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half broad, jagged on their edges, and of a IhU rrrcen 

 colour. The flowers come out at the end of the 

 branches ; thofe of the firft in large umbels, and thofe 

 otthefecondm a corymbus; they are very white 

 and appear the beginning of June ; thofe of the firft 

 have oval berries fucceeding the hermaphrodite 

 flowers, which turn of afcarlet colour when ripe, but 

 the other, havmg only male flowers, are barren. 

 The eighth fort grows naturally in Carolina, and fome 

 other parts of North America ; this rifes with a ftirub- 

 by ftalk eight or ten feet high, fending out many 

 fide branches, which are covered with a fmooth purple 

 bark, and garniftied with heart-fiiaped oval leaves end- 

 ing in acute points ; they are deeply fawed on their 

 edges, have many ftrong veins^ and fl:and upon very 

 long flender foot-ftalks oppofice. The flowers are 

 collefted into large umbels at the end of the branches ; 

 thofe ranged on the border are male and barren, but 

 the middle is compofed of hermaphrodite flowers, 

 which are fucceeded by oval berries. The flowers are 

 white, and the berries are red when ripe. •-<■■ ■' 

 The ninth fort grows" naturally in South Carolina ; 

 this has a flirubby flialk which rifes twelve or four- 

 teen feet high, fending out branches from the root 

 upward ; thefe are garniflied with oval leaves about 

 one inch long, and more than half an inch broad, of 

 a light green colour, placed oppofite on ftiort foot- 

 ftalks ; the flowers fpring from the wings of the leaves 

 upon very (hort foot-ftalks, fupporting fmall umbels 

 of white flowers, which appear in July, but are rarely 

 fucceeded by feeds in England. ' .■ '^' 'J i- r' .. • 

 The firft fort may be propagated either from feeds, or 

 by laying down the tender branches, but the former 

 method being tedious, is feldom^praftifed, becaufe 

 the feeds feldom grow the firft year, unlefs they are 

 fown in autumn ; and as the branches eafily put out 

 roots, that is the more expeditious methiidv- 

 The beft time for laying thefe branches'fslft autumn, 

 juft as the leaves begin to fall; ftlie^manner of laying 

 them being the fame as for other hardy trees, need 

 not be here repeated.) By the fucceeding autumn the 

 layers will be rOoted, when you may take them ofi* 

 from the old plants, and tranfplant them into a nur- 

 fery for two or three years, in which they may be 

 trained up to regular ftems and heads, and may after- 

 ward be planted where they arc to remain. This fort 

 3S very hardy*. "VJ:f j.^.r. i,^^..- 



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The ftriped fort may be t3fo^aga!ed by'inarching or 

 budding it upon the plain fort; this isprcferved by 

 fuch as delight in variegated plants, but there is no 

 great beauty in it. The trees feldom'^ grow near fo 

 large as thofe of the plain fort, as is the cafe of all 

 other ftriped plants. t.; ; . ■ ' 



The third fort is generally propagated by layers here, 

 becaufe the feeds do not ripen in England. The 

 young flioots of this take root very freely ; the cut- 

 tings will alfo take root, if they are planted in au- 

 tumn ; the feeds, when they are brought to England, 

 always' remain in the ground a year like thofe of the 

 other forts, fo that the propagating the plants by feeds 

 is a tedious method. 



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The Lauruftinufes are propagated by laying down 

 their young branches, which put out roots very freely, 

 fo that when they are layed in autumn, they will be 

 well rooted by that time twelve mOnths, when they 

 ihould be taken off from the old plants, and may 

 either be planted where they are to remain, or into a 

 nurfery to grow two years to get ftrength. -The beft 

 feafon to tranfplant thefe is at Michaelmas, when they 

 may get new root before winter ; for as thefe plants 

 begin to flower early in winter, it is a plain indication 

 of their growing at that feafon ; for they will more 

 furely fucceed then, than at any other time of the 

 year; though they may be removed in the fpring with 

 balls of earth to their roots, provided it is done before 

 they begin to flioot; they may alfo be removed the 

 latter end of July of the beginning of Auguft, if rain 

 happens at that time ; for after they have done flioot- 

 ing, which is foon after Midfummcr, they will be in 



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rid danger, provided they are not kept out of iM 

 ■ ground any time. • ■ . . ,. 



• Thefe plants may alfo be propagated by feeds, which 

 fhould be mixed with earth in autumn, foon after they 



- are ripe ; thefe fhould be expofed to the open air, and 

 receive the ram m winter, and in the fprine they may 

 be fown upon a gentle hot-bed, which will bring up 

 the plants ; thefe Ihould remain in the bed till autumn, 

 and then may be tranfplanted, and treated in the fame 

 way. as the layer g; I ha ve raifed many of thefe plants 

 trom feeds, which I find hardier than thofe raifed by 

 layers. " , . ■ . - . . • • ■ . 



Some peofilei train tip the Lauruftinus with naked 

 ftems to have i-ound heads ; but if thefe are planted 

 in the open air, they will be in more danger of fuffer- 

 ing by fevere froft, than thofe whofe branches grow 

 rude from the bottom ; for if the froft kills the outer 

 part of the;ftioots, the ftems will be protefted, fo will 

 •' foon put out new branches ; but ^^here the ftems are 



• naked j the froft frequently kills them to the root; 

 i^^The feventh fort may be propagated in the fame way 



- as the^Lauruftinus, and requires the fame treatment j 

 It loves a foft loamy foili and fhould have a'flieltered 



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- The eighth fort is' eafily propagated ty layers or cut- 

 '' tings. The common Guelder-rofe fends out plenty 

 '. of fuckers from' the roots, by which it is frequently 



- propagated ; but as the plants fo raifed are very fub- 

 r jeft to put out fuckers, they are not fo g6od ds thofe 



- Which come from layers or cuttings: This fort loves 

 a moift foilj in which it will make much greater pro- 



■ grefs, and produce flowers in greater plenty than on a 

 ' dry foil.. 



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' The ninth fort is tender while yoiing, fo Requires to be 

 fheltered^titider a common frame in winter, till the 



" plants have obtained good ftrength- when, if they 



- are planted againft a good afpedled wall, they will re- 

 •fift the cold of our ordinary winters very well, and 



• make goodprogrefs ; but as they ahe liable to be kill- 

 ed by levere cold, fo it will be proper to keep a cou- 



^ pie of plants in pots, to be fheltered in winter. This 

 ;^' may be propagated by laying down of the branches, 

 ivhich will take root in one year. 



VICIA. Tourn.Inft.R.H.396. tab.2ii. Lin. Gen. 

 Plant. 782. [fo called of vincio, LaL to bind, be- 

 caufe it clings about any props or fupporters.] Vetch j 

 in French, Fejfe, ^ . 



''^:' The Characters ai-di;—"' a^i? i;>:>^i.iji#j;jt.:,3r.':;' ■ 

 Ti?^ flower has an ereff tutuhuserjipalemnt* of one leafy 

 cut into five equul parts 4t the Mm ; the petal is ' of the 



-- lUtterfy kind-, the ftandard is ovaly broad at the tail^ 

 indented at the feint ^ and the borders are reflexed*^ the 

 two wings are ahnofi heart-fiaped, andateJhorterUhan 



'''-the ftandard \ the keel is Jhorter than the wings ; the 



'- tail is oblongs and divided into two parts. It has ten ft a- 



■ mina^ nine joined^ and one feparated^ terminated by ere^ 

 'fummits with four furrows^ and a linear ^ comprefjed^ long 



>■■ germen, fupporting a Jlender ftyle crowned by an obiufe 

 ftigma^ which is bearded on the under ftde. ' The germeri 



■ afterward turns to a long pod, with one cell opening with 

 > two valves^ and ending with an acute ^ pointy tontaihing 

 • feveral ro^ndijh feeds. V ^ -* •: ^- 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedlion 

 of Linnasus's feventeenth clafs, which contains thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 

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. ViciA {Cracca) pedunculis itiultiflbris, floribus im- 

 bricatis, foliolis lanceolatis pubefcentibus, ftipulis in- 

 'tegris. Lin. Sp. 1035. Vetch with many imbricated 

 flowers on each foot-ftalk^ the lobes of the lem'es fpear- 

 fhaped, and entire ftipula. ' Vicia: multiflora, 'C. B. P, 

 345. Tufted Vetch. 



ViciA \Sylvatica) pedunculis nlultifloris, foliolis ova- 

 libus, ftipulis denticulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 734. Vetch 

 with foot-ftalks fupporting mafty flowers^ oval lobes to the 

 leaves, and indented ftipula. Vicia fylvatica, multi- 



flora, maxima. Phy. Britt. 



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