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as big as an Hen-Egg, of a whirifh 

 red Colour, and ibmewhat lefs 

 delicious in Tafte than our Wood 

 Strawberries, This has produced 

 Fruit feveral Years in the Royal 

 Garden at Paris, where Monfieur 

 J-ejpeu alTur d mc, it was commonly 

 as large as a Imall A^^le. I brought 

 fome of the Plants from Holland, 

 Anno 1727, which thrive and in- 

 creafe exceedingly, but they have 

 produc'd little Fruit. I oblerve 

 they thrive beft where they have 

 only the Morning Sun, and do re- 

 quire frequent Waterings in dry 

 Weather. 



FRANGULA ; Berry - bearing 

 Alder. 



The Characiers are j 

 Jt hath Youndifh Leaves for)ietchat 

 like thofe of the Alder-Tree, but 

 /mailer : The Flower conjifls of five 

 Leaves, which expafid in Form of a 

 Rofe: The Flowers are fucceeded by 

 fmall round Berries, in each of which 

 are contain'd two f nail flat Seeds. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant, which is, 



Frangula i fve Alnus, nigra, 

 baccijera. Park. Theat. Black Berry- 

 bearing Alder. 



This Tree is ve.y common in 

 moirt Woods in divers Parts of 

 England, and is rarely cultivated in 

 Gardens, except for Variety : It 

 feldom grows above fourteen or 

 iixteen Feet in Height, and is not 

 very regular in its Growth, fo that 

 as it is a Plant of no great Beauty, 

 it lefs deferves a Place in curious 

 Gardens. It may be propagated by 

 Layers, or from Suckers, which 

 arife from the Foot ot old Plants, 

 and muft be planted in a moid Soil 

 and a fhady Situation, where it will 

 thrive exceedingly. 



The Frtiit of this Tree is often 

 brought into the Markets of Lo»- 

 Jorij and fold for Buckthorn-Berries i 



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of which Cheat, all fuch as make 

 Syrup of Buckthorn (bould be ptt- 

 ticularly careful ; They may be 

 eafily diftinguifh'd by breaking tKe 

 Berries, and obferving how many 

 Seeds are contain'd in each, tie 

 B-rries of this Tree having but 

 two, and thofe of Buckthorn, gene- 

 rally four Seeds in each Berry. 



FRAXINELLA i Baftard, ot 

 White Dittany. 



The CharaBers are j 

 It hath a perennial Root : The 

 Leaves are pennated like thofe of the 

 Afh : The Flower confifis of many 

 Leaves, arid are of an anomalous 

 Figtire, four of thefe Petals growing 

 on the Upperfide, and one or mors, 

 on the Underfide of the Flower; in 

 the Center of which are produc'd 

 nine or ten crooked ^xoimim ot Threads-^ 

 each Flower is fucCeeded by many 

 Pods, -which are turn'd back like a. 

 Ram's-horn, and open in two Parts, 

 emitting feveral large, hardy black, 

 fhming Seeds, 



The Species arej 



1. Fraxinella i Cluf White 

 Badard Dittany ; or Fraxinella » 

 with white Flowers. 



2. Fraxinella i purpurea, major, 

 multiflora. H, R. Par, Great Pur- 

 pie Fraxinella, with many Flowers. 



There are ibme other Varieties 

 of this Plant, which are preferv'd 

 in fome curious Gardens Abroad ; 

 •but thefe two are the only Sortf 

 I have ever yet obferv'd in England. 



They are propagated either hj 

 fowing their Seeds, or parting the 

 Roots : The latter Method being 

 the moft expeditious, is generally 

 us'dj though if we would fuppljr 

 our felves with a Quantity ot theft 

 Plants, we muft procure them from 

 Seeds, for the Roots do not mul- 

 tiply very faft, nor fhould th:y be 

 difturb'd by parting them oftener 

 than every third Year i for if you 

 A a pare 



