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little Water in the Winter, and 

 keep them intirely from the Froft : 

 In May following, prepare a good 

 rich Bed of Earth, and turn your 

 Plants out of the Pots into this 

 Bed, being carehil not to difturb 

 the Earth about their Roots, give- 

 ing them Water plentifully in dry 

 Weather j and when your Roots 

 have once faften'd themfelves into 

 this Bed, they will grow vigo- 

 roufly, and produce many ftrong 

 Stems, which will flower much 

 ftronger than thofe kept in Pots, 

 and ripen their Seeds very well. 



The Scarlet Bloflbm, and the 

 large Yellow, are by far the moft 

 beautiful Kinds j but a Mixture of 

 the yellow-fpotted Sort will look 

 very agreeable; but the common 

 pale-colour'd Sort is hardly worth 

 keeping, unlefs in Botanick Col- 

 leftions. 



Thefe Sorts may be alfb increas'd 

 by parting their Roots in the 

 Spring, but thefe Plants feldom 

 flower fq well as Seedlings: And 

 lince the Seeds are fb eafy to be 

 obtain'd, 'tis hardly worth pra6ti- 

 ling, unlefs for the ftrip'd-leav'd 

 Sort, which can be no other Way 

 increas'd. The Inhabitants of Ame- 

 rka call this Plant Indian-JJjot, and 

 fay, the Indians make Ufe of this 

 Seed inftead of Shot, to fhoot Wild- 

 iov/i, &c. 



The large yellow Sort is much 

 tenderer than the others, and fhould 

 be conftantly kept in a Bark Stove, 

 where, if the Roots have fufficient 

 room in the Pots, they will pro- 

 duce noble Spikes of Flowers, and 

 perfe£t their Seeds very well. 



There is alfb another Species of 

 this Plant, the Root of which is 

 the Curcuma of the Shops ; but 

 this I have not as yet feen in the 

 XngliJJj Gardens. 



CAPERS i -vide Capparis, 



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CAPNOIDES5 Podded Fuiai- 

 tory. 



The Characters arej 



The Leaves and whole Face {}f this 

 'Plant is like Fumitory, hta th'eStyh 

 of the Flower becomes a Iv/eg tatter 

 Fod, which contains manj> romd 

 finning Seeils. 



Capnoides. Tourn. Podded Fts- 

 mitory. 



This is a pretty annual Pknt, 

 which may be fbwn in an opea 

 Border in the Spring of the Year ^ 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 they may be remov'd and planted 

 in the Borders of the Flov/er-Gar- 

 den, where they will make a pret- 

 ty Shew for two or three Months 

 together. The Seeds of this PJant, 

 if fuffer'd to Ihed upon the Groundp 

 will furnini you with Plants enough, 

 without giving you the Trouble to 

 fbw it any more. 



CAPNORCHIS; Indian Bulbous- 

 rooted Fumitory. 



The Characters are ; 



This hath the whole Face of Fu- 

 mitory : The Root is fomeiimes tu- 

 ber ofe^ fometimes fcaley, aud at other 

 times bulbous ; the Flower confifis (f 

 two Leaves, is of an anomalous Fi- 

 gure, and hangs downward \ ths 

 Fods are like thofe of Shepherd's- 

 Pouch, 



Capnorchis; Americana. Boerk, 

 Ind. American Bul|pous-rooted Fu- 

 mitory. 



This Plant is propagated by part- 

 ing its Roots, or from Seeds : It is 

 not hardy -^aough to endure our 

 Winters in the open Ground, there- 

 fore the Pvoots muft be planted m 

 -fmall Pots, filled with light fandy 

 Earth, and houfcd in Winter: The 

 Flowers are fomewiiar like thoic 

 of Fumitory, and rlio' none of the 

 moft beautiful Plants, yet deiervc 

 a Place in a good Garden. 



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