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fan Leaves, and red Flowers, like 

 the Lily of the Valley. 



f. Apocynum j ereiium, frutico- 

 fumy folio fiibrot undo y viridante. Par. 

 Bat, The Ihrubby upright Dogs- 

 banc, with roundifli green Leaves. 



6. Apocynum ; ereiium, Africa- 

 numy folio falicij angujloy glabroy 

 fruciii villofo. Far. Bat, The up- 

 right willow-leav'd African Dogs- 

 banc, with hairy Fruit. 



7. Apocynum i Afrum, fcande?Js, 

 folio rotundoy fnbincano, nummularidi, 

 Boerh. The African creeping Dogs- 

 bane, with Leaves like Monyroort, 



8. Apocynum i erecium, folio ob- 

 longOy fiore umbellato, petalis coccineis 

 refexis. Sloan. Cat. The upright 

 Dogs-bane, with oblong Leaves, and 

 fcarlet Flowers, call'd by fbme Ba- 

 flard Ipecacaana. 



9. Apocynum 5 Canadenfe, an- 

 gHJlijoliiitn, fiore Aurantii. Mor. Prdl. 

 The narrow-leav'd Canada Apocy- 

 nufUy with Orange-colour'd Flow- 

 ers. 



10. Apocynum % Marylandicum, 

 eredum, folio fubrot undo, Jioreruber- 

 rimo. The upright Maryland Dogs- 

 banc, with round ifh Leaves, and 

 deep red Flowers. 



The firfl of thefe Dogs- banes is a 

 prodigious Creeper at the Root, and 

 v/ill in a Ihort Time overi'pread a 

 large Compafs ot Ground i and muft- 

 never be planted too near other Plants 

 or Flowers, which would be over- 

 run by this Plant, and deftroy'd ; but 

 it may have a Place in ibmc obfcure 

 Part of theGarden j for it is extreme- 

 ly hardy, and will thrive in almoft 

 any Soil or Situation: It grows to be 

 fix or feven Feet high, and produces 

 large Umbels of Flowers, which 

 have a ftrong Tweet Smell, but are of 

 a poilbnous Nature, as are all the 

 true Apocynums j and therefore (hould 

 not be planted in the Way of Children, 

 who may receive Damage by break- 



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ing any Part of the Plant, and letting 

 the milky Juice, with which they 

 abound, run upon the tender Part of 

 their Flelh, which will be apt to 

 bliffer it j thefc Flowers are Ibme-^ 

 times fuccecded by large oblong Pods, 

 which contain a great Quantity of a 

 foft cottony Subllance, that adheres 

 to the S^QdiSy and are of Service to 

 tranfport them to a Diftance when 

 ripe. This Plant dies to the Root 

 in Winter, and rifes again the fuc- 

 ceeding Spring. 



The fecond, third, fourth, and 

 tenth Sorts are all of them very hardy, 

 and may be planted in the open 

 Ground, but mufl have a dry Soil ; 

 thefe all of them produce large fine 

 Flowers, and are propagated by- 

 parting their Roots in March, after 

 the cold Weather is pail ,• for they 

 feldom produce ripe Seeds with us. 



The fifth, lixth, feventh, and 

 eighth Sorts are tender, and muft be 

 preferv'd in Pots, and hous'd in 

 Winter. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts will grow 

 very fl^rubby, and Ibmetimes to the 

 Heighth of eight or nine Feet, and 

 do produce Bunches of Flowers, 

 which in the lixth Sort are of a 

 whitifh Green, and the fifth of a 

 worn-out purple Colour, but are of 

 no great Beauty or Smell, Thefe are 

 increased by planting Cuttings in mj 

 of the Summer Months in Pots of 

 light fandy Earth, plunging them 

 into a moderate Hot-bed, and fhading 

 them from the great Heat of the Sun, 

 giving them gentle Refrelhings of 

 Water. Thefe mufl have a good 

 Grcen-houfe in Winter, and muft 

 not have too much Water in that 

 Seafon. 



The feventh Sort is a climbing 

 Plant, and will twifl itfelf round a 

 Stake, and grow to the Heighth ot 

 feven or eight Feet, and in Summer 

 will produce from the Joints fmall 

 Umbels 



