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old, but it foon after perifli'd 

 without producing any Fruit. 



The Seeds of this Tree are the 

 AnacAriiium OccUentale, or Wcit- 

 ern Anacardium of the Shops : 

 The outer Covering of this Seed 

 is very full of a fharp, acrid Oil, 

 which v/ill give great Pain to the 

 Mouth, if bitten or chew'd ; if 

 burnt off by a Candle, it will emit 

 2 Flame of various Colours : The 

 Kernel within is very fwcet, and 

 efreem'd wholfeome. 



ACANTHUS, Eranca Urfi.a, or 

 Bear's-breech. 



The Characiers of this Plant are. 



The Leaves are fomewhat like ihofe 

 tif the Thifile ; the Flowers are laoi- 

 Ated 5 the under Lip of the Flower is 

 divided into three Segments, which in 

 the Beginning is curled up in Form of 

 a fjjort Tube j in the Place of the up- 

 per Lip are produced the Stamina, 

 rvhich fupport the Fointals ; the Cup 

 of the Flower is coinpofed of Leaves, 

 ■which are prickly ; the upper Fart of 

 •which is bent over like an Arch, and 

 fupplies the Defect of the upper L'^p of 

 the Flower ; the Fruit is of an oval 

 Form, which is divided in the ?niddle 

 into two Cells, each containiijg one 

 (ingle fmooth Seed. 



There are four Species of this Plant 

 to be found in the Gardens of the 

 Curious, viz.. 



I. AcAJJTMUSj fativus; vet mollis 

 Virgilii. C. B. The fmooth-lcav'd 

 Garden Bear's-breech. 



1. Acanthus , aculeatus. C. B. 

 The prickly Bear's Breech. 



5. Acanthus; rarioribus ^ bre- 

 vioribus aculeis munitus> Tourn. 

 The middle Bear's-breech, with 

 Ihort Spines. 



4. Acanthus j Lufitanicus ; am- 

 plifjlmo folio lucido. The Portugal 

 Bear's-breech, with large ITiinmg 

 Leaves. 



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The firft Sort is wliat is ufed in 

 Medicine, and is fuppolcd to be the 

 Mollis Acanthus of Virgil. The 

 Leaves of this Plant are cut upon the 

 Capitals of the Corinthian Pillars, 

 and were formerly in great Eftcem 

 with the Romans. 



They are all very pretty Varieties, 

 and fit for large Gardens, but Ihould 

 have a warm Situation, and a dry 

 Soil. They are eafily propagated 

 by parting the Roots in February 

 or March, or by Seeds fown at the 

 fame Time. The fecond and third 

 Sorts are apt to creep at the Root, 

 therefore fhould have Room, and 

 muff not be planted amongfl: other 

 Flowers, left they overgrow and 

 deflroy them. 



ACER ; ^The Maple Tree, 

 The Characters are, 



It hath jagged; or angular Leaves ^ 

 the Seeds grow two together in hard 

 winged Vejjcls. 



There are in England 8 or 9 Spe- 

 cies of this Tree, viz.. 



1. Acui i majus, -multis falfo pla~ 

 tanus. J. B. The greater Maple, 

 falfeiy called, The S}xamorc Tree. 



2 . Acer ; majus, foliis eleganter 

 variegatis. Hort. Edin. The greater 

 Maple, with Uriped Leaves, com- 

 monly called. The ifrip:d Sycamore. 



3 . Acer i campeftre cr- rninus. C. B. 

 The common, or lefTef Maple. 



4. AcERi Virginianum, folio 7/2 a- 

 jore, fubtus argcnteo, fupra viridi 

 fplendente. Fink. Fhyt. The Virgi- 

 nian flowering Maple. 



_f. Acer; Americanum, folio ma- 

 jor e, fubtus argent eo, fupra viridi 

 fplendente, floribus multis coccineis. 

 The American flowering Maple, 

 with larger Bunches of fcailet- 

 Flowers. 



6. Acer ; maximum, foliis trifir- 

 dis, vel quinquefdis, Virginiamim, 

 Fluk. Fhyt. The Virginian A(h- 

 leav'd Maple. 



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