabern^montana with oblong y oval^ acute-pointed 

 leaves^ which are placed oppofite^ and flowers growing in 

 a corymbus terminating the branches, Tabern^montana 

 laftefcens, lauri folio, flore albo, filiquis rotundiori- 



mufi be procured from the countries where the plants 

 grow naturally •, thefe fliould Ix fown early in the 

 fpring on a hot-bed, and when the plants are come 

 up, and are fit to remove, they muit be careful]^ 

 tranfplanted into fmall pots filled with light rich earth 

 and then plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, bc- 

 nig careful to fliade them in the heat of the day until 



bus. Houfl. MSS. Milky Tabern^mont ana with a Bay I they have taken new root ^ after which time, they muP^ 



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leaf, a white flower, and rounder pods. 

 TaberNj^^montana [Laurifclia) foliis oppofitis ova- 

 libus obtufiufculis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 308. Tabcrn^- 



have free air admitted to them every day when the 



w^eather is warm ; but if the nights fhauld p^ove cq\A 



the glalTes of the hot-bed ihould be covered with mats 



mont ana with oval obtufe leaves placed oppcjite, Neri- I every evening, foon after the fun cToes off from the 



um arboreum, folio latiore obtufo, flore luteo mino- bed. Thefe plants muft be often refreflied with water 



re. Sloan. Cat. Jam, 154. Tree Oleander with obtufe but it mufl not be given to them in ]ar2;e Quantities* 



leaves^ and f nail yellow flowers. | efpecially while tliey are young, for a.s thev arc full 



of a milky juice, they are very fubjed to rot with 

 much moiiture. * 



^ I'he plants may remain during the fumraer fcafon: 



4. TABERNi^.MONTANA {Aiufonia) foliis altcmis, cauli- 

 bus fubherbaceis. Lm. Sp. Plant. 308. "Taberncfnion- 

 tana with herbaceous ft alks, andaltefnate leaves. Ano- 

 nymus fuffrutex. Gron. Virg. 26. 

 Father Plumier, who conftituted this genus, gave it 

 this title in honour of Dr. James Theodore, who was 

 called Tabern^montanus, from a little village in Ger- 

 many, where he was born. He was one of the mod 

 knowing botanifts of his age, and publifhed at Franc- 

 fort a folio, in a long form, in- the year 1590, in 

 which are the figures of two thoufand two hundred 

 and fifty plants. 



The firft fort grows naturally in Jamaica, and feme 

 of the other iflands in the Weft-Indies. *This rifes 



! with an upright woody ftalk to the height of fifteen 

 or fixteen feet, covered with a finooth gray bark, 

 which abounds with a milky juice, and fends out fe- 

 Yeral branches from the fide, which grow ei-e6t, and 



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^ have many joints ; thefe are gar niflied, with thick I otic plants in the ftove*. ^ 



in the iiot-bed, provided the tan is {lirred up to re- 

 new the heat when it wants, and a little new tar^- 

 added', but at Michaelmas, when the nights begia 

 to be cold, the plants fhould be removed, andpiun^r, 

 ed into the bark-bed in the ilove ;. where, during chtr 

 winter fcafon,, they mull be kept in a moderate de- 

 gree of warmth, and in cold weather they fhoukl 

 have but little water given them, left it Ihouki roc 

 them^ The pknts fhould conftantly remain in the 

 ftove, where,^ in warm weather, they may have free 

 air admitted to them by opening the glafles, but in 

 cold weather they muft be kept warm.. With this 

 management the plants will thrive ah^ prccluce their 

 flowers, and as their leaves are always green, they 

 will make a pleafantdiverfity amoni^ft the tender ex- 



leaves which have a milky juice % they"^2re from five 

 , to fix inches long, and two broad in the middle, draw- 

 ing to a point at each end ; they are of a lucid green; 



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Thefe plants may alfo be prop3gatcd by cuttings dur- 

 ing the fummer fcafon, which Ihould he cu: offfroirii 

 the old plants, and laid to dry in the Hove five or fix.* 



and have many tranfv^rfe veins from the midrib to r days before they are p}a.nted, that the, wounded parts 



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the border, flanding oppofite on foot-ftalks ^n inch 

 long. The flowers come out in roundifh bunches 



may heal, othcrwife they will rot. '.Thefe cutti^ngs. 

 fjiould be planted in pots filled with frefh light earthy. 



rom the wmgs of the ftalk ; they are fmall, ef, a^.- and plunged into the hot-bed of tanners bark, and 

 bright yellow colour, and have an agreeable odoiir. 



\ The tube of the flower is half an inch Ions:: the brim 



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clofely covered with a ha!nd-glafs, cbferving to fliade 

 tKem from the fun in the 'middle of the day in hoti 

 weather, as aifo to refrePa them now and then with. - 



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IS cut into five acute pbmts, which fpread open like 

 (^Jthofe of the common Jafmine, Thefe flowers in their f „. a little water.,.: Yv'hen the cuttings have taken root 

 .ijative foilv^^e fucceeded by two fwelling capfules 



joined at their bafe, but fpread from each other hori- 

 zontally, and are filled with oblong feeds, lying over 

 each other like the fcales^of filh, included in a foft 

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The fecond Ibrt was difcovered by the late Dr. Wil- 



liani Houftoun in the year 1730, growing naturally 



' at La Vera Cruz. ' This rifes with a woody flalk ten 



■ or twelve feet high, covered with a wrinkled gray 



bark, fending out many branches toward the top, 



which are garnifhed with oblong oval leaves of a lu- 



"cid green, and of a thick" confiftehce-' they are five 



inches long, and two and a half broad, rounded at 



both ends, but terminate with an acute point. Thefe 



are placed oppofite, and have fhort foot-ftalks. The 



flowers come out in pretty large roundifh bunches" at 



the end of the tranches j they are fmaller than thofe 



of the firft fort, and are white, having an agreeable 



fcenc. Thefe are fucceeded by fhorter and rounder 



, , which fpread from each other horizontally like 

 the former. ^^ . - ' : '. ■ ' .. ..*?-. v. : 



The third fort grows naturally in Jamaica, and the 

 other warm iQands in America. : This nifts with a 

 .flirubby ftalk twelve or fourteen feet hiehViendiDg 



:^''they ^may be tranfplanted into feparate pocs, and trear-^ 

 ed in the fame manner as thofe which are*raifed froii* 

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The fourth fort is a |:)erennial plant, which grows na- 

 turally in Virginia.*. This f.nds up in die fpring. two 

 or three herbaceous ftalks near a foot high, garnifhed - 

 with oblong leaves which are placed alternately ; the 

 , flowers are produced in tnf 11 bunches, terminating the ^ 



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ftalks ; thev are white and have no fc 

 fucceeded by feeds in England. - _, /; * - 

 This plant had the tide of Amfonia given toTt by Mr^ 



on, who firft difcovered it in Virginia. 



not produce feeds in England, (0 the- 

 plants are at pfefent very rare in the gai'dens, for the- 

 roots do not fend out many offsets.. This plant wilt 

 thrive in the open air here, provided it is p!an:ed p 

 a warm fituation ; it loves a light foil, r.v.her moilt 

 than otherwife ; but if it is planted in dry 

 fliould be frequently watered in dry weather.^ 



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