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Score Years, I leave every one to 

 judge. 



The ftrip'd-Ieav'd Chefnut is a 

 teautitiil Tree in a Garden, to in- 

 termix with various Sorts ot" Trees, 

 in Clumps, or in Wildernefs Quar- 

 ters i v/bere, by the Variety thele 

 fine llrip'd Trees afford, they great- 

 ly add to the Diverlity and Pleafure 

 of fuch Plantations. This may be 

 obtain'd by being budded upon the 

 common Chefnut. 



The Chi/2qHapm or Dwarf F/V- 

 glnian Chefnut, is, at prefent, v^y 

 rare in £'nglaml ^ it is very com- 

 mon in the Woods of Americdy 

 where it feldom grows above twelve 

 or fourteen Feet high, and pro- 

 duces great Plenty of NutSy which 

 are for the mod: part lingle in each 

 outer Coat. This Tree is very 

 hardy, and will refift the ievercll 

 of our Winters in tiie open Ground. 

 The Nuts of thele Trees, if brought 

 from America^ Ihould be put .up in 

 Sand {o loon as they are ripe, and 

 lent tG England immediately, other- 

 w^i/e they loie their growing Qua- 

 lity, which is the Reafon this Tree 

 is at prelent lb fcarce with us, for 

 not one Seed in five hundred lent 

 over ever grew, which was owing 

 to the Negledi of not putting them 

 up in this Manner. This Tree will 

 take by inarching upon the com- 

 mon Sort, by which it may not " 

 only be propagated, but, I believe, 

 alfo increas'd in Magnitude. 



CASTANEA EQUINA ; -vUe 

 Hippocaftanum. 



CATANANCE; Candy Lion's 

 Foot. 



The Characters are; 



Ihz Cup of the Flovoer is fqua- 

 $nofe , the Florets rohich are rou/id 

 the Margin are much longer than 

 thofe m the Middle of the Flowery 

 the Seeds are wrapt up in a. leafy or 

 doTvny Subflance mih'm the Cup or 

 '{tifter Covering, 



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The Sp?::ei are ; 

 I. Cat AN AN CE ; quoru'/uI^??J > 

 Ltigd. True Lion's-Foot, with 

 Buclc's-horn Leaves. 



2. Catanakce ; jiore luteo, la- 

 tiore folio. Tourn. Broad-leav'd 

 Candy Lion's-Foot, with a yellow 

 Flewer. 



5. Catanance j, fiore luteo, an- 

 gufliore folk. Taurn. Navrow- 

 leav'd Candy Lion's-Foot, with a 

 yellow Flower. 



The firft of thefc Plants is a 

 Perennial, and may be propagated 

 by Heads taken off from the Mo- 

 ther Plant, either in Spring or Au- 

 tumn, which are commonly planted 

 in PdJts .£li'^ with light fandy Soil, 

 in order to flieltcr them in the 

 Winter from lever c Frofts ; but if 

 they are planted in warm Borders, 

 either under Walls, Pales, or Hedges, 

 and in a moderately dry Soil, they 

 will endure aKroad very well. This 

 Piant begins flowering in May, and 

 continues til! Augufl or Septeynbcr^ 

 (efpecially it the Summer is not 

 too dry) and is a pretty Ornament 

 to a Garden, and is ealiiy kept with- 

 in Bounds : It may alio be propa- 

 gated by Seeds, which fliould he 

 Ibwn in a Border of good light 

 Earth in March : And in May^ 

 w^hen the Plants are come up, they 

 may be either tranfplantcd into Pots 

 or Borders, where they are to re- 

 main for flowering i but as thefe 

 Seeds ieldom ripsii well in this 

 Country, io the former Method is 

 what is chiefly ufed m England. 



The other two Sorts are An- 

 nuals, and therefore only propaga- 

 ted bj Seeds, which ripen very 

 v/ell in this Country : The Time 

 for fowicg them is early in March, 

 in Beds or Borders oV light Earth, 

 which will come up in a Month's 

 Time, and may then be traniplanted 

 into Borders to flower : Thef 

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