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produce large fair Leaves, but have 

 not produc'd any Flowers in Eng- 

 land that I know of i the Roots of 

 thefe two Sorts are quite of a dif- 

 ferent Nature from the other A- 

 rtlms, having a foft fweet Tafte, 

 fomewhat refembling that of a 

 HasLel Nuty and are very much 

 eaten in Americd, as is alfo the laft 

 in ^gyp. 



Thele are propagated in the fame 

 manner as the firft, but muft be ne- 

 ver expos'd to the open Air with us, 

 which will foon derace their Leaves, 



The common Arum, which is 

 the Sort ufed in Phyfick, grows 

 wild in moft fhady Banks near Lon- 

 don-y the beft Sealbnto gatiier their 

 Roots for Ufe, is in July or Au- 

 gujly when their green Leaves are 

 decaying. 



ARUNDO. The Reed. 



The common Reed is fo plenti- 

 fully to be met with in the Marfhes 

 near the River of Thames, that it 

 wiU be needlefs to fay any thing 

 thereof, it being fo well known to 

 every onej but for the Sake of two 

 other Sorts, I have inferted this 

 Article, which are : 



1. Arundo; fativa, qua Donax 

 Diofcoridis ^ Theophrafii. C. B, 

 The large manur'd Cane or Reed. 



2. Arundo i Saccharifera, C.B* 

 The Sugar Cane. 



The firft of thefe is what is 

 brought from Fortugal and Spain, 

 and is ufed to make FiHiing Rods, 

 and alio by the Weavers. 



This Plant, altho* a Native of a 

 warm Country, yet will bear the 

 Cold of our fevereft Winters in the 

 open Ground ; it dies to the Sur- 

 fecc in Autumn, and riles again 

 the fucceeding Spring; and if kept 

 iiipplied with Water in dry Wea- 

 ther, will grow ten or twelve Foot 

 h\%h. the iame Summer, and is 

 ycrj proper to intermix with fmaii 



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Trees and Shrubs, or tall Plants and 

 Flowers in Bofquettes, where, by 

 the Oddnefs of its Appearance, it 

 will have a good Effed:, in adding 

 to the Variety : This is propagated 

 by parting the Roots early in the 

 Spring, before they begin to fhooty 

 and will, in a Year or two, if your 

 Ground be good, make very large 

 Stools i fo that from each Clump, 

 you may have twenty or thirty 

 large Canes produced. 



The Sugar Cane is very tender, 

 and cannot be preferv'd without a 

 Stove ; it is kept as a great Curio- 

 fity in the Gardens of liich as love 

 a Variety of Plants, as being the 

 Plant from whence the Sugar is 

 produc'd. 



It v/ill grow with us to the 

 Height of eight or nine Foot, if 

 carefully look'd after, and may be 

 propagated by taking off the Side 

 Shoots in the Spring, planting them 

 in Pots of good rich Earth, plung- 

 ing the Pots into a Hot-bed of 

 Tanners-Bark, to promote their 

 taking frefh Roots, and muft be 

 often water 'd : The main Stem is 

 very fub}ect to decay with us in 

 Winter, but the Root commonly 

 pufhes out many new Shoots ; if 

 this happens, you muft mind to 

 clear the young Shoots from the 

 dead Leaves of the old Stem, which 

 will greatly ftrengthen them. 



ASARUiMj Afarabacca. 

 li\iQCharaBers ^xq; 



The Calyx (or Florver Cup) is 

 divided into four Tarts ; the Fruit is 

 divided into fix Cells, which are 

 filVd -with oblong Seeds; to which 

 may be added, the Leaves are round- 

 ifij, thick, and almoji of the Colour 

 of thofe of the Ivy Tree. 



There are two Species of this 

 Plant in the Englifl) Gardens, viz.. ■ 



I. AsARUM. C. ^, The com- 

 mon Afarabacca. 



