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This, if planted in a good Soil, 

 will grow to the Height of ten or 

 twelve Feet and more, and divides 

 into many Branches, fo that it 

 {hould have a great deal o f Room : 

 for if it be planted too near to 

 other Planrs, it will over-bear and 

 deftroy them. It dies to the Sur- 

 face every Autumn, and rifes again 

 the fucceeding Spring. The Flow- 

 ers are produc'd in the Month of 

 June, and the Seeds are ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



Mr. RAy fays. That the People 

 of Sicil'j ufe the Pith of this Plant 

 for Tinder to light their Fires. 

 And if this was pra6tis'd by the 

 Antients, we may eafily guefs why 

 the Poets feign'd, that Vrometheus 

 Hole Fire from Heaven, and carry'd 

 it to the Earth in an hollow Fe- 

 rula. 



The fecond, fixth, and feventh 

 Sorts are fuppos'd by (bme Authors 

 to afford Galbariumy which, tliey 

 fay, is an Exudation from fome of 

 their Plants : but this at prefent is 

 not determin'd ; for, if any of the 

 three, the ieventh is thought to 

 be the Sort. 



Thefe Plants are all very hardy ; 

 except the fixth and feventh Sorts, 

 v/hich being Natives of a warm 

 Country, do require to be hous'd 

 in Winter. They are all propaga- 

 ted by fowing their Seeds, which 

 {hould be done foon after they are 

 ripe : but if they are kept until 

 Spring, they mud be fown very 

 early, and in a fliady Situation ; 

 othcrwife the Seeds are lubjed: to 

 mifcarry. They delight in a light, 

 moift Soil, and muft be planted at 

 leaft two Feet and an half afunder ; 

 for they fpread very far. The 

 Roots will abide many Years, if 

 fuffer'd to remain undifturb'd : but 

 if they are tranfplanted when old, 

 they ieldom thrive well afterwards. 



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Thefe being Plants only for Curio- 

 lity, one of each Sort is fufRcient 

 for a Garden j fince tliey are of no 

 great Beauty, and require much 

 Room. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts fhould 

 be fown foon after the Seeds are 

 ripe, in a Pot of good Earth, which 

 fhould be plac'd under a Hot -bed 

 Frame during the Winter - feafon, 

 to preferve it from the Frofts: 

 And when the Plants are come up 

 in the Spring, they fhould be trans- 

 planted each into a feparate Pot, 

 and may be expos'd in Summer, 

 but in Winter fliould be defended 

 from Frofts. They muft be ftiitt- 

 ed into larger Pots, as they in- 

 creafe in Bulk, The beft Seafon 

 for removing them is in Septem- 

 ber, before they are hous'd. They 

 require frequenr Waterings, and to 

 have as much Air as poiTible in 

 mild Weather. 



FICOIDESi Fig-Marygold. 

 The Characiers are ; 



The vphole Fla?it is fucculent, and 

 has the Appearance of Houfeleek : 

 The Leaves grow oppofite by Fairs: 

 The Cup of the Flower is flejhy, and 

 divided into five Farts almoji to the 

 Bottom : The Flower conftfls of inany 

 Lekves, which are divided into fmall 

 Fart St and do expand inform of n 

 Marygold : The Flower is fucceeded 

 by a fucculent Fruit , rphich is divi- 

 ded into five or more Cells, which are 

 full of fmall Seeds. 

 The Species are; 



1. FicoiDEs; feu ficus aizoidef, 

 Africana, major, procumbens, trian- 

 gulari folio, enfiformi. H.L. Boerh, 

 Jnd. Great, trailing African Ficoides,' 

 with a triangular Sword - fhap'd 

 Leaf: 



2. FicoiDESj feu ficus aizoides^ 

 Africana, major, procumbens, tri- 

 angulari folio, fruclu maxima, eduli, 

 Ficus UfiitCfitottorumj vulgo, H* Z. 



Great 



