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Gardchs of thofe who are fond of 

 Variety. A Tea made with the 

 Leaves of thele Plants, is account- 

 ed very good for fore Throats. 



PHYTOLACCAi American 

 Ni£?hr-n-iade, 



The ChdYdclers are; 

 The FloTPcr confifts offe'veral Leaves, 

 %-htch are placed in a, circular Order, 

 ami expand in form of n Rofc ; out 

 of vhofe Centre rifes the I'ointal, 

 which afterwards becomes a foft 

 Fruit, or abnofi globular Berry full 

 of S teds, flaced orbicularly : Torohich 

 pjould added, that the Flowers and 

 Fruit are produced on a Bunch like 

 Currants. 



The Species arc ; 

 T. Phytolacca j Americana, ma- 

 iorifruHu. Tourn. American Nght- 

 (liade, V'ith lirge Fruit, commonly 

 called, Virginian Poke or Porkc 

 Phyiirk. 



r. Phytolacca J Americana, mi- 

 tiDri frtiElH. Tourn. American Night- 

 Hiade, with IcfTer Fruit. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in Virginia^ Ncw-Lnglmul, 

 and Maryland, whrrc the Inhabi- 

 tants take a fpoonful or two of 

 the Juice of the Root, as a tami- 

 liar Purge ; The Berries thereof 

 are full of a purple Juice, which 

 gives a fine Tinclure to Paper, 

 from whence it hath the Namcj 

 Lut it will not abide long. 



ir may be propagated by lowing 

 the Seeds in the Spring, upon a 

 Bed ot light rich Earth ^ and when 

 they come up, they fliould be trani- 

 pianted into a Bed of rich dry 

 Eanh about two Feet afundcr , for 

 they grow to be very large, efpe- 

 cially if the Soil be good. When 

 they have taken Rcot, they will 

 leciiirc no farther Care but only 

 to clear *cm from Weeds, and in 

 the Autumn they v.'ill produce 

 iht'iT Fiov/ers and Fruit : but when 



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the Frofi: comes on, it will cut 

 down the Tops of thefe Plants, 

 which conftantly decay in Winter ; 

 but their Roots will abide in the 

 Ground, and come up again the 

 fucceeding Spring. There is no 

 great Beauty in this Plant j but, 

 for Variety, a few of them may be 

 placed in the Borders of large Gar- 

 den", lincc they require but little 

 Culture. 



The Sort with lelTer Fruit is ten- 

 derer than the former, and requires 

 to be placed in an artificial Heat in 

 Winter, otherwife they will not 

 endure the Cold of our Winters in 

 England: This is al fb propagated 

 from the Seeds, which fiiould be 

 fown upon a moderate Hot-bed in 

 the Spring j and v/hcn the Plants 

 come up, they fliould be tranfplant- 

 ed each into a feparate fmall Pot 

 fiil'd with light frel^ Earth, and 

 plung'd into another moderate Hot- 

 bed to bring them forward: but 

 when they have acquired fome 

 Strength, they fliouM be inured to 

 bear the open Air by Degrees, in- 

 to which they may be removed in 

 'July, obferving to Ihih them into 

 larger Pots, as their Roots fhall re- 

 quire, an^ place them where they 

 may be flielter'd from flrong 

 Winds. 



In this Situation they may re- 

 main 'till the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber, when they fliould be remov'd 

 into the Stove, placing them wher« 

 they may have a temperate Warmth j 

 and during the Winter Seaibn you 

 fliould frequently refrefli them with 

 Water, but they mufl not have it 

 in too great Quantitie?. 



Theie Plants will grow to be 

 three Feet high, and may be train'd 

 up with regular Stems and Heads ; 

 they will continue three or four 

 Years, if carefully preferv'd, and 

 continue to produce Bunches of 



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