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BETONICA PAULIj vide Ve- 

 ronica. 

 BETULA. The Birch-Tree. 



The Characiers are i 



The Leaves are like thofe of the 

 Poplar J the Shoots are very /lender 

 and weak ; the Juli or Catkins are 

 produced at remote Biftances from 

 the Fruits on the fame Tree -, the 

 Truit becomes a little fquamofe Cone; 

 the Seeds are roing'd, and the Tree 

 cafis its outer Kind every Year. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Tree in England, which is, 



Betula. Dod. The Birch- Tree. 



This Tree is propagated by Suck- 

 ers taken from the Roots of old 

 Trees, which may be tranfplanted 

 either in OBohr or February: It 

 delights in a poor Soil, and will 

 grow in either moift fpringy Soils, 

 or in ftony or gravelly Marflies, or 

 Bogs : When the young Trees have 

 been planted one Year, you fhould 

 ( if deiignM for Underwood ) cut 

 them down within fix Inches of 

 the Surface, which will caufe them 

 to (hoct out ftrong and vigorous 

 Branches i but if they are delign'd 

 for large Trees, it will be much 

 better to let them ftand two Years 

 before you head them down i and 

 when you do it, cut them within 

 three Inches of the Ground, that 

 their Stems may beftraitand hand- 

 ibme : But you muil obferve, when 

 they begin to put out, whether 

 they produce more than one Shoot ; 

 which if they do, you muft rub 

 off all but the ftrongeft and moft 

 convenient Shoot, which muft be 

 train'd up for a Stem. 



The Timber of this Tree, tho* 

 accounted the worfi: of all others, 

 yet is not without its various Ufes: 

 The Turners often ufe it to make 

 Chairs, Qr>e. and the Husband-man 

 tor making Ox-yoaks i it is alfo 



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planted for Hop-poles, Hoops, (^e. 

 but in Places within twenty Miles 

 of London, it is kept often cut to 

 make Brooms, and turns to great 

 Account. 



BIDENS J Water-Hemp Agri- 

 mony. 



We have two or three Varieties 

 of this Plant growing wild in Eng- 

 land, but as they are neither ufeful, 

 nor of any Beauty, fo I fhall pafs 

 them over in this Place. 



BIFOLIUM} Twyblade. 



This Plant grows wild in moift 

 Meadows in divers Parts of Eng- 

 land i it rifes in May, and flowers 

 in June, and foon after dies away. 

 This Plant is of no Ufe or Beauty. 



BIGNONIA ; the Trumpet 

 Flower or Scarlet Jafmine. 

 The C^araBers arej 



It hath a tubulous Floroer, con- 

 fifiing of oAe Leaf, which opens at 

 the Top like two Lips : Thcfe Flow- 

 ers are fucceeded by Pods, which are 

 divided into two Cells, and contain 

 feveral wing'd Seeds. 

 The Species are i 



1. BiGNONiA i Americana ,• Traxi- 

 ni folio ; fiore amplo Vhoenicio. Tourn. 

 The Scarlet Trumpet Flower-, 

 vulgo. 



2. BiGNONiA J Americana ; ca- 

 preolis donata ;filiquabreviori. Tourn* 

 The four-leav'd Dwarf Trumpet 

 Flower; vulgo» 



3. BiGNONiA •, Americana ; Ar^ 

 bor ; flore luteo ; Fraxini folio. 

 Flum. The large yellow Trum- 

 pet Flower i vulgo. 



4. BiGNONiA ; Americana ; Ar- 

 bor ; SyringA Cdrule&foliis, flore pur- 

 purea. Catesb. The blue Trum- 

 pet Flower, or Cattalpa. 



The Sort firft mentioned is com- 

 mon in feveral curious Gardens 

 near London, and is planted againft 

 Walls expos'd to the South Sun, 

 where 



