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Water in Wirner, but muft be 

 iiirirely kept from Frofts. 



This Plant, if confined in Pots 

 fili'd with poor Soil, will be lefs 

 iubje£t to ramble, and much more 

 pro'duftive of Flowers i whereas 

 if it is planted in the full Ground, 

 or potted in a rich Mould, it will 

 extend its Branches to a great 

 Diftance, and the Flowers will be 

 very thinly placed upon the Plant, 

 fo that the greateft: Beauty of the 

 Plant, which confiils in the Num- 

 ber of its Flowers, is loft. The 

 Flowers of this Kind are much 

 better to garniih Dilhes than thofe 

 of the finglei but for Ufe, the 

 fmgle is preferable to this in Sal- 

 lads, being of a warmer Tafte j as 

 is obferv'd of all fmgle Flowers, 

 that they arc preferable to the 

 Double of the lime Kinds, for 

 medicinal, or other Ufes, as be- 

 ing much flronger in Smell and 

 Tafte i for the Multiplicity of 

 Petals deprive the Flowers of the 

 Organs, for Generation, in which 

 are contained the ElTence of the 

 Flower. 

 ADH ATODA, The Malabar Nut. 



The CharaBcrs arcj 

 The Leaves grow oppoJ?te j The 

 Ct!f of the Flower is oblongs and 

 confjls of one Leaf \ the Flower is 

 monopetalous, of an anomaloHs Fi- 

 gure, and conf:(ls of two Lips ^ the 

 uppermojt is crooked, a?2d is rai- 

 fed in Form of an Arch i the under 

 Lip is divided into three Seginents, 

 and hangs downward r, the Ovarium 

 becomes the Fruit which is in Form 

 of a Club, and is divided into two 

 Cells, in vjhich are contained fiat 

 Bart-Jlmp'd Seeds. 



There arc but two Species of 

 this Plant known at prcfent, which 

 are, 



I . Adhatoda; Zeylanenfium.H. L. 

 The common Malabar Nut. 



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2. Adhatoda; Indica-j foltv fa^ 

 Itgno, fiore albo. Boerh. The V/il- 

 low leav'd Malabar Nut, commonly 

 caird. The Snap Tree. 



Thefe Plants are both rais'd by 

 Cuttings, planted in any of the 

 Summer Months, which muft be 

 fhaded, and frequently water'd j 

 about Augufl they will have taken 

 Root, and muft then be tranfplant- 

 ed into Pots, fiird with light fandy 

 Earth, mixed with rotten Dung: 

 They muft have a good Green- 

 hv^uie in Winter, and require often- 

 but gentle Waterings : In the 

 Summer they may be expofed ta 

 tlic open Air, but fhould be fhel- 

 ter'd, by Hedges or Trees, from 

 ftrong Winds. Thefe Trees do- 

 frequently flower in England, but 

 have never, that I have heard of, 

 produced any Fruit with us. 



ADIANTHUMi i. e. Maiden*, 

 hair. 



ADONIS, or Flos Adokis, Bird's- 

 Eye, or Pheafant's Eye. 

 The CharaBers are ; 



The Leaves are like Fennel, or 

 Camomile i the Flowers confifi of 

 many Leaves, which are expanded 

 in Form of a Rofe ; the Seeds are 

 collected into oblong Heads. 



There are but three Varieties of 

 this Plant to be met with in the 

 Engli/h Gardens, viz. 



I. Adonis i hortenjis, flore minora 

 atrorube?:te. C. B. The common 

 red Bird's-Eye. 



a. Adonis; fyivefiris, fiore luteo, 

 foliis longioribus, C. B. The long- 

 leav'd ycilow Bird's-Eye. 



3. Adonis, hellebori radice, buph- 

 t halm i fore-. H, L, The Heliebore- 

 rooied Pheafant's Eye, co?nmonl)f 

 call'd, The Fennel-leav'd black Hel- 

 lebore. 



The firft of thefe Sorts is very 



common in England, and is Ibwn* 



in open Borders as an annual 



flower- 



