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in the Winter, as is by {bme prac- 

 tis'd. 



This Plant is ufed by the Tan- 

 ners for dreffmg their Leather, in 

 the South Parts of France, where 

 it grows wild in great Plenty. 



CORINDUM; Heart-Peafe. 

 The Chara^ers are ; 



It hath a trailing Stalk, emitting 

 Claffers -whereby it faflens it felf to 

 jvhate'ver Ilant it fiands near : The 

 Calyx (or Flower 'Cup) conjJfls of three 

 Leaves : The Flovpers confijl of eight 

 Leaves, and are of an anomalous 

 Figure : The Ovary becomes a Fruit 

 rohich is like a Bladder, and divided 

 Into three Cells in rehich are ccn- 

 tain'd round Seeds in Form of Feafe, 

 of a black Colour, having the Fi- 

 gure of a Heart of a v^hite Colour 

 upon each. 



The Species are; 



1. CoRiNDUxM ', folio ampliori, 

 fruBu major e. Tourn, Heart-Pea, 



v/ith large Leaves and Fruit. 



2. CoRiNDUM ; folio & fruBu, 

 minore, Tourn. Heart-Pea, with 

 fmall Leaves and Fruit, calVd by 

 by the Inhabitants oftheWeji Indies ^ 

 Wild Parfley. 



^. CoRiNDUM j folio amplijjimo, 

 fruEiu minore. Heart-Pea, with 

 very large Leaves, and fmall Fruir. 



Thefe Plants are very common 

 in Jamaica, Barbados, and moft of 

 the other warm lilands in the 

 JVefc Indies, where their Seeds are 

 fcatter'd and become Weeds all 

 over the Country. 



They may be cultivated in Eng- 

 land, by fowing their Seeds on a 

 Hot-bed in March; and when the 

 Plants come up, they muft be 

 tranTplantcd into a frefli Hot-bed, 

 where they may remain until the 

 M'ddie of May ; at which Time 

 they may be tranfplant a into Pots 

 or Borders, and ^xpos'd to the open 

 Air. Tiicic Piants will rec^uirc 



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Sticks to fupport them ; otherwife 

 their Branches will trail upon the 

 Ground, and be apt to rot, (efpe- 

 cially in a wet Seafon), There is 

 no great Beauty in this Plant 3 it is 

 chiefly preferved as a Rarity in 

 the Gardens of the Curious. It 

 produces its Flowers in June, and 

 the Seeds are perfected in Augufl, 



CORK-TREE j vide Suber. 



CORN-FLAG ; vide Gladiolus. 



CORN - MARYGOLD j vide 

 Chryfanthemum. 



CORN-SAU^ADj vide Valeria- 

 neila. 



CORNUS ; The Cornelian Cher- 

 ry. 



The Characlers are 5 



The Calyx (or Flower-Cup) confiflt 

 of four fmall rigid Leaves, which 

 are expanded in Form of a Crofs\ 

 from the Centre of which are pro- 

 duced many fmall yellowiflt Flowers, 

 each confining of four Leaves, which 

 are difpofed almofi in Form of an 

 Umbrella. Thefe Flowers are fuc- 

 ceeded by Fruit, -which is oblong, or 

 of a cylindriacal Form, fomewhat 

 like an Olive, containing a hard 

 Stone, -which is divided into two 

 Cells, each containing afingle Seed, 

 The Species arej 



1. CoRNUs ', hortenfis, mas- C. 

 B. The Cornelian-Cherry, or Male 

 Cornel-tree. 



2. CoR^u^ yfaemina. C.B, The 

 Dogberry, or Gatten-tree. 



3. Corn us 5 foemina, foliis varie- 

 gatis. H. L. The ftrip'd Dog- 

 berry-tree. 



4. CoRNus j foemina, LaurifoJia, 

 fru£iu nigro c&rulco, officulo compref- 

 fo, Virginiana. Fluk. Aim. The 



Virginian Dogberry-tree. 



5". CoRNus ; mas, odor at a, folio 

 trifido, mar gine piano, Saffafrasdicia. 

 Tluk. Aim. The Saflatras-tree. 



The fir ft of thefe Trees is very 

 common in the Englijh Gardens, 



being 



