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2. Orobus ; Jyhaticus nojlr^s. 

 Rail Syn. Englii"h Wood Bittcr- 

 Vetch. 



3. Orobus 5 fylvnticus, foliis ob- 

 longis glabris. To urn. Wood, or 

 Heath Peas. 



4. Orobus i fylvaticus, foliis vi- 

 ciA. C. B. P. Wood Orobus, with 

 Vetch-Leaves. 



f. Orobus i latifoVms, repens, 

 filiqim parva. Boerh. Ind. Broad- 

 leav'd Creeping Orobus, with a 

 fmall Pod, commonly cdWd, Venetian 

 Vetch. 



The firfl of thefe Plants was 

 brought from Germany, where it 

 grows in the Forells in great Plenty, 

 as alfo about Geneva, but it is hardy- 

 enough to endure the Cold ot our 

 Climate in the open Air, provided 

 it be planted in a dry Soil. This 

 may be propagated either from 

 Seeds or by parting the Roots in 

 the Spring. If you fow the Seeds, 

 you fhould obferve to put them 

 pretty early into the Ground before 

 the dry Weather comes on, other- 

 wife the Seeds v/ill not come up : 

 As you fliould alfb tranfplant the 

 Roots juft before they begin to 

 fhoot, or elfe their Flowers will be 

 very weak. The P^oots of this 

 Plant will abide many Years, and 

 ipring up frefh every Year, and in 

 April produces fine Spikes of purple 

 Pea-bloom Flowers, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by ftrait black Pods two 

 Inches long, containing feveral 

 roundifli bitter Seeds. 



The fccond and third Sorts grow 

 wild in -Woods and fhady Places in 

 divers Parts of England, where, 

 during their Season of Flowering, 

 they make a handfome Appearance j 

 and when tranfplantcd under Hedges 

 in a Garden, they will thrive ex- 

 treamly well, and produce great 

 Quantities of Flowers every Spring. 



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Thefe were formerly recom mend"- 

 ed by Dr. Lijler, to be fown for 

 Fodder, as a great Improvement.; 

 but I believe them not very proper 

 for that Purpofc, lince they feldoni 

 thrive well when expos'd to the 

 Sun, nor will they ever rile to any 

 confidcrable Height, their Branches 

 trailing upon the Ground, unlefs 

 they are lupported, fo that in a 

 wet Scafon they would be apt to 

 rot. 



The fourth Sort rifes to be two 

 or three Feet high, and hath ftrong 

 upright Stalks ; upon which, in 

 May, are produc'd great Quantities 

 of purple Flowers, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by long flrait Pods, con- 

 taining oblong bitter Seeds. The 

 Root of this Plant will abide many 

 Years i the Stalks decaying in Win- 

 ter, but do fpring up again the 

 fuccccding Year : It delights in a 

 dry frefli Soil, and deferves a Place 

 in large Borders under the Shade of 

 Trees, where it will thrive well, 

 and make a handj[bme Appearance. 



The fifth Sort was formerly pre- 

 ferv'd in the Green-houfe as a ten- 

 der Plant, but will endure the Cold 

 of our Climate very well, if planted 

 in a dry Soil ; and thofe Roots 

 which are planted in the full Ground, 

 will produce much ftronger Flow- 

 ers than thofe preierv'd in Pots. 

 This Plant flowers in April, buc 

 feldom produces good Seeds in this 

 Country. 



Theie Plants may all be propa- 

 gated either from Seeds, or by 

 parting of their Roots, in the man- 

 ner diredled for the firft Sort i and 

 if rightly difpos'd in the Borders of 

 a Garden, do afford an agreeable 

 Variety : And fince they are hardy, 

 requiring but little Culture, they 

 dclerve a Place in every good 

 Garden. 



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