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are dccay'd j for if they be remov'd 

 late in Autumn, their Fibres will 

 be (hot out, when they will be 

 very apt to fuffer, if difturb'd. 

 They (hould have a light fandy Soil j 

 but it muft not be over-dung'd, 

 which would caufe their Roots to 

 decay. They may be intermixed 

 with other Bulbous-rooted Flowers 

 in the Borders of the Plea fur e- 

 Garment where they will afford an 

 agreeable Variety, and continue in 

 Flower a long Time. Their Roots 

 need not be tranfplanted ottener 

 than every other Year j for if they 

 be taken up every Year, they will 

 not increafe fo faft j but when they 

 are fuffer'd to remain too long un- 

 remov'd, they will have fo many 

 Off-fets about them as to w^eaken 

 their blowing Roots. Thefe may 

 alfb be propagated from Seeds, 

 which Ihould be fbwn and managed 

 as moft other Bulbous-rooted Flow- 

 ers, and will produce their Flow- 

 ers in three or four Years atter 

 fbwing. 



ORNITHOPODIUM i Bird's- 

 Foot. 



The CharaElers are^ 

 It hnth a papilionaceous Flovfcff 

 &ut of TPho/e Empalement rifps the 

 Fointaly tphieh after war As becomes 

 iff hooked f.nnted Fod, for the mojl 

 fart "waved, containing in each Joint 

 one roundijlv Seed t To rchich mnji 

 Be added. That fevcral I'ods grow 

 together in fuch a manner as to re- 

 femble the . Foot of a Bird. 



The S "pedes are; 



1. Ornii'hopodium; radice tuber- 

 culis nodofa. C. JB. P. Bird's-Foot, 

 with a kno bbcd Root. 



2. Ornii "hopodium j maJHs. C. 

 B. P. The Greater Bird's-Foot. 



3. Ornit nop odium 5 Scorpioides, 

 filiqud com }rejfa. Tourn, Catcr- 

 piller Bird'; » - Foot, with a flat 

 Pod. 



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4. Ornithopodium } fortuUeA 

 folio. Tourn» Bird's-Foot, with a 

 Purflane Leaf. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 ibwing their Seeds in the Spring 

 upon a Bed of light frcfh Earth, 

 where they are to remain i (for 

 they feldom do well when they are 

 tranfplanted) 5 and when the Plants 

 come up, they mull: be carefully 

 clear 'd from Weeds ; and where 

 they are too dole, ibme of the 

 Plants {hould be puU'd out, fo as to 

 leave the remaining ones about 

 ten Inches afunder. In June thefe 

 Plants will flower, and the Seeds 

 will ripen in Auguft. There is no 

 great Beauty in them ; but for the 

 Variety of their jointed Pods, they 

 are preferv'd by lorne curious Per- 

 fons in their Pleafure - Gardens ; 

 where, ii their Seeds be fown in 

 Patches in the Borders, each Sort 

 diftindtly by itfelf, and the Plants 

 thinn'd, leaving only two at each 

 Patch, they v/ill require no farther 

 Care ; and will add to the Variety, 

 efpecially where the Snail and C<sr- 

 terpillar Plants are preferv'd, which 

 are very proper to intermix with 

 them. They are all annual Plants, 

 which perifli ioon nfter their Seeds 

 are ripe. 



OROBUS^ Bitter Vetch. 

 The Characters arej 



It hath a papilionaceous Flowef, 

 confifling of the Standard, the Ke:l, 

 and the Wings ; out of whoje Em- 

 palefnent rifes the Fointal wrapt up 

 in the Membrane., which afterwards 

 becomes a round Fed, full of Oval- 

 (J:afd Seeds : To which mufi be ad" 

 ded, That two Leaic jo'm'a together 

 grow upon a Rib that ends in A 

 Foint. 



The Species are ; 



I . Orobus \ fyhaticuSi purpureust 

 'vernus. C. B. F. Vernal Purple- 

 Wood Bitter-Vetch. 



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