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In the Center of vehich are fever at 

 finall Stamina: The Fetnale Trees 

 produce rotirjMJfj Berries^ each of 

 which contains a fingle Seed, 



The Species are ,• 

 ,/i. Rhamnoides,- florifira, faUcis 

 ^liis. T. Cor. Mak Willow-ieav'd 

 ^ea Buckthorn. 



\ 2. Rhamnoides j fruciifera, foliis 

 fdUcis, baccis leviter flavefcentibus, 

 T Cor. Female Willow-Icav'd Sea 

 Buckthorn, with yellow Berries. 



Thefe Plants do grow in great 

 Plenty upon the Sea-Coafts ot Li)i- 

 colnjlnre, and at Sandwich, Deal and 

 Tolkfton in Kent, as alio in divers 

 Parts of Scotland. 



They are preferv'd in feveral 

 Gardens near London for Variety j 

 where, being intermixed with o- 

 ther Shrubs of the fame Growth, 

 they afford an agreeable Profped:. 



Thefe Shrubs are eafily propa- 

 gated from Suckers, which they 

 fend forth in great Plenty from 

 the old Plants. Thefe Suckers may 

 be taken off any time in February 

 or March, and planted in a Nurfc- 

 ry, where they may be train'd up 

 for two or three Years j after 

 which they may be remov'd to the 

 Places where the^ are to remain. 

 There is no very great Beauty in 

 thefe Plants, but as their Leaves 

 and Flowers are very different from 

 jnoft other Trees, fo they make a 

 pretty Variety in fmall Wildernefs- 

 Quarters; or when planted in 

 Clumps with various Trees, they 

 will grow to be ten or twelve Feet 

 high i but ' it is very rare to fee 

 them larger. 



RHAMNUS j The Buckthorn, 



The Characters are; 

 It hath a Timnel-jlmfd Tlower, 

 ccnfijling of one Leaf rvhich is divi- 

 ded tovpards the Top into four or five 

 Segments ; out of the Flo-wer-cup ri- 

 (es the Fointal, which afterwards be- 



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comps a (oft roundifj Berry, very 

 full of Juice, inclofing four hard 

 Seeds, TPphich are round and fmooth 

 on the Outfide, but flatted on the o- 

 ther. 



The Species are -, 



1. Rhamnus j Catharticus. C. 

 J&. P. Common purging Buck- 

 thorn. 



2. Rhamnus; Catharticus, mi' 

 nor. C. B, P. Lefler purging Buck- 

 thorn. 



3. RiiAMiivs', fpinis oblongis, cor-^ 

 ttce albo Monfpelienfum. J, B. Buck- 

 thorn with long Spines and a white- 

 Bark of Montpelier. 



4. Rhamnus; ^fer, folio pruni 

 longiori, fubrotundo, fiore candicante, 

 Spinis longijjtmis. Boerh. Ind. alt. 

 African Buckthorn with a longer 

 roundifh Plum Leaf, white Flow- 

 ers, and very long Spines. 



^, Rhamnus ; Hifpanicus, folio 

 Bhxi, minor. Tourn. Leffer Spa-* 

 nifh Buckthorn with a Box Leaf. 



6. Rhamnus; ^fer, Spinis longisy 

 cortice albo, frudlu c&ruleo. Boerh, 

 Ind. African Buckthorn with long 

 Spines, a white Bark, and blue 

 Fruit. 



The firfl of thefe Trees is very 

 common in the Hedges, in divers 

 Parts of England', the Berries of 

 which are order 'd by the Collcgs 

 of FhyJJcians tor Medicinal Ule; but 

 particularly for making a Syrup, 

 which was formerly in great Ule> 

 but of late the Perfons who fupply 

 the Markets with thefe Berries^ 

 have gathered feveral other Sorts 

 of Berries, which they have either 

 mixed with thofe of the Buckthorns 

 or have wholly fubflituted them 

 in their Place; thefe are the Ber- 

 ries of the Trangula, Cornus Toemi- 

 na, ^c. which Mixture hath fpoil'd 

 the Syrup, and render'd it lels 

 efleem'd. But whoever purchafes 

 th« Bticliihorn Berries, may diftin- 



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