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houfe: This is multiply'd by part- 

 ing the Roots j the beft Seafon for 

 doing this is in Attgufi, when the 

 Leaves are decay'd -, they fhould be 

 planted in Pots fiU'd with light Tan- 

 dy Earth, and houfed in Winter 

 with the laft : This produces large 

 branching Stems, which are thinly 

 befet with Flowers, that have their 

 Petals reflex'd, and are of a whi- 

 tifh Colour, but continue a long 

 time in Beauty. 



PHASEOLOIDES, Kidney-bean 

 Tree; 'vulgb. 



The Characters are ,• 



It hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 cut of whofe Empalement rifes the 

 Tohital, Tvhich afterrvards becomes a 

 long Foci, inclofmg fever at Seeds, vohich 

 are ffoap'd almojl like a Kidney : To 

 Tvhich mujl be added. That it hath 

 fennated Leaves, conjifiing of an un- 

 equal Number of Lobes, which di- 

 Jl ingulf yes it from Phafeolus. 



We have but one Species of this 

 riant at prefent in England, which 

 is ; 



Phaseoloides i Carolinianum,fru- 

 iefcens, fca^idens, folds pinnatis, fio- 

 ribus cArtdeis fpicatis. Carolina Kid- 

 ney-bean Tree; vulgo. 



Tlie Seeds of this Plant were 

 fent from Carolina by Mr. Gates by, 

 in the Year 1724, and diftributed 

 to feveral curious Perfons near 

 London j from which many Plants 

 have been rais'd, which are very 

 hardy, and propagate very eafily by 

 iayng down the tender Branches, 

 or from Suckers which are ient 

 from the Root in great Plenty. 



The bell Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Plants is in the Spring, juft 

 before they fhoot: They will grow 

 m aim oft any Soil, but thrive beft 

 jn a rich light Earth. 



This Plant' is very proper to 

 place among other climbing Shrubs 

 m fmall Wilderncis QuarterSj where 



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if it be iupported with ftrong 

 Stakes, it will rile twelve or four- 

 teen Feet high, and produce many 

 Spikes of fine blue Flowers j and 

 if the Seafon prove favourable, the 

 Seeds will ripen very well: It is 

 extreme hardy, enduring the fe- 

 vereft Cold of our Climate in the 

 open Air, provided it be not too 

 much expos'd to the cold V/inds. 



PHASEOLUSj Kidney-bean. 

 The Characters are,- 



It is a Flant with a papilionaceous 

 Flower, out of whofe Empalement 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterwards 

 becomes a long Tod, pregnant with 

 Seeds, for the mofi Vart fhaped like 

 a Kidney or Oval: To ihefe Notes 

 are to be added, Leaves growing by 

 three's on each Fedicle, and the Plant 

 for the mofi Fart climbing. 



It would be to little Purpofe to 

 enumerate all the Varieties of this 

 Plant which have come to Know- 

 ledge, in this Place; lince America* 

 does annually furnifh us with new 

 Sorts; fb that there is no knowing 

 what Varieties there may be pro- 

 duced in England: Beiides, as they 

 are not likely to be much culti- 

 vated here, lince the old Sorts are 

 preferable to any of the new ones, 

 for the Kitchen; therefore I ihall 

 only firft fet down a few Sorts 

 which are cultivated for their Flow^ 

 ers, or as Curiolities, and then 

 mention thofe which are moft 

 efleem'd for the Table. 



I . Phaseolus ; Indicus, fiore coc- 

 cineo, feu puniceo. Mor. Hifi. The 

 Scarlet-bean. 



^. Phaseolus; Americanus, per- 

 ennis, fiore cochleato odorato, femini" 

 bus fufcis orbiculatis, Caracalla die- 

 tus. H.L. Perennial American Kid- 

 ney-bean, with fweet-fmelling co- 

 c bleated Flowersa commonly calN 

 Caracalla- 



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