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3. Alaternoidesj Africana, Te- 

 lephil, legitimi Imperati folio, Jlore 

 'vindi. H. Amfl. The Africm Ala- 

 ternoidesi with Leaves like the true 

 Orpine of Jm^eratiis, and green 

 Flowers. 



The firfl of thefe Sorts has been 

 an old Inhabitant in the Englijlo Gar- 

 dens, and is ftill continued by Per- 

 fons, that are curious in CoUeftions 

 of Plants } but it hath no very great 

 Beauty, being with great Difficulty 

 reducible to any tolerable Shape, 

 and the Flowery ( which but feldoni 

 appear with us ) afford no great 

 P'rofpeft, being very fmall, and of 

 a greenifh yellow Colour. 



This is eafily increafed by planting 

 Cuttings in any of the Summer 

 Months, in a fhady Border, which 

 do readily take Root, but mull be 

 potted and houfed in Winter with 

 Myrtles, O^- 



The fecond Sort has been lately 

 introduced amongft us, and is at 

 prefent rare in England j this is a 

 very beautiful Plant, producing 

 large Tufts of fine white Flowers in 

 November, Bece?nber, and January., 

 which is a Seafon that fev/ Plants are 

 in Flower in the Grcen-houfe. 



This is thought pretty difficult to 

 jncreafe \ but I planted only iix 

 Cuttings of it in a Pot of light frefli 

 Earth, and plunged the Pot into a 

 cool Bed of Tanner's Bark inSeptem- 

 ber ; and five of the fix Cuttings 

 grew, and made fine Plants. 



And I believe that to be the befl 

 Seafon to plant the Cuttings, it 

 being the Time, whep the Plant 

 begins to (hoot, and prepare for 

 flowering. 



This mufl be houfed, and kept 

 in the fame Greeji-houfe with 

 Oranges, ©»c. 



The third Sort is yet more rare 



> than the fecond, and is in very few 



H j Gardens at prefent j this is increas'd 



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by planting Cuttings in June or 

 Jt*lyy keeping them fliaded and 

 watered, 'till they have taken Root : 

 At Michaelmas they mud be potted, 

 and houfed v/ith the fecond Sort j 

 but this is not near fo fine a Plane 

 as that is. 



ALATERNUS i or Ever-green 

 Privet. 



This Tree, Mr. Bradley fays, is 

 diflinguiflied from the Phillyrea only 

 by the Leaves of this being placed 

 alternately upon the Branches i 

 whereas thofe of the Fhiliyrea are 

 produced by Pairs oppofite to each 

 other : But this is not the real DiN 

 ference, as he might have known, 

 had he but cxamin'd the Fruit of 

 the two Trees, or look'd into any 

 of the modern Botanic k Writers 

 who have dil'cinguifh'd theAiaternus 

 from the Fhiliyrea ; becaufe it hath 

 three Seeds inciofed in each Berry, 

 whereas the Fhiliyrea has buc 

 one. 



We have fix or feven Varieties of 

 this Tree in the Englip) Gardens, 

 viz.. 



1. Alaternus -, I. C^ujJ Hifp, 

 This is commonly called, Tiie Broad- 

 leav'd, or Common Phillyrea. 



2. Alaternus s 1. CluJJifoliis ex 

 luteo ziariegatis. The blotch'd Fhil- 

 iyrea, I'ulgO. 



3. Alaterkus; feuFhylica, foliis 

 angujlioribus, <& profundius ferratis, 

 H. L. The Narrow-leav'd Alater- 

 nns, with faw'd" Edges. 



4. Alaternus i Jen Fhylica aurea, 

 firue foliis ex luteo ijariegatis. The 

 D«/f^Go!d-edg'd yllaternus, njulgo. 



;f. Alaternus ; feu Fhylica ar- 

 genna, five foliis ex cdbo variegafis. 

 The Silver Phillyrea, 'vulgo. 



6. Alaternus ; minori folio. 

 Tonrn. The Small-leav'd Alater^ 

 nus. 



The two firft Sorts are very com- 

 mon in moll old Gardens, and were 

 formerly 



