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t!~.c InhabltantG have o-ivcn k the ti:le of Fox 



'I'liC tov.r'.li fcrt is fivpofcd to crrov/ naturaliv in Ca- 

 Latli, h'.it ic h.isbcf.M long culrivaccJ in rht: European 

 garcicTi^ lor its frui: •, but as ic has bi;: litclc Flavour, 

 and rip'.-nc laie in autuir.n, lb it has been aunoll ba- 



ficridcr fL'hj;niCiiLS. 





coiiimcn Grape, but the hjavcs are cut into many 



The Grapes are round and white, 



nd are diipofed :n loole bunches. 

 1 he fifch Ibrt is by Dr. Linnreus ranged under this 

 trenus of Viti-i, but the charafters of this plant are 

 not fufiicitntly known in Fairope, to deternii.ne the 

 proper genus to which it belongs, for the plant feldom 

 produces flowers here, and has never produced any 

 truit in Enrrland, for which reafon I have ranp^ed it 

 xinderthe fame genus, upon Dr. Linn:£us's authority. 

 The ftalk of this plant is ligneous, and fends out 

 many (lender branches furnifned with tendrils, which 

 faften themfelves to any neighbouring plants for fup- 

 port, and are garniilied with leaves compofed of ma- 

 v:j fmaller winged leaves, fo that they are divided 

 fomewhat like thcfe of common Parfley ; they are 

 of a lucid green on their upper fide, but are much 

 paler on tiieir uiider. The flowers fpring from the 



wings of the ilalks in loofe bunches -, they are very 

 fmall, white, and are cornpofed of five fmall petals 

 which expand, and foon fall off; thefe are not fuc- 

 ceeded by any fruit in England, but the berries which 

 I have received from America, had generally three 

 feeds ni each. . 



Mr. Rand gave it the title of Reynardfonia, from Mr. 

 Reynardfon of Hillendon, near Uxbridge, who was a 

 great coUcftor of foreign plants, but the charafters of 

 the genus were not mentioned by him. 



The firft fort being a native of warm countries, will 



not live in England without artificial heat ; it is eafily 

 'propagated by feeds, when they are brought from the 



>i' countries where the plants g^ow naturally, for they do 

 not produce any here ; thefe muft be fowii in fmall 

 pots, which fhould be plunged into a hot-bed of 

 tanners bark,,, ^\Vhen the plants come up and are fit 

 to remove^ they fhould be each tranfplanted into a 



' feparate fmall pot filled with light. earth, and plunged 



;■ into a frefn hot-bed of tanners bark, fb.adipg them 

 from the fun till they have taken new root •, then 

 they muft be treated in the fame way as other tender 

 exotic plants fi'om the fame countries, always conti- 

 nuing them in the (love, othervv^ife they will not 

 thrive. Tliefe plants caft off their leaves every winter. 

 The fecond and third forts grow in great plenty in 

 the woods of America, where, I have been informed, 

 are many other forts, which produce fruit very little 



■•inferior to fome of the fine forts which are culti- 

 vated in Europe,; notwithftanding which, it is gene- 



' *rally tlibuglit impoffible to inake wine m America : 



"this I dare fay, muft proceed from a want of fkill, ra- 

 ther than any bad quality in the foil or climate -, fo 

 ^^ that inftead of planting vineyards on their loofe rich 

 - lands (as hath been generally pra6tifed by the inhabi- 



' tants of thefe countries) if they would plant them up- 



' on rifing ground, where the bottom was rocky or hard 

 near the lurface, I dare fay they would have very 



, good fuccefs \ for the great fault complained of in 

 thofe countries is, that the Grapes generally burft be- 

 fore they are fully ripe, which muft certainly be oc- 



^fcafioned by their having too much nourilhment; there- 

 fore, when they are planted on a poorer foil, this will 



'..be in part remedied. Another caufe of this maypro- 

 / 'ceed from the moifture of the air, (occafioned by the 



* perfpiracion of trees, &c.) which being imbibed by 

 the fruit, may break their flcins. This indeed can- 

 not be prevented, until the country is better cleared of 

 the timber: but however, this fhould caution people 

 not to plant Vines in fuch places where there are great 

 quantities oF wood, becaufe of this effed, which it 



hath on the Grapes. But to return : 



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who arc curious In botany, but I have not {<:tx\ either 

 ot them produce fruit in tiiis country. I'hev maybe 

 propagated by layers in the fame manner as the com- 

 mon Grapes, which will take roct in one vcar, and 

 m.ay be taken off, and tranfplanted in the fprin,^ where 

 they are to remain, which Ihould be againft a warm 

 wall; becaufe if they are expofed to much cold in 

 winter, they are often deftroyed, efpecially while they 

 are younp;. 



Their pruning and management is the fame with any 

 other iorts of Grapes, but only they ftiould liave fev/cr 

 fl^ODts, and thofe ftiortened down very low ; indeed 

 the Fox Grape does not like much cuttin.^ ; other- 

 wife they will make very weak fhoots the followino- 

 year, and never arrive to any confiderable ftrenfrth 

 fo v.*ill not be capable of producing any fruit. 

 The fourth fort is planted againft walls, and treated 

 in the fame way as the common Vines, and may be 

 propagated by cuttings or layers in like manner. 

 The fifth fort is preferved in fome gardens for the 

 fake of variety, but as it rarely produces flowers in 

 England, fo it has not much beauty ^ it is a nadve in 

 Virginia and Carolina, from both of thefe countries I 

 have received the feeds. As. this fort does not pro- 

 duce feeds here, it is generally propagated by laying 

 down the young branches, which v/ill put out roots in 

 one year fit to remove, v/hen they may be taken off,- 

 ^nd tranfplanted where they are to remain. Thefe re- 

 quire fupport ; and as their young branches are ten- 

 der, and liable to be killed by froft, fo if they are 

 planted againft a wall or pale, expofed to the fouth, 

 they will fucceed much better than when they arc 

 fully expofed to the open air, and fupported by propsv - 

 The young fhoots of thefe plants fhould be fhortened 

 down to two or three buds in the fpring, which will 

 caufe the fhoots of the following fummer to be much 

 flronger, and when they are regularly trained againft 

 the wall or pale, they will produce flowers in warm 

 feafons. 



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This plant is Very apt to pufh out fuckers from the 

 root, by which it is often propagated, but the plants 

 fo raifed are very fubjedl to fend out fuckers again, 

 whereby they are robbedoftheir nourifhrfient, anddo 

 not thrive fo well a"s thofe which conife from layers. 



VITIS IDiEA,^ See VACcr^ruA^. 



VITIS SYLVESTRIS. See Clematis. 



ULEX. Lin. Gen. Plant. 786. Genifta Spartium." 

 Tourn. Inft. R. H. 645. tab. 412. Furze, Gorfe^ or 

 Whins, "^ 



The Characters are, \ '■ ' 



Theflozver has a Pwo-Ieaved empalement \ it has five pe- 



vf the butterfly 

 heart-Jhaped^ 

 Jljorter and obttife 



The ftandard 



ohufe petals^ zvhcfe 



ofed oftwa 



ftamina^ nine joined^ andcnefep 



Jingle fummits^' and an qhlong cylindrical germen^ fupp 



ifingflyle^ crowned by a finall obtufe ftig. 



The 



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Jhaped ft 



iofing a row of kidney 



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This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftlofi 



of Linnaeus's feventeenth clafs, which includes thofe 



plants whofeflow^ers liave ten ftahaina johieti in'two 

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The Species are, 



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. Ulex {Europ'cetis) foliis villofis acutis fpinis fparfis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 741. Ulex with acute-pointed hairy feaves^ 



fparfcd fp 



Genifta fpinofa major, longiori- 



bus aculeis. C. B. P. 394. The common Furze^ TVhinSy 



Gcrft 



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cibus terminalibus. Flor. Leyd. Prod. 372. African 

 Ftirze^ dr IVhins^ with ftngle blunt leaves, Genifta 

 fpartium bacciferum,' eric^ foliis Africanum. Pluk. 

 Aim. 166. African Berry-bearing Ftirze^ with a leaf 

 like Heath. ' \ ' 



This genus of plants has been titled by the antienc 

 "'botanifts Genifta fpinofa, and Genifta fpartium, but 



. thefe being compound names have been rejefted ;"and 



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