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mto five Farts : The Tmit is like 



that of the Houfeleek, 

 The Species arej 



1. Cotyledon ; major, C. B. 

 The greater Navel -wort. 



2. Cotyledon j Africana, fru- 

 tefcens, fcliis orbicuhtisy limbo pur- 

 pu'eo cinBis. Tcurn, Shrubby A- 

 frican Navel-wort, with round 

 Leaves edg'd with a purple Rim. 



5. Cotyledon; Africana, fru- 

 tefcens, folio longo ^ anguflo^ fiore 

 fiavefcente. Com. Rar. Shrubby 



African Navel-wort, with a long 

 narrow Leaf, and a yellowifti 

 Flower, 



4, Cotyledon i Africana, fru- 

 ufcens, fiore umbellate, coccineo. 

 Com. Rar. Shrubby African Na- 

 vel-wort, with fcarlet Flowers 

 growing in an Umbel. 



j". Cotyledon j Afra ; folio craf- 

 fot lato, laciniato, flofculo aureo. 

 Boerh, Ind. African Nivel-wort, 

 with a broad thick divided Leaf, 

 and fmail yellow Flowers. 



6. Cotyledon i Afra -^ arboref- 

 cens, major, foliis glaucis, oblon- 

 gioribiis, fiore luteo. Boerh. Ind^ 

 Greater Tree-like African Navel- 

 wort, with oblong Sea-green Leaves, 

 and a yellow Flov/er. 



7. Cotyledon; major, arboref- 

 cens, Afra; foliis nnnoribus, craf- 



fimisi 'viridioribuf, minutifiime punc- 

 satis* Boerh. Ind. Greater African 

 Tree-like Navel-wort, with fmall 

 thick Leaves. 



8- Cotyledon,- major, arboref- 

 cens, Afra ; foliis minoribus, oblongis, 

 atro-'viridibtis. Boerh. Ind. Greater 

 African Tree-like Navel- wort, with 

 fmall oblong dark green Leaves. 



The firft Sort (which is that 

 us*d in Medicine) grov/s upon old 

 Walls and Buildings in divers Parts 

 of England, but is not readily to 

 be cultivated in a Garden; it re- 

 quires a dry rubbifhy Soil, and to 

 kiire a tludy Poiition. 



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The African Kinds are all of them 

 propagated by planting Cuttings in 

 any of the Summer Months, which 

 fhould be laid in a dry PJace for a 

 Week or more after they are taken 

 from the Plant, before they are 

 planted ; for thefe abound with 

 Juice through every Part of the 

 Plant, which will certainly rot the 

 Cuttings, if they are not luffer'd to 

 lie out of the Ground, that the 

 wounded Part may heal over, and the 

 great Redundancy of Sap evaporate. 

 The Soil in which thefe Plants 

 thrive beft , is one third frelh light 

 Earth from a Failure, one third 

 Sand, and the other third Part Lime 

 Rubbifh, and rotten Tan, in equal 

 Quantities: Thefe fhould be well 

 mix'd, and laid in a Heap lix or 

 eight Months before it is us'd, turn- 

 ing it over five or fix times, that 

 the Parts may the better incorpo- 

 rate i and before it is us'd, it will 

 be proper to pafs it through a 

 Screen, to feparate the large Stones 

 and Clods, cf f. therefrom. 



Having prepar'd the Earth, and 

 your Cuttings being in a fit Order 

 for planting, you muft fill as many 

 half-penny Pots with Earth as you 

 have Cuttings to plant; then put 

 one Cutting in the middle of each 

 Pot about two Inches deep or 

 more, according to their Strength ; 

 then give them a little Water to 

 fettle the Earth dole about them, 

 and fet the Pots in a warm (hady 

 Place for about a Week, to prepare 

 the Cuttings for putting forth 

 Roots ; after which they fiiould be 

 plung'd into a moderate Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark, which will greatly 

 facilitate their rooting ; but obferve 

 to giv^e them Air, by railing the 

 Glafles at all times when the Wea- 

 ther will permit, as alio to (hade 

 the GlalTes in the Heat of the Day. 



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