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lent determine j I:owever ft may 

 be propagated by budding or gnfc- 

 ?ng it upon the common Harothorn^ 

 which is the only fure Method to 

 preferve the Variety j tho' there is 

 nothing more in it, than that it is 

 uncommon. 



The fifteenth Sort has been lately 

 introduced among us from Americei: 

 This is different from the other 

 Sorts in the Shape of the Leaves, 

 and hath no Thorns upon the 

 Branches : but whether the Fruit 

 will continue of the fame Colour 

 as the Original, can't as yet be de- 

 termin'd j fince there are no Plants 

 in England large enough to produce 

 Fruit, that 1 know of. This may 

 be propagated by budding or graft- 

 ing it upon the common Harothorny 

 and is worthy of a Place in all cu- 

 rious Colledtions of Trees, 



The twelfth and thirteenth Sorts 

 are of humbler Growth, feldom 

 riling above five or fix Feet high, 

 and are 'proper to intermix with 

 Shrubs of the fame Growth, where, 

 by the Variety of their woolly 

 Leaves, together with their Flow- 

 ers and Fruit, in their Seafons, they 

 add greatly to the Variety of fuch 

 Plantations : They may be eafily 

 propagated by laying down their 

 tender Branches, which, in one 

 Year, will be rooted fufficiently to 

 tranfplant, when they may be piac'd 

 where they are to remain, or planted 

 into a Nurfery, and train'd up to 

 regular Heads i by which Method 

 they will be lefs liable to mifcarry, 

 than if they were piac'd to remain 

 in the Wildernefs immediately. 



The twelfth Sort produces great 

 Quantities of Suckers from the 

 Roots, which may be taken off in 

 the Spring, and traniplanted into 

 a Nurlery two or three Years, un- 

 til they have acquired Strength 

 enough to tranfplant for good 



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where they are to remain ; by 

 which Method they may be greatly 

 increas'd : but the Plants thus raised 

 will be more fubjed to produce a 

 great Number of Suckers from 

 their Roots, which, if not yearly 

 taken off, will grew up into a 

 Confufion, and frarvethe old ones. 



They produce their Flowers in 

 April and May, and their Fruits 

 are commonly ripe in Auguft : but 

 thefe are of no Ufe, except to pro- 

 pagate the Plants ; which being a 

 tedious Method, and the Layers 

 taking Root fo freely, renders it 

 not worth pradifing j tho' it may 

 happen that fome Varieties may be 

 obtain'd this Way, as is otten found 

 in many other Trees and Shrubs. 



METHONICA : The Superb 

 Lily j I'uigo. 



The ChardBers arej 



It hath a fiefljy Root in Form of 

 a firait Rulery which is venomous : 

 The Stalk is climbing : The Leaves 

 grow alternately, and JJjap'd like thofe 

 of the Lily, but have a Clafper at 

 the End : The Flower is naked, con- 

 fifing of fx Leaves, which are ele-- 

 gantly fnuated, feathered, and re- 

 fiex'd hack, with fix Stamina (or 

 Threads) ; in the Centre of which is 

 the Ovary, which becomes an oval 

 Fruit, divided into three Cells, con- 

 taining fever al round Seedi. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant at prefent known, which is, 



MtTHONicAj Malabarorum. H.L. 

 Malabar Mcthcnica, or The Superb 

 Lily of Ceylon. 



This beautiful P/ant is propagated 

 by parting the Roots in Augujl 

 (when the green Leaves are decayed); 

 which fhoutd be planted into Pots 

 fiird with light landy Earch, and 

 may be expos'd to the open Air 

 for about a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks after, placing the Pots where 

 they may have the Morning Suti 



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