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bed in a light, fandy Soil, and an 

 open Expolure. 



They commonly produce their 

 Flowers in May and June, except 

 the Sroeet-fcented Montpelier kind, 

 which feidom flowers till Augujl, 

 and are pretty Varieties in the large 

 Borders of the Pleafure-Garden, 

 where, being intermix'd with other 

 bulbous-rooted Flowers, they atrbrd 

 an agreeable Variety j but they 

 fhould not be permitted to remain 

 longer than two Years before they 

 are tranfpianted, becauie they pro- 

 duce a great Number of Off-iets, 

 (efpecially Homer's Moly) which, if 

 not taken from the old Roots, will 

 ftarve 'em and caufe their Flowers 

 to be very weak. 



MOMORDICA : Male Balfam- 

 Apple. 



The Characters are; 



The Flower conjifls of one Leaf, is 

 cf the expanJeJ, ^ell-fJjafd kind, but 

 Jo deeply cut, as to appear composed 

 of five diflinU Leaves : Thefc Flowers 

 are fome Male, (or barren), others 

 Female, growing upon the Top of the 

 Fmbryo, which is afterwards changed 

 into a Fruit, which isfiefJjy, and fome- 

 times more or lefs tapering, and 

 hollow; and when ripe, ufually burjisy 

 and cafls forth the Seeds with art 

 Ulajiicity j which Seeds are wrapped 

 up in a membranous Covering, and 

 are, for the mojl part, indented on 

 their Edges. 



The Species arc; 



I. MoMORDicA ; vulgfiris. Tourn, 

 The common Male Ballam-Apple. 



2.. NioMORDiCA; Zeyhnica, pam- 

 finea fronde, fruciu brevier i. T'ourn. 

 Male BalianiT Apple of Ceylon, with 

 Vine-leaves and a Ihort Fruit. 



3. Momordica; Zeylanica, pam- 

 pine^ fronde, frucfu longiori, Tourn. 

 Male Balfam-Apple of Ceylon, v.'irh 

 Vine-leaves and a longer Fruit. 



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4. MoiAORDic A i Americana, fru^a 

 reticulata, fcco. Com. Rar. Male 

 Balfam-Apple, of America, with 9, 

 dry netted Fruit. 



Thefe Plants are all annual, their 

 Seeds muft be Ibwn on a Hot-bed 

 the Beginning of March, and when 

 the Plants come up, they fliould be 

 traniplanted out into a freih Hot- 

 bed, after the Manner of Cucumbers 

 or Melons, putting two Plants of 

 the fame kind, under each Light, 

 and the Plants water 'd and Ibaded 

 until they have taken Root j after 

 which they muft be treated as Cu- 

 cumbers, permitting their Branches 

 to extend upon the Ground in the 

 lame Manner, and obfervc to keep 

 them clear from Weeds. 



With this Management (provided 

 you do not let them have too much 

 Wet, or expofe 'em too much to 

 the open Air) they will produce 

 their Fruit in 'fMly, and their Seeds 

 will ripen in Augujl, when you 

 muft obferve to gather it as foon 

 as you fee the Fruit open, other- 

 wife it will be caft abroad, and 

 with Difficulty gathered up again. 



Thefe Plants arc preferv'd in cu- 

 rious Gardens for the Oddnefs of 

 their Fruit ; but as they take up a 

 great deal of Room in the Hot-beds, 

 require frequent Attendance, and 

 are of little Beauty or Ufe, they 

 are not much cuitfvatcd in Eng- 

 land, except in Botanick Gardens 

 for Variety. 



MORUS : The J'lul berry-Tree. 

 The; Characters are; 



It hath large, rough, rotrndifly 

 Leaves j the Male Flowers (^or Kut- 

 k'msy which have a Calyx confifting 

 of four Leaves) are foynctimes pro- 

 duced upon fe par ate Trees, at other 

 times at remote Difiances from the 

 Fruit on the fame Tree : The Fruit 

 is compoiW of feveral Frotaberancesy 



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