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however cultivated with us, is not 

 of the fame Colour ; nor has it 

 fuch a Relin as is found in the true ; 

 and the Shape of the Roots appear 

 very different, as is alio the Strength 

 in Medicine: lb that until the true 

 Rhubarb is better known, there 

 can be little faid with Certainty on 

 this Head. 



The fecond Sort is fometimes 

 cultivated in Gardens, for Medicinal 

 Ufej the' there is a Diipute v/he- 

 ther this be the true Monks Rhu- 

 barb or not : but there is no great 

 Difference between the Roots of 

 this Plant, and the other dilputed 

 Sorti fo that either may be indif- 

 ferently us'd. 



The third Sort was formerly 

 cultivated in Gardens as a Pot-herbj 

 but of late Years it has been wholly 

 difus'd for that Purpofe, and now 

 only preferv'd in Gardens for Medi- 

 cinal Ufe. 



Thefe Plants are all eafily propa- 

 gated by fovving their Seeds in 

 Autumn, foon after they arc ripe, 

 or early the luccceding Spring, in 

 a rich, light, moift Soil, where 

 they will grow to be very large, 

 and, if linglcd out to the Diflance 

 of three Feet, will produce large 

 ftrong Roots, which will be tit for 

 Ufe the fecond Year after fowingj 

 when they ihould be taken up fbon 

 after the Leaves are decay 'd, and 

 dry'd in a fliady Place where the 

 Air may freely pafs betv/cen them. 



LARlXi The Larch Tree. 

 The Characitrs are > 



The Leaves (which are long and 

 narrow) are p-oduc'd out of little 

 Tubercles,, in Form of a Tainter's 

 Pencil, {as in the Cedar of Libanus) 

 but fall off in Maimer. The Cones 

 are fmall and oblo7ig, and (for the 

 mofl part) have a fmall Branch 

 growing out of the Top ■■> thefe are 

 froduc'd at remote Bifiances from 



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the Male Flowers on the fame Tree : 

 The Male Flowers are (for the mofl 

 part) produced on the underfide of 

 the Branches, and, at their fir Ji Ap- 

 pearance, are very like fmall Cones, 

 The Species are; 



1 . Larix j folio deciduo, conifera, 

 J. B. The Larch Tree. 



2. Larik i folio deciduo, rudimen- 

 tis Conor um candidijfimis . Tluk . Aim. 

 Larch Tree, with white Rudi- 

 ments. 



The firft of thele Trees is now 

 pretty common in Englifl) Gardens : 

 This is a Native of the Alps and 

 TyrenAan Mountains, but thrives ex- 

 ceedmg well here, efpecially if it be 

 planted upon an elevated Situation} 

 as may be obferv'd by thofe which 

 were planted a few Years fince at 

 Wimbleton in Surrey, which are novy 

 grown to be large Trees, and pro- 

 duce annually a large Quantity of 

 Cones. 



The fecond Sort feems to be only 

 a feminal Variety from the firft, 

 from which it differs in the Co- 

 lour of the Rudiments of the Cone, 

 which in this is White, but in the 

 other, of a bright Red Colour j as 

 alfo in the Colour of the Leaves, 

 which in this Sort are a fbmewhat 

 lighter Green than thofe of the 

 other ; nor do the Trees of this 

 Kind feem to be fo vigorous: But 

 whether the Seeds of this Kind will 

 produce the fame, I can't as yet 

 fiy, having never fcen any of the 

 P;ants which were rais'd from thefe 

 Seeds produce any Flowers ; but 

 however, it may be obtain'd by 

 Inarching it into the Comm^on 

 Sort. 



Thefe Trees are propagated by 

 Seeds, which ihould be fown in the 

 Beginning of March, upon a Bed 

 of light Soil, expos'd only to the 

 Morning Sun ; Or othcrwife, it 

 may be fov/n in Pots or Boxes of 



light 



