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kaft twice every Summer, becaufe 

 their Roots do greatly increale; 

 which, if confin'd in the Pots too 

 long, will turn mouldy, and decay. 

 The other Oriental Sorts are hardy 

 enough to endure the Cold of our 

 Ordinary Winters in the open Air, 

 provided they are planted in a dry 

 Soil, and a warm Situation. 



Theie Plants may alfo be propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds in the 

 Spring upon a Bed of frcfli Earth, 

 obfcrving to keep the Ground clear 

 from Weeds until the Plants are 

 come up j when they flioald be 

 tranfplanted into Beds of trefli Earth, 

 and treated as thoic rais'd fro-m Cut- 

 tings or Slips. 



SALVIA AGRESTISi x'jV^ 



Scordium. 



SAMBUCUSi The Elder-Tree. 



The Characiers are; 

 The Branches are full of Phh, 

 having but little Woody the FUroers 

 are mofiopetalous, divided int$ fevei'al 

 Segments^ and expand in Form of a 

 Rofe i thefe are for the mofi Fart 

 eoilecied into an Umbcly and are 

 jucceeded by foft fucculent Ferries, 

 having three Seeds in each. 



The Species are; 



1. SAMfeucusi frnciu in stmbellA 

 Mgro, C. B. P. Common E!der, 

 with black Berries. 



2. Samb\jcus i fruclu in timbslla 

 'viridi. C. E, P. Co-mmon Elder, 

 with greenifh Berries. 



5. Samsucus ; friiBu albo. Lob. 

 The wliitc-berry'd Elder. 



4. Sambucus i racemofa rubra. 

 C. B. P. The Mountain red-berry'd 

 Elder. 



f. Sambucus 3 laclniato folio, 

 C. B. P. The Cut or Pariley-leav'd 

 Elder. 



6. Sambucus,- vulgaris, foliis ex 

 iutes variegaHH The bbtch'd-leav'd 

 Elder. 



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7. Sambucus i humilts, five Fbn^ 

 lus. C. B. P. Dwarf-Elder ^ Dane- 

 wort. 



The firft of thefe Trees is ver^ 

 cpmmon in the Hedges in mod; 

 Parts of England, but the Jfecond, 

 and third Sorts are more rare; theie 

 are propagated for the Sakeofthehr 

 Berries, which are by fome Per- 

 ions ufed for making Wine, and 

 for other Purpofes, The i-burtfe 

 Sort is lefs common in England 

 than either of the former, it being 

 only tor be found in fome curious 

 Gardens at prefent. The fifth and 

 fixch Sorts are preferved for the 

 Variety of their Leaves, by fuch as 

 are curious in collecSling the various 

 Kinds of Trees and Shrubs. 



All thefe Sorts may be eafiljr 

 propagated from Cuttmgs, or by 

 lowing their Seeds i but the former 

 being the moft expeditious Method, 

 is generally praftis'd. The Time 

 for planting ot their Cuttings is any- 

 time from September to March, in 

 the doing of v/hich there needs no 

 more Care than to thruft the Cut- 

 tings about fix or eight Inches into 

 the Ground, and they will take 

 Root fafl: enough; and may after- 

 wards be tranlplanted where they 

 are to remam; which may be upon 

 almoft any Soil or Situation; they 

 are extream hardy, and if their 

 Seeds are permitted to fall upon 

 the Ground, they will produce a 

 Plenty of Plants the fucceeding 

 Summer. 



Thefe Trees are often planted for 

 making Fences, becaufe of their 

 quick Growth, but as their Bottoms 

 become naked in a few Years, fo 

 they are not fo proper for that: 

 Uici neither would I recomm.t-nd 

 them to be planted near Habita- 

 tions, becaufe at the Seafon when" 

 they are in Flower, they emit fuch 

 a ilrong. Scent, as will occafioa 



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