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where it thrives and produces large 

 Quantities of Flowers annually, but 

 it requires a great deal of Room, 

 for it is a large Shooter ; and the 

 Flowers being always produc'd at 

 the extreme Parts of the fame 

 Year's Shoots, if thefe are ftopp'd, 

 the Flowers are taken off; but in 

 the Spring the young Branches may 

 be fhortned to three or four Eyes, 

 as in Vines, and the fmall weak 

 Shoots taken out, leaving the large 

 ones twenty Inches or two Feet 

 afunder : Thefe Branches fir ike 

 Roots into the Walls, by which 

 they are fecur'd, and require very 

 little Afliilance in nailing them 

 up. 



The third Sort is fcarce in Eng' 

 land at prefent: This is a Tree ot 

 large Growth in the warm Parts 

 of America, but being tenderer 

 than the other Sorts, requires to 

 be kept in a Stove in England. 



The fourth Sort was brought 

 from the Bahama Iflands by Mr. 

 Catesby a few Years lincc : This 

 did produce Flowers in the Garden 

 oiMx. Bacon 21 Hoxtony Anno 1732. 

 It is very hardy, and grows to be 

 a handfome upright Tree : The 

 Leaves are very like thofe of the 

 Lilac, but fomewhat larger. Thefe 

 Trees are all of them propagated 

 by laying their Branches, or from 

 Suckers, (which in the two firft 

 Sorts are produc'd in great Plenty j ; 

 and fometimes the Cuttings will 

 take Root, tho' not very often. 

 The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Trees, is in the Spring, after 

 the cold V/eather is paft. They 

 delight in a dry fandy Soil. 



BINDWEED i -vide Convolvu- 

 lus. 



BIRCH-TREE 5 -vide Bctula. 

 BISLINGUA,- tide Rufcus. 

 BISTORTAj Biftort or Snake- 

 weed. 



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There are three or four Varieties 

 of this Plant which are found wild 

 in England, but as they are feldona 

 planted in Gardens, fo I fhall pafs 

 them over with only mentioning 

 the common Sort which is ufcd in 

 Medicine. 



BiSTORTA j major j radice tninus 

 tntorta. C.B. The common great 

 Bifiort, or Snake-weed. 



This Plant flowers in May, and 

 if the Seafon proves moifl:, wili 

 continue to produce new Spikes of 

 Flowers till Augufi. It may be 

 propagated by planting the Roots 

 in a moifl fhady Border, either in 

 Spring or Autumn, and will foon 

 furniih the Ground with Plants j 

 for it greatly increafes by its creep- 

 ing Roots. 



BLADDER-NUT ; vide Staphyl- 

 lodendron. 



BLATTARIA; Moth-Mullein. 

 The Characiers arej 



The Leagues are plac'd alternately 

 upon the Branches : The Cup of the 

 Flower confijis of one Leaf, which is 

 divided into five Segments : The 

 Tlo-pper conjifls of one Leaf, which 

 fpreads open, and is divided alfo into 

 five Segments : They are produc'd in 

 long Spikes, and are fucceeded by 

 round Veffels, -which are divided into 

 two Cells, and contain many fmall 

 Seeds in each. 



The Species are ; 



1. Blattaria; lutea. J. B. 

 The yellow Moth-Mullein. 



2. Blattarva j alba. C. B. 

 The white Moth-Mullein. 



3. Blattaria; flore rofeo. Boerh. 

 Jnd, The Rofe-colour'd Moth- 

 Mullein. 



4. Blattaria j purpurea. C. B. 

 The purple Moth-Mullein. 



y. Blattaria i perennis, felio 

 Verbafci : flore luteo a?nplo. Mor. 



Hiji. 



