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4. p£PO ; frucin parvo, f^rijormu 

 Totirn. Pear-fliap'd Pumpion. 



r. Pepo } fru£iu minima, fphArico. 

 Tourn. Pumpion, with a very fmall 

 fphaerical Fruit. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 of thefe Fruits, which leem to be 

 only feminal Variations, fo that it 

 would be needlefs to mention them 

 all in this Place, lince the Seeds ta- 

 ken from any one of the Sorts will 

 not continue the fame three Years 

 together, if fown in the fame Gar- 

 den, as I have levcrai times experi- 

 ence . 



The two firfl: Sorts are by fbme 

 Perlbns cultivated for their Fruit j 

 v/hich when ripe, they cut open, 

 and take out the Seeds, and then 

 flice fome Apples into the Shell, 

 mixing them with the Pulp of the 

 Fruit and Sugar : This they bake 

 in an Oven, and afterwards eat it 

 fpread upon Bread ; but it is too 

 lirong for Perfons of weak Sto- 

 machs, and only proper for Coun- 

 try People who ufe much Exer- 

 cife. 



The Seeds of thefe Plants are 

 us'd as one of the four cold Seeds 

 in Medicine. 



The other Sorts are prcferv'd by 

 feme curious Perfons for Variety, 

 but are of little Ule, being good 

 for nothing when grown old j but 

 while they are very fmall, fome 

 Perfons gather and boil them, like 

 Turnipy or as they do the Squafljes, 

 and. are very fond bt them. 



Thefe may be propagated in the 

 fame manner as was diredbcd for 

 the Gourds, to which I fliall refer 

 the Reader, to avoid Repetition. 



PERICLYMENUM j Trumpet 

 Honeyfuckle; vulgo. 



The Characiers are ; 



It hath the whole Appeafance of 

 the Honeyfuckle {from -which it dtf- 

 fers in the ohape of the iloreer) iphich 



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if tubulofe or Bell'fhap% and ex^ 

 pa/jds at the Top, tohere it is cut in^ 

 t? fezeral almofl equal Segments* 



We have but one Species of this 

 I^lant at prefent, vtz, 



?LK:cLY^ziivyi,Virgihlahum,fef^'^ 

 pervirens ^ fiorens, H. L. VirginU 

 an Scarlet Honeyfuckle; Ijulg^. 



This Shrub is greatly elteem'd 

 for the Beauty bf its Flowers, which 

 are of a fine Scarlet-colour j tHe 

 Leaves continue all the Year green, 

 and it continues flowering moft 

 Part of the Slimmer; 



It may be propagated by laj^ng 

 down the tender Branches in the 

 Spring, obferving ill dry Weather 

 to rtfrefh thein with Water, which 

 will greatly facilitate their Root- 

 ing: The Spring following they 

 will be fit to tranfplant,- when they 

 fliould be cut off from the old 

 Plants, and carefully taken up, fd 

 as nor to injure their Roots. The 

 beft Time to remove theril is iii 

 March, jufl before they fhoot out ; 

 but you muft obferve, if the Sea- 

 fon Ihould prove dry, to vvater 

 them, and lay a little Mulch upon 

 the Surface of the Ground near 

 their Stems, to prevent the Ground 

 from drying too faft. It fhould 

 have a ftrong Soil, and be expos'd 

 to the South-Eaft Sun, but mufi 

 hive the Afliftance of a Wall or 

 Pale to fupport the Branches, other- 

 wife they will trail upon the 

 Ground. 



This Plant, although a Native of 

 Virginia, yet if planted in i clear 

 Air, will endure the l^vefeft Cold 

 of our Climate very well, but it 

 will not thrive in clofe Places, or 

 too near the City, the Smoak ari- 

 ling from the Sea-coal Fires being 

 very pernicious to it. 



PERIPLOCA i Virgiiiiari Silk 5 



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