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come up in autumn, will abide througti t\e wjniei-, 

 and win grow much larger than thofe which come up 

 }n the fp ring, though neither of them nie' very' high. 

 The feeds (hould be fown where the plants are to re- 

 main, for they do not thrive well when they are tranf- 

 planted, unlefs the earthVemains to their roots. Thefe 

 have a pretty ftrong aromatic fcent, fomewhat refem- 

 bling Summer Savory^'But as they are plants of lit- 

 tle beauty, they are feldom' cultivated but in botanic 



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The feeds bf thofe plants whichcoriic lip In autumn, 

 will be ripe in July or Auguft^-, but thofe of the fpring 

 plants will not ripen till the latter end of Auguft, or 

 the beginning or September ', when, irtne feeds are 

 permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up, and re- 

 quire no farther care but to clear them from weeds, 

 anc^ thiri "them where tTiey are tooclofe."'-i\^ 

 ZIZIPFIUS; Tourn. Infl. R.. H, ^2 7,\ tab.\403. 

 l^haninusV Lin. Gen. Plane! '235. Thejunjube. ^ 



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The ffozverbas no empalenteni \ it has cne funneLJhappd 

 fetaf^'wtnchypVeads'open at the iop^ Oiidis cut into four 

 ar fi'oe ferments \ it has five avjl-lhaped Jiaminas whofe 

 mje are tnjertea to the petals ana are terminated by jmall 

 fummits, and an oval germen fiippbrimg two /lender Jlyles^ 

 crowned by obttife ftigmqs, , The germen afterward be- 

 comes an oblong oval berry ^ Inclofing a Jtngte nut of the 



fame forfhy which hai fwoje!!s\ eacb.cQntaining anob- 



, /I his genus of plants is ranged m tne feventh fcdtion 

 ' of Toumeforc's twenty-firfl clafs, "^hich contains the 



trees and fhrubs with a Rofe flower, whofe pointal 



^ turns to a rruit pregnant with aitonyleed. , Dr. JLin- 



"naeush^as Joined this genus to the Rhamnus, which 



he ranges in the firtt" feflibn of his fifth clafs, which 

 ,jcontains thofe plants w'Kp'fe flowers have five ftamina 



and one ftyje* but the flowers of thefe plants having 

 . two ftyles^' the plants 'lliould be feparated from'the 



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ZiziPHus*'(y/£;2^^^) dculeis 'gcmihaus'reffis, follis 



oblongo oyatis ferratis. Jujube with Jlrait thorns grvw- 



-. ing by pairs y and oblongs oval^fawed leaves, \^ Ziziphu^. 



.rDod. p. 807; 'The jiommon Jujube, ^ ' 



2, ZiziPHus .(5jfo^m) aculeis geminatis, altero recur- 



vo, foiiis "ovatis i^6rvoiis,[', jujube will? iwm'Jpi/ieSj'one 



* of which isrecur^'ed^,^ 'anS'oval veined leaves. Ziziphus 



fvlveftris. Tourn. Inrt.' S27. The wild Jujube, -4,^,'^ :;*.. 



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3. ZiziPHVs' {CEnoplia) aculeis folitariis requrvis pe- 

 dunculis as;?:reCTacis,' foliis cordato-rotundis nervofis, 



fubtus tomentofis. Ji(juie with ^Jingle recurved fpines^ 

 foot-fialks ifi ' clujlersy andycundy hcdrt-floapedy veji^ed 

 leaves, which are downy on their under Jide, ]' Jujuht 

 acukata, nervous folus infra fenccis flavis. burm. 



Zeyl. 131.' Prickly Jujube with v^ilnd leayesy whjj:h 

 are filky, and yellow on their under fide, ''*_ '/■ ^ . 'V 

 4. ZiziPHus"(^Wrt>/^) aculeis gerriiriatls reftis," foliis 

 ovaiis nervofis. JujuU.'ipith doiibU fir dt thorns^ ^ and 

 oval veined leaves, JujutJej fc. Ziziphus Africana, mu- 

 cronatis foliis, fpina gemella. Vluk: l\\vc\', igg,"' Afri- 

 can Jujulfwith pointed leaves and double fpines. 

 The firfl: fort grows naturalty in the warm parts of 

 Europe J it has a woody ftalk which divides into 

 many crooked irregular ^JDranches, which are armed 

 with ftrong ftrait thorns fet by pairs" at c'acR joint. 

 The leaves ar'etwoincties Idrigand one broad, flightly 

 fawed on their edges, and (land upon fhort foot-ftalks. 

 The flowers are produced on the fide of the branches, 

 ' two or tliree arifing from the fame place, which fit 

 clofe; they are fmall,andofa yellow colour •, thefe 

 are fjcceeded by an oval fruit, about the fize of a 

 ■ middling Plum, of a fweetifli tafte, and are clammy, 

 including a hard oblong ftone, pointed at both ends. 

 The fruit of this tree was formerly ufed in medicine ; 

 it is reckoned pedoral, and good for coughs, pleuri- 

 fics, and hot fliarp humours, but is now feldom to be 

 found in the fliops. tn Italy and Spain, this fruit is 

 ferved up at the table in 'defcrcs during the winter fea- 

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J The n.cohd lort grows 'naturally about Tunis in Afri- 

 : ca ; this has flender woody ftalks, which fend out many 

 I weak branches, covered with a grayi(h bark, and armed 

 I ' with fj^ines, which cot::e out by pairs at each joint, 

 ; one of which is longer than the other, and is firait; 

 ' the other is Ihort and recurved. The leaves are fmall, 

 ; ; oval, and veined; they are half an inch long; and as 

 r ■-"much in breadth, fitting cto'fe to the branches. The 

 ! ' flowers of this fort I ha^d not fceri, fo dan sive no 

 \ ' farther defcription of this plant. v' v 



: • The third forc grows naturally in India •, this rifcs v/i:h 

 ! ftirubby flralks ten or twclye feet high, fending out 

 ' -' many flender branches, "which have a ycllov/ifn bark, 

 "ifjd are' irtiied with finglef recurved thoriis at each 



, The leaves are rouncJ,'' heart-fliaped^ about 

 two inclies long,''iin3 asmucTiin breadth, arid are" in- 

 ' dented at the toot-ftalk; they have three longitudinal 

 veins, and are covered with a yellowifh down on their 

 i ■ 'u'rider fide." Th6 flowers come oijt' in cTuftcrs from 

 ! ■ the wino-s of the branches i' they are fmalL and of a 

 I yellowifh colour ; thefe are fucceeded by oval fruit 

 J about the fizeof fmallOliveSj inclofing a Itone of the 

 i fame fliape.' 



\ 'The fourth fort grows riatufnlly In Syria, from whence 



* 'I have received the feeds ; this fends up feveral flirub- 



by ftalks from the root, whicli divide into flender 



branches; "which are armed with ftrait fpines, and 



are fet by pairs at each joint j the leaves are fmall, 



wal, and veinedf^ arid are placed alternate^ fl:anding 



upon very fhort foot-ftalks. The flowers are fmall, of 



a yellow colour, arifing from the wings of the branches. 



The friiit U round, and about the fize of Sloes. 



Thefe plants are prefejyed in the gardens of fome cu- 



'.nous perfons only for' cfie fake of variety^ for they 



'"<io hoc pl-dddceWuit in England. Thefirftahdfoiirth 



forts, which are the moil hardy, will fcarcely live thro' 



'^the winters IhEriglanJ^' even When they are 'planted 



againft foyth walls; in which ficuation 1 have kept 



-the plants two or three years, when the winters have 



^proved mild, but they ^dt' afterward kil'ed bv ^ 



;^lharp froft. They may be propagated by putting their 



' ftones into pots of frefti light earth, focn after their 



Tmits* aft i^e-' and in winter they ftiould be placed 



under a common hot-bed frame, where they may be 



Weltered from fevers froft. In the fpring thefe pots 



fliould be plunged into a moderate hot- bed, which 



will greatly forward' the " growth of the feeds ;' and 



' when the' plants are come up, tl^ey fiiould be inured 



. to the open air by degrees, into which they muft be 



"^^removed in Jiihe, placing theni near the flieltcr of a 



'^'hedge-, '^hd in very dry weather they muft be fre^ 



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In thisfituation they may remain till the beginning of 

 "October, When they muft be removed either into the 

 ' green-houfe, or placed under a hot-bed franie, where 

 j ''' they may be defended from froft, but ftiould have as 

 ■ ^ much free air as poflible in rnild weather. 

 :.. During the wmterfeafon they fliould be ndWand then 

 ' refreftied'with water •, but after their leaves are fallen 



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 i ' over waterea, which would rot the tender fibres of 

 \ ^''their^oots, arid caufe the plants to decay; 



In March, juft before the plants begin to flioot, they 

 * ' ihould be tranfplanted, each into a feparate fmall poc 

 filled with light frefli earth ; and if they are plunged 

 into a moderate hot-bed, it will greatly promote their 

 "taking fobtVbuVin May they muft be inured to the 

 ' open air bydegrees^ into which they fliould be foon 



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■ Thus thefe plants fliould be managed while young, at 

 which time they are tender- but when they are three 

 or four years old, fome of them may be planted in the 

 full ground, againft a warm wall or pale, where, if they 

 have a dry foil, they will endui'e the cold of our or- 

 dinary winters pretty well; but in hard frofts they 

 will require to be flickered, fo it will be proper to 

 keep a plant or two in pots, which may be houfed in 



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