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The Portugal Sort is at prefcrtt 

 ▼ery rare in England) and only to 

 be found in fome, curious Colle- 

 ctions of Plants : Tliis is not fo 

 hardy as the former, and requires 

 to be (helter'd during the Winter, 

 tho' I am apt to believe it will 

 Hand abroad when grown woody, 

 if planted in a light dry Soil and a 

 warm Situation. This Plant flow- 

 ers with us, but hath not as yet 

 produc'd any Fruit in England that 

 I have heard. 



GENISTA SPINOSA j theFurz, 

 Whins, or Gorfe. 



The Characiers are; 



The whole FUnt is very thorny : 

 The Flowers (which are of the Fea- 

 bloom kind) are difpos'd in flwrt thick 

 Spikesy which are fucceeded by Jhort 

 comprefs'd Podst in each of which is 

 contained three or four Kidney -Jhafd 

 Seeds. 



The species arej 



1. Genista Spinosa ; vulgaris, 

 Cer. Emac, The Common Furz., 

 Whins, or Gorfe. 



2. Genista Spinosa ; minor. 

 Tark. Theat. The lefTer Furz. 



3. Genista J minor, Afphalathoi- 

 des, vel Genijla Spinofa, Anglica. C. 

 B. P. Needle-Furz or Petty- Whin. 



Thefe three Plants do all of them 

 grow wild on the Heaths and Up- 

 land Commons in divers Parts of 

 England) and are feldom planted in 

 Gardens J but if they are rightly 

 difpos'd in Clumps or Wildcrnefs 

 Quarters, and trainM up to regular 

 Heads, they will make a very 

 agreeable Diverfity amongft other 

 flowering Shrubs ; and for their 

 long Continuance in Flower, do 

 merit a Place in every fuch Plan- 

 tation, 



^ The firft of thefe Plants is fome- 

 times us'd to make Hedges, for 

 which Purpoie it will do very well 

 S)r a few Years, provided it be 



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kept clofe at firft, and the Ground 

 underneath always kept clear from 

 Weeds : And it fhould always be 

 obferv'd, never to cut thefe Hedges 

 in very dry Weather, nor too early 

 in the Spring, or tOo late in Au- 

 tumn i for if it fhould prove cold 

 frofty Weather, or drying cafterly 

 Winds happen foon after it be cut, 

 they will render the Hedge very 

 unhghtly for a long Time, and 

 often deftroy many of the Plants, 

 whereby the Form and Beauty of 

 the Hedge will be entirely loft ; and 

 if you cut it too clofe into the old 

 Wood, it rarely ever breaks out 

 again -, fo that if the Hedge fliould 

 have grown beyond the Bounds you 

 intended it, the better Way will 

 be, to cut it quite down to the 

 Ground, and let it rile again from 

 the Roots. See more of this under 

 the Article of Hedges, 



The fecond Sort never riles fb 

 high as the firft, and is therefore 

 proper to intermix with Shrubs of 

 Ihorter Growth i but will do for 

 all the Purpoles of the firft, and is 

 equally as common in moft Parts 

 of England. 



The third Sort feldom rifes above 

 three Feet high j nor will it fupport 

 it felt while young, and therefore 

 fhould be faften'd to a Stake, train- 

 ing the Stem upright, and formed 

 into a regular Head ; and after two 

 or three Years being thus manag'd, 

 it will fupport itfelf, and make a 

 very handfome Appearance. This 

 Plant produces its Flowers in April, 

 and continues them through May^ 

 during which Seafon it affords a 

 very agreeable Profpedl:. The Seeds 

 ripen in Auguji) and if fufferM to 

 fcatter, they will come up the fuc- 

 ceeding Spring. 



Thefe Plants may be all propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds in 

 JyUrch -y which, if intended for a 

 B b X Hedge, 



